Another remote execution issues found last July 6, 2009 regarding vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and may not require any user intervention. Meaning to say, an attacker can easily manipulate security settings of your computer by just using Internet Explorer. In other word, one possibility is you can be locked out from using your own desktop or laptop.

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Sooner or later Microsoft will phase out Windows XP in the IT industry. Which operating system are qlick to your preferences or current setup?

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To be continued…

For the past few weeks, I’ve been busy with my offline job as an IT Manager. I’ve been searching for solutions that will improved my company’s remote branches connection to our corporate web portal. That’s why I’ve gathered these top (3) prepaid wireless broadband provider; and I chose prepaid to replaced our very tight dial up internet connection budget. Read the rest of this entry »

Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines you can load more than 1,500 books, magazine, newspapers and even blogs. No longer pick and choose which books fit in your carry-on. Now you can always have your entire library with you. This amazing device is the best e-reader on the market today, based on a combination of features and price.

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Viruses, Trojans, Worms and other cyber threats are now a part of daily life. Malware spreading throughout the Internet, hackers stealing confidential data and mailboxes flooded with spam are the price we pay for computing convenience. Any unprotected computer or network is vulnerable.
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W32.Downadup.B Virus was discovered by Symantec last December 30, 2008, and was announce to public January 9, 2009. Now it widely spreading all over the world and it floodings network connections.

This virus monitors DNS requests to domains containing certain strings and blocks access to those domains so that it will appear that the network request timed out. We (my MIS Team) discovered W32.Downadup.B Virus from our quarantine logs and we found out that it was introduce to the network using a USB drive activated by autorun.inf.

W32.Downadup.B creates an autorun.inf file on all mapped drives so that the threat automatically executes when the drive is accessed. The threat then monitors for drives that are connected to the compromised computer in order to create an autorun.inf file as soon as the drive becomes accessible.
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Netbooks are becoming more and more popular here in the Philippines. Last time I’ve made a short reviewed on  Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10 Netbooks on my last Qlick Gadgets post. Today on Qlick Gadgets, I’ll be comparing several Netbooks available in the market. Aside from prices, I will also feature their strengths and where you can get them. Netbooks are trendy because of it’s portability, design and affordability; and here some of them:

ACER Aspire One 160GB

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Here is a fast click and quick tips on how to improve your windows xp system.

The indexing service gets info from files on the hard drive and creates a “searchable keyword index.”
If you don’t use the Windows XP Desktop search feature often to look for documents, you can turn this feature off.

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Here’s a netbook that is small but tough in performance…

LENOVO IdeaPad S10 Black
Intel Atom N270 Processor
Mobile Intel 945GSE chipset

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