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The Internet Is Infected – 60 Minutes – CBS News

William — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:51:07 +0000

Watch this folks. I talk about this over and over. a/v isn’t enough..it is only a start. Please start with these basics. Please contact ECC on how to minimize your exposure.

The Internet Is Infected – 60 Minutes – CBS News.

New ECC Operating System Recommendations

William — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:13:27 +0000

As the software landscape changes and so does technology so does my recommendations for clients. The biggest one right now is do you buy windows 7/server 2008 now or wait? ECC is saying to wait unless you absolutely MUST upgrade now. Why? 2012-2013 Windows 8, Server 2012, and Office 2012/2013 are going to be coming out. I would not buy anything srver 2008 related right now(that includes the latest versions of SBS as they are based on 2008 R2). We are three years into the primary support cycles of 2k8 vintage product that means you have two years of primary support for most things 2k8 based. If you are going to go through the expense of a major upgrade then I would wait. If you only are using 2k8 for simple AD and file resource sharing 2k8 is most likely going to be a great bet if you have to upgrade now. If you have further questions feel free to use the contact form at eccmd.com/http://www.emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com/contact-us or call me.

Hold off on SP1 for Windows7/Server 2008 R2

William — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:44:18 +0000

There are increasing reports of issues with this service pack. Despite it not supposedly making any major changes to either OS it seems that may not be the case. if you are an ECC client or just a user watching the ECC feeds i advise NOT installing this update right now.

Windows 7 / 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Problems.

Microsoft sends Windows 7 SP1 to OEMs • The Register

William — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:36:10 +0000

For those who like to wait for SP1 of anything…MS is about to release Service Pack 1 for Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

Microsoft sends Windows 7 SP1 to OEMs • The Register.

Banks Growing Dependence on Online Banking is Going to Cause INcrease in Cyber Thefts

William — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:27:08 +0000

Your Money or Your Business — Krebs on Security.

Just read this individuals blog. There’s entry upon entry of businesses getting malware tuned to logging their keystrokes for the purpose of accessing their online bank accounts. Just do a few things and you’ll be ok.

Patch now!

William — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:08:44 +0000

Microsoft has released the fix for the LNK issue. this coming Tuesday is going to be a monster patch day with a total of 37 issues fixed in 14 patches.

Fix for LNK Hole Coming on Monday

William — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:20:02 +0000

Normally I advocate caution in major patches. This hole however is so important that i am going to immediately patch and then workaround any issues this is going to cause. Again on mOnday htis patch gets released. PATCH IMMEDIATLY!!! Read the previous advisories I posted about this here.

Third LNK Vulnerability Update

William — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:19:15 +0000

Steve Gibson talks about this issue in a very understandable manner. Look at my previous post at the bottom..aka update 3.

Second LNK Vulnerability Update

William — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:30:12 +0000

Well the vulnerabilities threat profile has expanded:

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001994.html

If the .lnk is inside a document windows will execute the code. Again..i hope this fizzles..if it doesn’t I want folks to be aware.

Well the vulnerabilities threat profile has expanded:http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001994.htmlIf the .lnk is inside a document windows will execute the code. Again..i hope this fizzles..if it doesn’t I want folks to be aware.

.LNK Zero Day Update

William — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:35:02 +0000

http://www.emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com/archives/2421

The podcast software crashed so I was able to make a written update to the post with the help of Arstechnica.com. Go checkout the updated post.