Beware of Worm: Conficker

All the Internet is a buzz over the looming Conficker worm. For those not in the know, the Conficker worm is such that currently threatens millions of PCs around the world. The worm was orignally made to exploit a bug in Windows. Microsoft patched this vulnerability last October, and then version b of the worm was released in January. Now there’s a newer, nastier variant of the worm out in the wild, version c. Wanna know how it got its unusual name?

Click this articles title to find out more about this nasty worm.

Sunday is Work Day

I’m a bit of a procrastinator. Scratch that. I’m a HUGE procrastinator. But, fortunately for me, I work well when I have less time to do stuff. That’s why, this morning I got my scripting lab for this week, and I have just finished writing a paper for my Network Defense course on why most hosts are insecure and how to fix that problem.  All I have left is the homework for my Network Infrastructure and services course, which shouldn’t take too long.

While I’m getting all that done, I’m also getting some other stuff done. I am currently installing Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. I’ve heard that it significantly improves Vista’s performance, so I’m looking forward to benchmarking it. I just got done installing the nVidia driver for my machine, since I was having some graphics issues. I still have to download Fedore Core 8 iso and burn it to a disc, because I have to install it on four Linux at my school tomorrow during my internship. I’ll alsos be installing Kubuntu there as well.

Til next time, this is AR in AZ!

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Yahoo/AOL Merger – F**k Off MS

Theres been some real drama going on between Yahoo and Microsoft lately. Here’s the story thus far:

1. Microsoft tries to buyout Yahoo for $44.6 Billion.
2. Yahoo rejects Microsofts offer
3. Microsoft retailiates by threatening to take their case directly to Yahoos shareholders and even start a proxy battle in which they would elect another set of directors to Yahoo’s board of directors.
4. Yahoo still rejects Microsofts offer.
5. Yahoo closes in on a deal to buy AOL from TimeWarner, which would counter their declining shares.

We’ll see where it goes from here, but it certainly is an interesting story to follow.

 

The Vista Trials

I’ve recently installed Vista on a spare computer I have and I am currently using that as my primary machine. I’m doing this so that I can get a real feel for what the OS is actually like. I’ve been hearing nothing but bad news from the media about VIsta. Some sites even say that Vista may be the new Windows ME. You know as well as I do that the Mellenium Edition version of Windows was THE SUCK, mainly cuz there were barely any programs that were compatible with it. However, my experiences with Vista so far haS not been nearly as bad that the media makes it out to be. The one thing that I’ve seen complained about more than anything else in Vista is its confirmation box. This is the box that appears when a program or application opens. This may annoy some people, but not me. Its there to protect your computer, and it goes away after you click “Continue.” So big deal. Another reason people don’t like Vista is because they can’t cope with change. I for one like the new layout of Vista. It is much better than XP IMHO. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out where everything is in Vista. If you take some time, I’m sure everyone can find what they need to in Vista. I’m sick of hearing all of this bad news about Vista. It’s really not all that bad.

I’ll have more on Vista when I experience anything new with it. Til then, the Trials Continue….