Tag: Windows
Microsoft Issues Urgent Windows Update to Protect Internet Explorer and Office Products
Microsoft has just announced an emergency patch for both Internet Explorer (IE) and Office Products, and it is recommended that everyone install this patch ASAP (link to patch included below). This affects Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) as well as any Microsoft Office Product with ActiveX, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Access.
Even Bill Gates Himself Says Windows Website is an “Absolute Mess” and “Crap”
Even Bill Gates has been driven beyond frustration with the Windows website. The below email, from Bill Gates himself, takes several Microsoft managers to task for, what Gates himself calls “crap” and the “absolute mess” that is the Windows website (lack of) usability, particularly with respect to downloads.
Microsoft Blocks Google as “Not Family Safe”
Perhaps you’ve heard about Microsoft’s WIndows Live new “Family Safety” software, which you can install on your Windows computer, so that your children can safely surf the web without fear of exposure to material that is not family friendly – or ‘family safe’. Apparently in Microsoft’s view this includes competitor Google, although oddly it does not include their own similar search engine, Live.com.
The Conficker Worm – What it Is, How to Know if You Have it, and How to Get Rid of It
The Conficker worm or Conficker virus (also known as Downadup or W32/Downadup), which has been in the news a lot lately, is currently estimated to have infected more than 9 million Windows computers the world over, and continues to spread at an alarming rate. With a $250,000 bounty on its head offered by Microsoft, and set to activate on April 1st, nobody yet knows what the millions of PCs infected by the Conficker worm will be ordered to do, but it’s a sure bet that if and when it happens, it will be nasty. Fortunately there are ways to combat it and even a free Conficker removal tool.
Emergency Windows Patch Issued by Microsoft – Get It Now!
Microsoft has gone outside their usual patch release schedule and has released an emergency patch which everyone running affected versions of Windows is urged to get and install immediately.
New Windows Ransom Trojan Freezes Computer, Demands Ransom as it Deletes Files
A nasty new Windows ransom trojan called Ransom-A (also Troj/Ransom-A and TROJ_RANSOM.A) freezes your computer, and if you don’t pay it ransom money, it starts deleting your files.
