News Archives from 2000 (Jan 01 - Dec 31, 2000)
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31 December 2000 - Latest News On New Amiga trojan found !!!
Virus Help Denmark reports "There is some more info about the trojan
that was found on the 27'th of December, we now know the name of the
archive "dcs-4k.lha", and we know that the demo group has nothing to
do with this. We also know that it is the same guy from Blackpool,
England, (We have both a name and an adress), that released the other
trojan "dkg-blum.lha". Maybe he is angry, that Santa forgot him this
year.... Who can blame Santa for that :-)
28 December 2000 - VHT-DK Report: Another New Amiga trojan found !!!
Virus Help Denmark reports in part, "Today we recived a new 'lame'
trojan. This trojan will delete your "sys:" if you run the program.
At this time non of the anti-virus programs can detect this trojan,
but in the next update they will be known.". Please see VHT-Denmark
or follow the link above for the viruswarning, called vht-dk93.lha.
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk93 Readme
* Subscribe online to the VHT-DK Virus Warnings Announcement list.
19 December 2000 - VHT-DK Report: New Amiga trojan found !!!
Virus Help Denmark reports in part, "Today we recived a new 'lame'
trojan. This trojan will only execute it self if you have named
your hard-disk "DH0" & "DH1"." The trojan is spread in and archive
with the name "DKG-BLUM.LHA"." Please see VHT-Denmark or follow
the link above for the viruswarning, called vht-dk92.lha, here at
Virus Help Team Canada. For virus alerts from vht-dk issued before
Dec 19th, 2000, please see the VirusWarning.Guide v3.1 on the
downloads page.
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk92 Readme
13 December 2000 - xpkmaster.library v5.2a User Package Released
Dirk Stoecker released the latest XPK sharware library. New in this
compression package, user edition v5.2a: added work-around to fix bug
of OS3.5 installer. The latest version can be found on the downloads
page, or just follow the above link.
05 December 2000 - xadmaster.library v9.0 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest XAD sharware library. There are
now, three seperate archives to choose from, each one packed for
your specific CPU. They can all be found on the downloads page
by following the library links. The older version has been moved
to the Archives Section.
xadmaster.library [000]
xadmaster.library [020]
xadmaster.library [060]
03 December 2000 - Amiga OS3.9 Almost Ready To Hit The Shelves
Amiga Inc. has announced that it ships Amiga OS 3.9 on December 4, just
in time for the holidays! They have recently opened their 3.9 pages,
and you can read up on the features, price and requirements, etc.
29 November 2000 - New Amiga World Posted
Amiga.org says Amiga Inc. has posted Issue #4 of Amiga World, which
discusses Amiga's new SHEEP scripting language and the d'Amiga developer
machine, and includes a profile of Vince Pfeifer, Amiga's vice president
of operations.
29 November 2000 - Executive Update 20001122
Amiga.org says Bill has broken the silence and posted a new executive
update. The update covers AmigaOS 3.9, the AmigaDE/SDK (update coming
soon) and the World Of Amiga 2000 show.
26 November 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.08 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor208.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites, with the possible exception of the Teams in
Norway or The Netherlands. The update should also be available on Aminet
within the next 24 hours. Changes in this new release is found in the
readme file. The VEPatchBrain has been updated to v1.25 in this release.
25 November 2000 - VEPatchBrain v1.24 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.24, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain124.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on VHT Denmark's website right now,
or wait about 24 hours and get it from Aminet. Changes since last version
are found in the readme file.
24 November 2000 - AmigaONE Forum at Amiga.com Closing
This was posted at the AmigaONE discussion forum, on 23-Nov-2000:
Name: Webmaster
E-Mail: webmaster@amiga.com
Date/Time: 11/23/2000 10:09 AM
Subject: Forum closing
As you are all aware, over the past few days and on numerous
occasions there has been a substancial quantity of offensive
material posted on this discussion board. In order to preserve the
integrity of this forum, and uphold the reputation of the Amiga in
general, this forum will be closing indefinately from 12:00am
December 1st 2000. It is with sadness that I tell you this, but I
feel that the evidence speeks for itself. The AmigaONE forum was
set-up to deal with AmigaONE discussions, not this slanderous talk
that we have been putting up with. There are other Amiga forums
though. Visit www.amiga.org, where there is a spam-free forum.
Regards, the Webmaster.
21 November 2000 - VEPatchBrain v1.23 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.23, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain123.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on VHT Denmark's website right now,
or wait about 24 hours and get it from Aminet. Changes since last version
are found in the readme file.
21 November 2000 - Amiga-News.de Has New Server
Amiga-news (English) http://www.amiga-news.de/indexe.shtml
has changed url's to http://www.news.amiga-software.com/indexe.shtml
There is also a New URL for Amiga Link Directory.
19 November 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.07 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor207.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites, with the possible exception of the Teams in
Norway or The Netherlands. The update should also be available on Aminet
within the next 24 hours. Changes in this new release is found in the
readme file. The VEPatchBrain has been updated to v1.22 in this release.
Also the quit message, when wanting to use a NTSC HiRes screen has
changed. Nice change! Thanks Jan.
16 November 2000 - VEPatchBrain v1.21 Version Number Conflict
As we reported yesterday, there appears to be a possible version number
conflict, from within the VE program. I have since gotten an explanation
from Jan, the programmer of VEPatchBrain. Jan Erik Olausen reports
"I just forgot to compile the file after changing the revison number...
There will soon be a version 1.22 with new patches and I will get it
right this time :)" So, stay tuned to this news page, and we will
announce the new VEPatchBrain v1.22 when released.
15 November 2000 - PatchBrain v1.21 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.21, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain121.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on Aminet and available at the
other Virus Help Teams around the world. There appears to be a possible
version number conflict, from within the VE program. When issuing the
version command for the PatchBrain from the shell, I get the proper
version 1.21, but when VirusExecutor starts up, the About Box, says
the brain is version 1.20. I will be asking Jan about this.
13 November 2000 - GeekGadgets FTP Has Moved
This happened a while back, but some people may not realize the GG
ftp repository has moved. to ftp.geekgadgets.org. GeekGadgets welcome
message states that all transfers are logged with your host name and
email address. The GG ftp site can be found at ftp://ftp.geekgadgets.org/.
04 November 2000 - Safe v14.4 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest freeware
virus dicovering system. Safe informs about attack and removes
virus from memory if possible. The archive is named Safe144.lha,
and can be found on the downloads page. New in v14.4 is the
several mistakes fixed in the documentation, thanks to
Bob Eron.
04 November 2000 - Signed Amigart Tribute To Petro
When I went to sign the Tribute to Petro, I noticed there were
a few other Canadians that had wished him well.
04 November 2000 - Amiga.org News Updates
2000-11-03 Amigart Tribute To Petro
Amigart has created a Tribute To Petro page where you can enter a
message for Petro. For those who do not already know, Petro will
be leaving at the end of the year.
2000-11-02 Petro Retires
After many years of service to Amiga, Petro has called it quits.
At the end of this year Petro will retire from Amiga and Amiga
Germany will close its doors as its inventory runs out. I think
all we can say is thanks Petro and the best of luck in your
future.
31 October 2000 - Amiga.org News Updates
2000-10-30 Amiga - Back with a Future!
Craig Delahoy, a fellow AAC member has posted a great and very
detailed show report from ACE2000 which covers all the major
announcements. Oh, and it also has a screenshot of Photogenics for
AmigaDE.
29 October 2000 - Amiga.org News Updates
2000-10-28 SDK 1.01 Update Now Available
Its arrived, the first update to the SDK. To download the update
login to the site using your support network ID and click on the
developer or beta-tester tab and then SDK Updates. Select the
update link and your download will begin. If you have any issues,
please contact support@amigadev.net.
2000-10-26 MUI 3.9 for MorphOS
There appears to be a beta of MUI for MorphOS. You can download it
from the MorphOS filearea.
29 October 2000 - AmigaSDK For Windows Is Available
The AmigaSDK for windows is now available for purchase from Amigas
website. Visit AmigaSDK website.
29 October 2000 - Amiga.com Announces The AmigaOne.
On October 21, 2000, in Melbourne, Australia, Amiga announced
the first new Amiga hardware in over 6 years. Read the complete
AmigaOne Announcement.
29 October 2000 - Latest News From Amiga.com
The latest news articles are
* Amiga announced plans for its new specs for the AmigaDE
* A Note to the Community on the passing of Bob "Coz" Cosby
29 October 2000 - Executive Update Posted Oct 21, 2000
Regarding Amiga OS 3.9, updates to the Software Development Kit,
and the AmigaOne. Read Bill McEwen Exec Update here.
24 October 2000 - PatchBrain v1.20 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.20, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain120.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on Aminet. It should shortly be
available at the other Virus Help Teams around the world.
12 October 2000 - Amiga Inc. New Executive Update
Amiga.com's Executive Update can be found under the Oct 9th date,
at the heading Regarding the Software Development Kit.
12 October 2000 - News About The New Amiga ADE.
Amiga Inc. is sharing the vision of the new Amiga Digital Environment
by revealing precisely its important purpose, amazing advantages, and
exciting future. More at Want to Know What Amiga is All About?
04 October 2000 - d'AMIGA Demostration at Amiga.info Meeting
On October the 18th, the Amiga user group Amiga.info, will be
having Wonder Computers demonstrating the new Amiga developer
machine, d'AMIGA, along with the SDK software. If you are
interested in the new AmigaDE, and have yet to purchase the SDK,
then please visit this meeting. Further details about these, vitit
Amiga.info Developer Meeting, or d'AMIGA Developers Workstation.
04 October 2000 - Safe v14.3 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest freeware
virus dicovering system. Safe informs about attack and removes
virus from memory if possible. The archive is named Safe143.lha,
and can be found on the downloads page. New in v14.3 is the
addition of the spanish language to installer script, thanks to
Damaso D. Estevez, and some small fixes.
01 October 2000 - PatchBrain v1.19 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Released on Sept 27, 2000. Jan Erik Olausen has released a new
PatchBrain v1.19 for his viri checking program VirusExecutor. This
brain file can be used with any VE 2.xx version. The archive is
named VEPatchBrain119.lha, and can be found on the downloads page,
and on Aminet. It should shortly be available at the other Virus Help
Teams around the world.
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26 September 2000 - PatchBrain v1.18 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Released. Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.18
for his viri checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can
be used with any 2.xx version. Changes since last version - Jan
added IconTrace. The archive is named VEPatchBrain118.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on Aminet. It should shortly
be available at the other Virus Help Teams around the world.
Note: VirusExecutor v2.06 contains PatchBrain v1.18, so if you have
already installed Jan's latest version, then you do not need
this file.
25 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.06 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor206.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites or on Aminet within the next 24 hours,
if by chance someone is doing uploads to Aminet, while Jan Anderson
of VHT-DK is on holidays. Changes since last version 2.06 - Jan
fixed faulty lib versions, when starting VE if the 'Fast startup'
flag was off. Thanks Jan!
24 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.05 Pref Settings.
If you are getting messages on startup of VE, that says you need
to update your libraries, and you know you have the latest ones
installed, then here is a tip from Jan Erik Olausen, programmer
of VirusExecutor. Jan says: for now, turn on the fast startup
flag from the prefs menu.
23 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.05 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor205.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites or on Aminet within the next 24 hours,
if by chance someone is doing uploads to Aminet, while Jan Anderson
of VHT-DK is on holidays. In regards to the new VE v2.05, I ran into
a couple of statup messages that were telling me I had old libraries,
and the About information is not reading the version numbers of my
libraries properly. But once the program is loaded, and goes through
its checks, the About Menu item, has the correct library versions.
23 September 2000 - Jan Andersen of VHT-DK on Holidays.
Jan said "After a very cold summer in Denmark, we are of to Rhodos
(Greece) for a week of great sunshine, cold beer and lots of peace....
I'll be back on Tuesday the 3 of October." VHT-Canada, wishes him
and his, a super-great and safe holiday.
22 September 2000 - Amiga Watchdog Is Back.
Amiga Watchdog is back, and now reworked to be fully compatible
with all browsers! AmigaWatchDogTM's is the original concept of
Daniel Hutchinson. Find out what customers are saying about Amiga
Retailers. Get the low down on retailers before buying online.
AmigaWatchDogTM is devoted to making sure Amiga users make the
right choice when buying products from a retailer. It aims to
expose shoddy companies for what they are and congratulate those
companies that excel. Visit Amiga Watchdog
21 September 2000 - MeterNet Teams with Amiga.
Amiga.com announces this new relationship with MeterNet, to
develop SimpleBox Internet Devices for Broadband. Unlike other
currently available devices, the SimpleBoxJID powered by Amiga
contains an authorized Sun Virtual Machine, a high performance,
memory efficient solution for running Java technology based
media content. MeterNet and Amiga are also developing a low
cost Internet Radio Device for worldwide consumer markets
targeted for release in early 2001. Visit Amiga.com for the
complete announcement at MeterNet Teams with Amiga.
17 September 2000 - Safe v14.2 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe142.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
17 September 2000 - VirusWarning.Guide v3.1 Available.
A new update of VirusWarning.guide has been released today, by
Virus Help Denmark. They have added all the last viruswarnings,
and the code has been cleaned a lot and also added a few new
things. The archive is named vht-vg31.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. This guide contains all virus alerts from
VHT-DK issued prior to Sept 17th, 2000. For ongoing virus and
worm alerts, please see the Virus Alerts page.
07 September 2000 - Safe v14.0 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe140.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
07 September 2000 - Amiga.com - Taifun Video and
Animation Special F/X Software Announced. Amiga announced
First Wildfire, Now Taifun. They say WK Artworks and KDH
Datentechnik announced on Sept 1st, that they have launched
the development of Taifun for the new Amiverse, AmigaOne and
all Amigable Computers. Taifun is the successor product to the
award-winning video and animation special effects software
Wildfire 7\PPC. The new software product is currently being
developed using the Amiga Software Development Kit (SDK) and
is making great progress. Visit Amiga.com for the articles
link at http://www.amiga.com/
03 September 2000 - xadmaster.library v8.0 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest sharware library. The
archive is named xadmaster80.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page. The older version has been moved to the
Archives Section.
03 September 2000 - Amiga - CheckX v1.79 Available
Dirk Stöcker released his latest version of CheckX. The
archive is named checkx179.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
03 September 2000 - xfdmaster.library v1.34 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest xfd library. The archive is
named xfdmaster134.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
The older version has been moved to the Archives Section.
03 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.04 beta Available
The archive is named VirusExecutor204.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites or on Aminet within the next 24 hours,
thanks to Jan Anderson of the Virus Help Denmark.
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31 August 2000 - Amiga.com - Hyperion Entertainment
Is Bringing The Coolest Games To The New Amiga
Amiga.com announced yesterday, that renowned game developer,
Hyperion, who brought Heretic II to Amiga, has announced a
long-term partnership with Amiga to bring leading-edge game
titles to the Amiverse. For the complete story, and the
initial list of titles being developed for Amiverse, visit
http://www.amiga.com/
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29 August 2000 - 8x8 - Motaba-3, link virus found
Virus Help Denmark reports that today they received information
from about an infected archive that was on Aminet and has
been released on Aminet CD-38. This archive is infected with
the linkvirus named by xvs.library v33.23, '8x8 virus' and
named by VT-Schutz v3.17 as 'Motaba-3 virus'. Please see the
Virus Warning Page, here at VHT-Canada, for the updated
warnings, called vht-dk90.lha and vht-dk91.lha.
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk90 Readme
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk91 Readme
27 August 2000 - Safe v13.9 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe139.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
27 August 2000 - Amiga.com - IBM DeveloperWorks Gives
Amiga Software Development Kit a Thumbs Up.
Amiga.com announcement says In the second part of a series at
the IBM DeveloperWorks Linux Library, the Amiga SDK is examined.
The piece exposes the raw cross-platform power of the new Amiga
Digital Environment. Visit Amiga.com for the articles link at
http://www.amiga.com/
22 August 2000 - HiSOFT Summersavers Final Offers
One week left for the sale, and there are more discounts.
o The Official Octamed 6 CD (Amiga) 1.95 GBP
o Devpac 3 (Amiga) 12.95 GBP
o Sisys 2.1 Remote Amiga with free Termite comms
s/w (Amiga) 9.95 GBP
Summersavers Sale address - http://www.hisoft.co.uk/
25 August 2000 - Amiga.com - Ruksun Software Techologies
Joins Forces with Amiga. The progressive software firm is taking
advantage of Amiga's hardware-agnostic Digital Environment in
porting its two flagship products, Messenger Force and IMAP
Force. For the complete article from Amiga.com, visit
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/082400-ruksun.shtml
23 August 2000 - Amiga.com - Amiga Works with Red Hat
to Provide the Foundation of the New Digital Content Universe.
On Aug 22nd, Amiga.com announced that Amiga and Red Hat are
working togather to provide the foundation for exciting games
and consumer content for the desktop, set-top-box, game console,
and handheld markete. To read more on what Amiga.com has to say,
visit http://www.amiga.com/corporate/082200-redhat.shtml
22 August 2000 - HiSOFT Summersavers New Offers
HiSOFT announced on Aug 21, to compensate for the sell-outs,
of some items, they've added the following Amiga items, and
the Midi Book with Midi cables:
o MediaMAGIC with free Octamed 6 CD 9.95 GBP
o DiskMAGIC with free Four Weddings & A Funeral VideoCD 9.95 GBP
o CrossDOS 7 34.95 GBP
o TurboPrint 7.10 37.95 GBP
o Making the Most of MIDI BOOK with 2 free MIDI cables 4.95 GBP
17 August 2000 - Amiga and Infomedia Network
Announce Strategic Relationship for New Interactive
Set-top Boxes. To read the complete Amiga.com article
on the two firms announcement, of their intent to deliver
the Amiga and its content on a new line a broadband
interactive products, visit
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/081600-infomedia.shtml
15 August 2000 - A Note From Amiga's Dean Brown
and Vice President Randall Hughes. In the latest Issue No.3
of Amiga's Amiga World, the new Director of Hardware, Dean
Brown, tells his story about being a hardware director.
There is also a note from Amiga;s VP, in the executive
editorial. To read the latetes Amiga World, visit
http://www.amiga.com/press/zine/8-1-00/
13 August 2000 - Safe v13.8 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe138.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
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12 August 2000 - Bogus Prices at shareit.com
Oli Wagner of Vapor.com, posted on Aug 5th, that he heard
that someone created some fake entries for Vapor programs
at the shareit.com registration service, with bogus prices.
He asked people to please ignore those, ordering there will
not produce any keyfiles.
Oli also confirmed, that yes, there eventually will be a
MorphOS native version of Voyager, the graphics broswer,
from Vapor.com. For updates on Oli Wagners messages,
just finger him, at his vapor e-mail address, or visit
the Vapor Website at http://www.vapor.com
12 August 2000 - News Items at Amiga.org
There are a few items at Amiga.org that look interestig.
There is a SEAL-O-RAMA show, that is to take place on
Sept 7th. There is an announcement about a Free
Playstation Emulator .008 Rev 2, and if you follow the
link, it will tell you a number of things that are
required to use it. There also was a new Amiga search
engine announced, but when the link was followed, the
message at the site read: "We`re moving to a new server.
So long our keywordsearch is out of order." For the
latest news from Amiga.org, visit
http://www.amiga.org/index.shtml
10 August 2000 - IBrowse Annoucements
There was a note from the iBrowse Team, saying that
"Stefan _is_ still working on iBrowse 2 with AmiSSL
support."
10 August 2000 - StrICQ Official Support Page
Douglas F. McLaughlin, programmer of Stricq, an Amiga ICQ
Client, has previously given the go-ahead for Nogfx to
post his newly compiled version of StrICQ on his homepage.
To check out the Support Page for Stricq, visit
http://www.multimania.com/aubioane/stricq/stricq.html
09 August 2000 - Amiga - Virus Help Denmark
Announcement. VHT-DK announced on their mailing list,
that they have redone the look of their homepage. They
have kept everything the same, but have done away with the
frames. To check out Virus Help Denmark, visit
http://www.vht-dk.dk
08 August 2000 - Amiga - Amiga President Bill McEwen,
writes a short letter to the Amiga Community, about their
European plans and dispels some interesting rumors.
To read Bill McEwen's Executive Update, go to:
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/080800-mcewen.shtml
08 August 2000 - Amiga - Paul Nolan Joins the Amiga
Team. Paul Nolan is founder and CEO of Paul Nolan Software
Inc., and creator of the Photogenics graphics manipulation
program. Read more about Amiga's additon, at:
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/072900-nolan.shtml
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01 August 2000 - Amiga - CheckX v1.77 Available
This program by Dirk Stöcker, was released last June 30th,
2000, but had not been available here. The archive is named
checkx177.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
01 August 2000 - Amiga - VirusSlayer II v1.00 beta
This program by Martin Zemblowski, was released last January
7th, 2000, but had not been available here. The archive is
named vs-2_100.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
25 July 2000 - Amiga - Corrected VC-NG version nos.
I have changed the version number on VirusCheckerNG
to show v1b7, rather than the previous 1.0B7. The
only place you will visually see the change is on the
donwloads page, and in the readme file. The binary and
binary PGP sig, do not require changes.
21 July 2000 - Amiga - Safe v13.6 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe136.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
15 July 2000 - Amiga - xvs.library v33.23 Released
Alex first released the library to the viruschecker2 mailing
list. The archive is named xvslibrary3323.lha, and can be
found on the downloads page. For more information on joining
the viruschecker2 forum, see the miscellaneous section on the
About Us page. Older version can be found in the Archives.
14 July 2000 - Amiga - xvs.library v33.22 Released
Alex first released the library to the viruschecker2 mailing
list. The archive is named xvslibrary3322.lha, and can be
found on the downloads page.
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29 June 2000 - Amiga - xadmaster.library v7.0 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest sharware library. The
archive is named xadmaster70.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page. The older version has been moved to the
Archives Section.
29 June 2000 - Amiga - xfdmaster.library v1.33 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest xfd library. The archive is
named xfdmaster133.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
The older version has been moved to the Archives Section.
25 June 2000 - Amiga - VT v3.17 Available
System Requirements: All Amigas with OS2.04 or higher
This new Virus Test (VT-Schutz) will find the new Motaba
linkvirus. The archive is named vt317k.lha, and can be
found on the downloads page.
25 June 2000 - Amiga - VT v3.17 dok Available
These are German Documentation only, for VT v3.17. The
archive is named vt317dok.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
25 June 2000 - Amiga - Safe v13.5 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system on the 21st, but was
not available until today. Safe v13.5 will detect the
new linkvirus named "Motaba". The archive is named
Safe135.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
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05 June 2000 - Amiga - Safe v13.3 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. The archive is named
safe133.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
04 May 2000 - Amiga - xadmaster.library v6.1 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest sharware library. The
archive is named xadmaster.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
04 May 2000 - Amiga - xfdmaster.library v1.32 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest xfd library. The archive is
named xfdmaster.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
09 April 2000 - Amiga - Virus Warning Guide v3.0
Available. The archive is named vht-vg30.lha, and can be found
on the downloads page. This guide contains all virus alerts
from Virus Help Denmark, issued prior to April 9, 2000. For
ongoing virus and worm alerts, please see the Virus Alerts
page.
01 April 2000 - Amiga - VirusExecutor v2.03 Available
The archive is named VirusExecutor.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page.
07 March 2000 - Amiga - VirusCheckerNG Preview v1.0B7
Released. Alex released a beta version of the new VC-NG
program to the viruschecker2 mailinglist. The archive is named
VirusCheckerNG.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
The NG Preview carries this warning:
: "This is a preview! beware! it is not finished and some
: functions don't work or might contain bugs! use at your
: own risc!"
For more information on joining the viruschecker2 forum, see
the miscellaneous section on the About Us page.
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07 March 2000 - Amiga - VirusZ II v1.45 Final Release
Georg Hormann has released the final version of his VirusZ
program. Further development will be handled by Dirk Stoecker
in the form of the program VirusZ III. This VirusZ II v1.45
Final Release is found in the same archive as the VirusZ III
program. The archive is named VirusZ.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page.
07 March 2000 - Amiga - VirusZ III v0.94b Available
A new beta of Dirk Stoeckers VirusZ III is available on the
downloads page. This v0.94beta archive, includes the VirusZ
II v1.45 Final Release. The archive is named VirusZ.lha, and
can be found on the downloads page.
05 March 2000 - Amiga - xvs.library v33.21 Released
Alex first released the library to the viruschecker2 mailing
list. The archive is named xvslibrary.lha, and can be found
on the downloads page. For more information on joining the
viruschecker2 forum, see the miscellaneous section on the
About Us page.
20 February 2000 - Amiga - Virus gallery added to VHT-DK
site. If you have ever wondered what a virus looks like when
it hits, or what your viruskiller of choice displays when it
catches a virus, then wonder no more. The VHT-DK team compiled
some screengrabs showing both of these taking place. You can
find it on the Amiga page of the VHT-DK site,
http://www.vht-dk.dk/
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Windows
28 December 2000 - DAT / SDAT 4113 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4113, and SuperDat File for v4x 4120/4113
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
26 December 2000 - Manipulating Netscape 6 Bookmark Folders
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that when manipulating the bookmark
folder in Netscape 6, do not copy and paste the bookmark folder into
itself. According to Netscape, this may delete the bookmark folder.
26 December 2000 - IPE AntiVirus Update Kit Number 1095 Available
Computer Associates (CAI) announced on Dec 18th, that the new update
kit for the signature file used in InoculateIT Personal Edition
AntiVirus, has been uploaded to the Computer Associates web site
for you to download.
26 December 2000 - InoculateIT PE AntiVirus V 5.2 Now Available
As of Dec 14th, IPE Version 5.2 was made available for download on
the Computer Associates web site. To download the new version of
InoculateIT Personal Edition AntiVirus, simply go to
http://antivirus.ca.com where you will see the option to download the
software. Once you have downloaded the new version, don't forget to
keep it regularly updated, by downloading and installing the regular
update kits.
21 December 2000 - Anti-Virus For Lotus Notes/Domino E-Mail
Gateways.
Kaspersky Lab has a Press Release announcing the beta-version release
of its flagship anti-virus product, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AVP), for
Lotus Notes/Domino e-mail gateways running on the Linux or Windows NT
operating system.
21 December 2000 - DAT / SDAT 4112 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4112, and SuperDat File for v4x 4120/4112
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
21 December 2000 - MSNBC Bug of the Day Reports
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports covering Dec 18th to Dec 21st.
* Dec. 21: Security update for Microsoft Outlook 2000
* Dec. 20: Errors with Microsoft Office 2000
* Dec. 19: Tracking your funds with Microsoft Money 2001
* Dec. 18: Security update for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
15 December 2000 - Comments: A Dark Day for PC Users
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Lab says in their Dec 13th report, that they
received more than 500 reports from around the world concerning
computer data loss caused by the re-activation of the macro-virus
"Thus". This macro-virus spreads via Microsoft Word documents.
At this moment, Kaspersky Lab anti-virus experts have discovered
around 80 modifications of the "Thus" virus
15 December 2000 - A New def. File For F-Prot
Virus Help Denmark announced on Dec 14th, that a new def. file for
F-Prot has been released. They say you can find the new update
on their VHT-DK Downloads Page.
15 December 2000 - Save Paper With Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
MSNBC Bug Of The Day asks want to help save a tree? Then select
Print from the File menu to avoid printing an additional blank page
when a print job is selected by choosing the Print button from the
File menu in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 95, 98,
or 98SE.
14 December 2000 - DAT / SDAT 4111 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4111, and SuperDat File for v4x 4120/4111
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
14 December 2000 - Freezing Up With McAfee VirusScan 4.5
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that running the utilities, ScanDisk and
Defrag, on a Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, NT, or 2000 system may trigger a
system freeze if McAfee VirusScan 4.5 VShield is on board. To avert
this blunder, disable the antivirus software before running either
utility. Read the Bug Of The Day report on how to better solve the
problem.
13 December 2000 - New F-Prot v3.08b Has Been Released
Virus Help Denmark announced on Dec 12th, that a new update of
F-Prot v3.08b has been released. They say you can find the new update
on their VHT-DK Downloads Page.
13 December 2000 - Downloading Macromedia Shockwave
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports on what to do if Macromedia Shockwave
Player doesn't download as expected, with MS Internet Explorer 5.
12 December 2000 - Search Trouble With Lotus Notes
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that when running Lotus Notes 5.0.2,
there may be an error when doing Full-Text searching By Form, if the
database property, 'Allow more fields in database', is turned on.
Trying to search this way may generate the error message 'Cannot store
document' database has too many unique field names. MSNBC recommends
that you please ask your administrator to compact the database. They
state that this has been fixed in Lotus Notes and Domino 5.0.3 QMR.
12 December 2000 - 4110 DAT Okay With 4.0.3 And Higher
Arizona State University has notified me, that the problem with the
4110 DAT, was with version number 4.0.2 and older. Most users should
be at version 4.5 and this 4110 DAT upgrade works just fine. ASU has
tested out this update and it is working fine for them.
10 December 2000 - 4109 DAT and 4120/4109 SuperDAT Packages
Have Been Reinstated!!!
The 4109 DAT and 4120/4109 SuperDAT packages have been reinstated
while a compatibility issue regarding VirusScan v4.0.2 on Windows NTFS
is investigated. More information will be posted as it is available
08 December 2000 - Error messages with Quicken 2001
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that according to Intuit, once a user
is in the Planning Center in Quicken 2001, either of two messages may
pop up. The Bug report has a link to a tedious, but reliable workaround.
07 December 2000 - Sdat 4110 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4110, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4110 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
07 December 2000 - Update HotSync Manager with ACT! 2000
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that with Interact Commerce ACT! PalmPilot
Link and ACT! 2000 (5.03.423) both installed, selecting the PalmPilot
icon from the toolbar or the Palm HotSync set up from the tool menu
triggers the hourglass to pop up. But before much time lapses, it
disappears. This behavior indicates the HotSync Manager needs to be
updated. Read the Bug report for the HotSync update link.
07 December 2000 - Synchronize settings with ACT! 2000
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that after setting up or changing the e-mail
synchronization settings in ACT! 2000 for Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000,
synchronizing may fail, says Interact Commerce. Follow the Bug Of The Day
instructions to verify the setting
05 December 2000 - Saving files with Corel WordPerfect 9
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that in WordPerfect 9 for Windows, the
error, "File appears to be corrupted", may be set off when a file is
saved in Microsoft Word 97 or 2000 with or without a Suppress code
in the Initial Document Style. Apply Service Pack 4 to correct the
problem by calling Corel Customer Service at (800) 772-6735.
05 December 2000 - BUG ALERT: Patch Covers Holes In Media Player
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports a BUG ALERT that says vulnerabilities
could allow malicious code to be run on victim's computer. Read the
report for the description and patch information.
04 December 2000 - A Fix From Corel Quattro Pro
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports a Service Pack 4 for Corel Quattro Pro 9
for Windows fixes the bug that caused a range not to be delivered
when a spreadsheet named range was linked into WordPerfect by only
inserting the named range. For the download, go to:
http://www.corel.com/support/downloads/index.htm
03 December 2000 - New def. File For F-Prot
Virus Help Denmark announced on Dec 1st, that a new def. file for
F-Prot has been released today. You can find the new .def
update at VHT-Denmark PC Antivirus Program Download Page.
03 December 2000 - Sdat 4109 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4109, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4109 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
30 November 2000 - Sdat 4108 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4108, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4108 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
30 November 2000 - CAI AntiVirus Update Number 502 Available
Mon, 27 Nov 2000 Computer Associates announced that InoculateIT
Personal Edition AntiVirus Update number 502 has been uploaded to
their web site for you to download. It is recommended that once you
have downloaded and installed an update that you do a virus scan of
all the files on your system and create a new reference disk for your
system.
29 November 2000 - Upgrading Problems With Windows Me
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that during an upgrade to Windows Me from
a Windows 95 or 98 installation that includes the 3Com Corporation NIC
Diagnostics program, an error may be dished out indicating the 3Com
NIC Diagnostics program isn't compatible, and that it will be removed.
Don't ditch the installation at this point, because after the upgrade
is complete, the diagnostics program and help files turn up.
28 November 2000 - Video trouble with Windows Me
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports Be forewarned! After installing a
secondary video adapter in a Windows 98 or Me environment, the screen
display is a blank. Such behavior can be attributed to a computer
that has a built-in video adapter, but where the BIOS doesn't support
multiple video adapters, and where the secondary video adapter isn't
supported for multiple display use. To work around this snafu, either
update the computer's BIOS or get a supported video adapter.
27 November 2000 - Problems Shutting Down With Windows Me
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports trying to shut down a Toshiba Tecra 780DVD
running Microsoft Windows Me may be a tricky affair. The computer may
restart or stop, displaying a flashing cursor. The trouble maker: A
Lucent modem asking for a delay in a Ring0 function. Read the Bug Of
The Day report, to see a couple of workarounds that fixes this glitch.
24 November 2000 - Map trouble with MS Pocket Streets 2001 2.5
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports if you're using the four-way cursor
control on a Casio Cassiopeia E-115 or a Compaq Ipaq to scroll a map
in Microsoft Pocket Streets 2001, the map may not scroll without
applying one or both of these workarounds. Try this one first:
1) Launch Pocket Streets 2001, and 2) Tap Tools, Map, Map Styles, OK.
If that doesn't help, activate the Pan Arrows. Here's how: 1) Launch
Pocket Streets 2001, and 2) Tap Tools, Map, and Pan Arrows.
23 November 2000 - F-Secure Tips To Avoid Computer Worms
F-Secure advises the public on how to avoid computer worms. They
made available the document in the November 21st, 2000 Media Release.
F-Secure says that the risk of getting infected by new and unknown
worms can be minimized by following the tips.
23 November 2000 - Sdat 4107 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4107, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4107 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
NAI Notice: Windows NT 3.51 Customers
This 4107 SuperDAT installs the 4.1.10 engine. An issue has been
identified with this engine relating to Windows NT 3.51 NTFS volumes.
When performing on-demand scans, this version of the Engine resets the
file time and date stamps. This may adversely affect backup software.
Users with this configuration are advised to deploy the 4.1.20 Release
Candidate Engine available from the BETA website
(http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/beta) on the 23rd November 2000.
The 4.1.20 engine will subsequently be available as a full release on
the 29th November 2000.
23 November 2000 - New def. File For F-Prot
Virus Help Denmark announced on Nov 20th, that a new def. file for
F-Prot has been released today. You can find the new .def
update at VHT-Denmark PC Antivirus Program Download Page.
23 November 2000 - Checking Outlook 2000 appointments
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports a workaround, that may come in handy if
you're traveling to Mexico City and need to check your appointments
in the Microsoft Outlook calendar. Without it, all times may be off
by two hours during daylight savings time in some versions.
23 November 2000 - Fool's gold from MS Money 2001
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that the values in the Net Worth over
Time report may actually reflect double the values in the Net
Worth report. Read the complete Bug of the Day for a workaround.
17 November 2000 - Internet Explorer 5.5 vs. Netscape
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports even if Netscape Navigator is selected as
the default browser, clicking a hyperlink in an HTML e-mail in Microsoft
Outlook Express may trigger Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 SE 2000,
or Me to open. To work around this kink, try this: 1) On the hyperlink,
right-click 2) Select Copy Shortcut 3) Choose Start, Run, CTRL+V,
and 4) Choose OK.
17 November 2000 - Microsoft Excel 2000 Triggering Errors?
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports copying a formula from one cell to another
in Excel 2000 may trigger a #NULL! error in certain situations, says
Microsoft. These include: Copying a formula that includes a label and
a defined name reference. The reference to the defined name is between
two label references, and The Accept Labels in Formulas box has been
checked. Currently a fix or workaround is not available.
17 November 2000 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Breaking News
Recently, Kaspersky Lab informed users of the Internet-worm Hybris danger,
and they reiterate that this virus is a very complex malicious code that
can be updated by its author through his own Web page or through an
anti-virus conference alt.comp.virus, which is already replete with this
virus components. Also still active is an Internet-worm called Navidad.
Yesterday, the first reports about the Internet-worm Music arrived at
Kaspersky Lab, who estimate that this worm has all the chances of
becoming an epidemic. Read the complete Kaspersky Labs report, under
Virus Alerts Fishing Time.
16 November 2000 - Sdat 4106 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4106, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4106 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
16 November 2000 - McAfee VirusScan 5.1
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports at the time of this writing, only these
McAfee products are compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 VirusScan
5.1 the Anti-Virus portion of McAfee Clinic called ActiveShield, and
Dr. Solomon 8.5.
15 November 2000 - McAfee 2000 ToolBox
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that in McAfee 2000 ToolBox Instant Update,
the error, Checkup caused an Invalid Page Fault in module Y2KDB.DLL,
may display running Instant Update when a connection to the FTP server
can't be made. A manual download circumvents this snafu. For help and
steps to correct this, read the MSNBC Bug Report.
14 November 2000 - Landware Pocket Quicken 1.01
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports if a category or class is added to Pocket
Quicken 1.01, it may not appear in the desktop version of Intuit Quicken,
says LandWare. For now, make those changes on the desktop and then modify
the Pocket Quicken conduit. Read the complete bugreport to find out how.
14 November 2000 - Ipswitch WS_FTP
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports when attempting to upload files with
Ipswitch's WS_FTP 6.0 and later, the following error may appear:
503 No PORT command issued first. According to Ipswitch, the problem
can be worked around by setting Passive Mode to off. This setting can
be found on the Host Info tab on the connection screen.
14 November 2000 - Quicken 2001
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports if this setup initialization error
message, Setup initialization error: Setup is unable to decompress,
error 112, pops up in Quicken 2001, head over to
http://www.intuit.com/support/quicken/faqs/win4/6040.html
for the workaround.
14 November 2000 - Quicken 2000
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports if Error 7512 pops up in Intuit Quicken
99/2000 when trying to access the online banking features, then look
for these conditions to be setting the stage for that: The same
Customer ID number is used for online banking with the same financial
institution using Quicken and QuickBooks, and the financial institution
migrated all Quicken users to the new Open Financial Exchange (OFX)
standard, but didn't do that for QuickBooks users. The only way to work
around this caper is to contact the financial institution in question,
and ask for a new Customer ID number for QuickBooks.
14 November 2000 - Kaspersky Lab Anti-Virus Updated
Protection procedure against the Internet worm Hybris and its versions
have now been added to anti-virus databases of Kaspersky Anti-Virus
(AVP). Visit the virus alert under Hybris: The Story Continues
13 November 2000 - InoculateIT Personal Edition AntiVirus
Update Number 490 available. Computer Associates announced on Nov 8th,
that the new update has been uploaded to their web site for you to
download. They recommend that you keep your anti-virus protection
up-to-date at all times by ensuring you are running the most up-to-date
anti-virus software (Current IPE version 5.1) and that latest update kit.
The update file can be obtained at the following URL:
http://antivirus.ca.com/cgi-bin/ipe/update.cgi
10 November 2000 - Sdat 4104 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4104, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4104 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
10 November 2000 - New def. File For F-Prot
Virus Help Denmark announced on Nov 8th, that a new def. file for
F-Prot has been released today. You can find the new .def
update at VHT-Denmark PC Antivirus Program Download Page.
10 November 2000 - Deluge of security patches from MS
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reporter Bruce Kratofil, says there seems to be
no question that security is now the No. 1 topic at Microsoft beating
out the topic from this summer, Why doesn't anyone like us anymore?
It's not just all the spin and story changing over the hacking attack
on their corporate network. It can be seen in the unprecedented
number of security bulletins being issued by Microsoft.
05 November 2000 - Microsoft's choice: Law or Order
The Register has a Nov 4th article by Kevin Poulsen, of Security
Focus.com, that says in part when Microsoft flushed its internal
network clean of the intruder who broke in earlier this month, the
FBI's best chance of catching and convicting the culprit may have
gone down the drain, experts say. Read the complete Register
article at Microsoft's choice: Law or Order.
05 November 2000 - MSN Explorer: Simple software
MSNBC has a report on the IE-based Web environment, and that it works
with your choice of ISPs. Their Nov. 2 article says, MSN may not
come close to the number of subscribers using the AOL service, but
now it has some classy looking software that gives the industry giant
a run for its money. Another big plus is that you don't have to be an
MSN subscriber to use it. Read MSN Explorer: Simple software.
04 November 2000 - California.IBM - HOAX
Virus Help Denmark has a Nov 2nd report that says in part, the
hoax has been send around all of Scandinavia in the last 24 hours,
but don't worry about the amail. Visit VHT-DK for the complete
article on California.IBM - HOAX.
04 November 2000 - Sdat 4103 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4103, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4103 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
04 November 2000 - 02-Nov-2000 Alert: 4102 DAT error
McAfee says, today AVERT received reports of the 4102 DATs, posted
yesterday November 1, 2000, not working properly. After testing AVERT
found a problem with the DATs and determined the DATs will not work
with the 4.0.02 engine, as this engine is 2 years old and does not
have the ability to understand some commands in the DATs to detect
the latest virus threats. Read the full McAfee report here:
AVERT Advisory: 4102 DAT error.
29 October 2000 - New def. File For F-Prot
Virus Help Denmark announced on Oct 25th, that a new def. file for
F-Prot has been released today. You can find the new .def
update at VHT-Denmark PC Antivirus Program Download Page.
29 October 2000 - New Update of F-Prot For Windows
Virus Help Denmark announced on Oct 12th, that a new update of
the Trial version of F-Prot has been released. You can find the new
update at VHT-Denmark PC Antivirus Program Download Page.
29 October 2000 - Sdat 4101 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4101, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4101 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
29 October 2000 - MicroSoft Security Patches Available.
There are a number of patches available for several MS programs.
These vulnerability patches involve:
New Variant of VM File Reading
Session ID Cookie Marking
HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow
Web Server Folder Traversal
NetMeeting Desktop Sharing
Cached Web Credentials
Microsoft VM ActiveX
Please see the links to the MS Security Bulletins, on
the Virus Warning Page.
29 October 2000 - Kaspersky Lab News
Visit Kaspersky Lab News for the following stories.
* 10/27/2000 [ Events ]
New Cumulative Anti-Virus Database Update Released for the
AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) anti-virus database. AVP users can
download it for FREE from Kaspersky Lab Web sites.
11 October 2000 - Sdat 4099 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4099, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4099 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
11 October 2000 - Arizona State U Announces Service Pack 1
For VirusScan 4.5 Available. Click on Current Announcements.
06 October 2000 - Sdat 4098 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. DAT File and SuperDat File,
v4x Upgrade (sdat) version 4098, is now available for PC VirusScan.
Visit NAI for Sdat 4098 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
06 October 2000 - Disappearing graphics in Pagemaker.
Bugnet reported on Oct 2nd, that according to Adobe, PageMaker
for Windows publications may print flawlessly to a Hewlett-Packard
DeskJet, but exporting the publication to a PDF file is a different
story, parts of the graphics may disappear. To read the complete
article, visit Disappearing graphics in Pagemaker.
03 October 2000 - F-Prot v3.08 Has Been Released.
Virus Help Denmark announced on Oct 1st, that a new update of
F-Prot v3.08 has been released. You can find the new update
at VHT-Denmark PC Antivirus Program Download Page.
01 October 2000 - Opening MS Office Files In Explorer
May Mean Trouble. Bruce Kratofil, of BugNet, reported on September
26th, a new front has been opened in the war to sneak malicious
code onto your computer. Although we call it a new front, it
actually exploits a problem that many people have known about for
years. Read the complete article at Opening MS Office Files.
01 October 2000 - Sdat 4096 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. Upgrade (sdat) version 4097
is now available for PC VirusScan. Visit Network Associates
Sdat 4097 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
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21 September 2000 - Sdat 4096 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. Upgrade (sdat) version 4096
is now available for PC VirusScan. Visit Network Associates
Sdat 4096 Upgrade Available - Download/Updates Now
15 September 2000 - Sdat 4095 Upgrade Available for
PC Virus Definition And Scan Engine. Upgrade (sdat) version 4095
is now available for PC VirusScan. Visit Network Associates
Download/Updates Now for the updates, at
http://www.nai.com/naicommon/download/dats/mcafee_4x.asp
14 September 2000 - Microsoft Windows ME Priced To
Please Consumers. Simon Avery of The Financial Post, has an
article under the news section, that says in part "Microsoft
Corp. releases its first operating system targeted exclusively
for home use to retailers today. A Millennium upgrade for users
of either Windows 98 or Window 95 will cost $85, down from $169.
The discount comes on the heels of a dramatic slowdown in
Microsoft's revenue growth for operating systems, the most
lucrative division of the software giant." To read the complete
article for Sept 14th, visit
http://www.nationalpost.com/headlinescan/
14 September 2000 - New Tracking System Uncovered In
Microsoft Internet Explorer. CNet posted on Sept 12th, how
turning cookies off, doesn't help you from not being tracked
by Microsoft. Got cookies turned off so you thought you were
surfing privately? Not if you're using MS Internet Explorer.
To read the complete article, visit
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2751843.html
14 September 2000 - A new def. file for F-Prot Released.
On Sept 11th, VHT-DK announced that a new def. file for F-Prot
has been released Sept 11th, and you can get the def. archive
from their download page. Visit the VHT-DK News page at
http://www.vht-dk.dk/ then go to PC / News.
07 September 2000 - New Trick Can Hide Computer
Viruses. MSNBC has an article on the W2K.Stream virus,
as reported on our Virus Warnings page. They say in part,
"A new kind of computer virus has been released, but security
experts are in disagreement over just how menacing it is. The
virus demonstrates a technique that future writers can use to
hide their malicious software from most current antivirus
scanners. But some antivirus companies are playing down the
threat." To read the complete MSNBC article, visit
http://www.msnbc.com/news/455905.asp
23 August 2000 - K-Meleon: New Open-Source Browser
MSNBC news source has an article form Aug 22nd, the there
is a new browser K-Meleon, which may be the Windows answer
to Galeon. For the news about this new open-source browser,
visit http://www.msnbc.com/news/449649.asp
23 August 2000 - InoculateIT Personal Edition
InoculateIT Personal Edition version 5.1 released!
This is the full featured Antivirus software for Windows
95/98, Windows NT Workstation and Windows 2000 Professional.
To read what's new in InoculateIT Personal Edition 5.1,
visit http://antivirus.cai.com/whats_new_ipe5.htm
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17 August 2000 - InoculateIT Personal Edition
AntiVirus Update 430 Released.
Computer Associates announced that AntiVirus Update
number 430 has been uploaded to their (CAI) web site
for you to download.
To download the new signature files for IPE
without going through your Web browser, you can
use the new "Auto Download" feature inside
IPE (Tools, AutoDownload) or the AutoDownload
application to check for updated signatures,
download, and install them.
It is recommended that once you have downloaded
and installed an update that you do a virus
scan of all the files on your system and
create a new reference disk for your system.
Alternatively, the update file can be obtained
at the following URL:
http://antivirus.ca.com/cgi-bin/ipe/update.cgi
15 August 2000 - AMD processors may stymie USB devices
Reported on MSNBC, Bug of The Day, they say in part:
"An AMD processor running at 350MHz or faster, or a VIA
Technologies Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller may
prevent USB devices from doing their job on a Windows 98
SE computer, says Microsoft." To read the complete article,
and to have a link to finding out how to enable USB support,
with a workaround, visit
http://www.msnbc.com/news/444825.asp
14 August 2000 - MSNBC Bug of The Day
Bugs listed for PC people, so far this month;
Aug. 10: Norton Antivirus needs massaging
Aug. 9: Outlook Express upgrade woes
Aug. 8: Blue screen of death in Windows 2000
Aug. 7: Access password glitch allows access
BUG ALERT: McAfee Lockup
Aug. 4: IE 5.5 plus Windows 2000 = mismatched files
Aug. 3: Plug for nasty IE security hole
Aug. 2: Novell BorderManager lockups
Aug. 1: Beware faulty DRAM chips
To read the bugs, visit
http://www.msnbc.com/news/BUGOFTHEDAY_Front.asp
11 August 2000 - IBrowse Mac / PC Annoucements
There were a couple of items from the iBrowse Team,
telling of a few products for the Mac and PC.
These include:
o BeOS 5 Pro edition (Mac / PC) now shipping.
45 GBP (Mac / PC)
o Pre-order MoviePack (Mac / PC). MoviePack 3 will ship
at the end of August.
o CINEMA 4D GO Offer (Mac / PC). Until 31 Aug 2000 we are
bundling four extra 3D juice CDs with GO.
169 GBP (Mac / PC)
25 July 2000 - PC - Outlook Security Patch
Available. To help protect you against most viruses
spread via attachments in e-mail, Microsoft has introduced
a significant security enhancement for OutlookR 98 and
2000. Download your free copy of eSafe Desktop 2.2 and
get protected today. Check for new updates at:
http://www.ealaddin.com/home/csrt/update.asp
July 2000 - PC - Found Free Virichecking Program
A company called Computer Associates International (CAI)
dispenses free PC software to the masses. The free viri
checker is named InoculateIT, and a link can now be found
on the downloads page. There is a registration process to
to complete.
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Macintosh
26 December 2000 - MAC DAT Virex 010101 Update Available
Networks Associates Technology, Inc. has released the MAC Virex Virus
Update on Dec 21st. Follow the above link for DAT File for Virex 010101.
To test pre-release software and obtain update files, including virus
definition (.DAT) files, visit the Network Associates beta site at
http://beta.nai.com
07 December 2000 - MacOS X 1.0 to launch 24 Feburary
The Register has a Dec 7th article by Tony Smith, that says Apple has
set 24 February as the official launch date for its next-generation
operating system, MacOS X, according to company sources speaking to
ZDNet US.
03 December 2000 - MAC DAT Virex Update Available
Networks Associates Technology, Inc. has released the MAC Virex Virus
Update. Follow the link for DAT File for Virex 001201.
To test pre-release software and obtain update files, including virus
definition (.DAT) files, visit the Network Associates beta site at
http://beta.nai.com
23 November 2000 - Macintosh Virex November Update Available
Arizona StateU says the Macintosh anti-virus software Virex has the
October update available. The update is available on the ASU FTP server,
the ASU Anti-virus web pages (See the "Antivirus updates" button), and
the IT Distribution AppleShare server.
23 November 2000 - Apple Marketing Chief Quits
Tony Smith of The Register posted Apple's VP of Marketing Communication,
Steve Wilhite, has quit the company. No reason was given for his
departure, though he is believed to have resigned rather than fired.
20 November 2000 - Apple Retail Chain To Open Doors Next April
Tony Smith of The Register posted Apple's much-rumoured, long-awaited
High Street retail operation is finally moving towards a launch, with
three stores set to open their doors in California next April.
20 November 2000 - Apple's Switch Glitch: Cube Affected Too
Tony Smith of The Register posted that Apple continues to have problems
with the switches that turn on its latest line of desktop Macs.
After the company admitted that there is an issue with Power Mac G4
switches burning out, we hear that Cube owners are having similar
problems. As one Register reader put it, "The machine began to turn
itself on and off, whenever it liked."
31 October 2000 - Cheryl Vedoe Joins Apple
Apple announced yesterday, that Cheryl Vedoe, a former vice president
of Apple's Education Division, has rejoined the company in the newly
created position of vice president of Education Marketing and Solutions,
reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Visit Cheryl Vedoe Joins Apple for
the full press release.
29 October 2000 - Motorola set to ship 600MHz G4?
On October 26, 2000, The Register reports so says the rumour-mill,
and only a year late...
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Napster launches Mac MP3 app
On October 25, 2000, The Register reports it's actually someone
else's code
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Germany Bucks Apple Revenue Trend
On October 24, 2000, The Register reports Deutschland |ber Apples
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Apple To End AppleStore Exclusives
On October 20, 2000, The Register reports resellers to be offered
AppleStore-only kit too.
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Apple's Cube-for-Cash Deal Comes To Britain
On October 20, 2000, The Register reports buy a pricey Cube and
display and get 250 quid back.
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Apple Sees Growth Despite Depressed Sales
On October 19, 2000, The Register reports inventiory issues to hit Q1
2001 results too.
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Apple Creates Europe-wide Retail,
Education Sales OPs. On October 19, 2000, The Register reports
European centralisation continues.
Read The Register News Report.
29 October 2000 - Mac Video Editing Solution
On October 17, 2000, Apple and Pinnacle Ship Uncompressed Video
Editing Solution at Breakthrough Price.
Read the press release on Video Editing Solution.
12 October 2000 - Apple Offers Cash For Cubes Rebate.
Tony Smith of The Register, says Apple is to offer US buyers $300
cash-back in an attempt to beef up sales of its poor-selling Power
Mac G4 Cube, Mac retailers have claimed. Read the complete article
at Apple Offers Cash For Cubes Rebate.
12 October 2000 - Apple Press Realeases from Oct 10th.
Apple made a couple of Quicktime announcements.
Apple's QuickTime 4 Surpasses 100 Million Mark.
Apple Releases QuickTime 5 and QuickTime Streaming Server.
06 October 2000 - Corel pledges .NET applications for Mac.
Tony Smith of The Register, starts off by saying, Corel's alliance
with software rival Microsoft will see the troubled Canadian
operation ship .NET versions of its Mac applications. Read the
complete article at Corel pledges .NET applications for Mac.
03 October 2000 - Macintosh Virex October Update Available.
Networks Associates has Virex Virus Update for October 1, 2000
available. The current Virex Scan Engine Version: 4070. Network
Associates releases new Virus Update files each month. To protect
yourself against these virus threats, download and install the
latest Virus Update found at DAT File for Virex 001001 09/29/00
03 October 2000 - Apple Japan Price Fixing Suspected.
Tony Smith of The Register, reports Japan's Fair Trade Commission
today announced it had officially warned Apple's Japanese operation
not to force retailers to sell consumer-oriented iBooks and iMacs at
list price or above. The warning follows a ten-month investigation
into Apple Japan over suspected retail price fixing - a violation of
Section 19, Articles 12 (retail price maintenance) and 13 (illegal
restrictions on trading) of the Japanese Anti-monopoly Law. The
examination kicked off with raids on Apple's Japanese HQ last December.
Read the complete story at Fair Trade Officials, Tick Off Apple.
01 October 2000 - Apple Denies Cube Is Cracking.
Tony Smith of The Register, reported on September 29th, that Apple
does seem to be having problems with its PowerPC G4 Cube. Not only
has the tiny desktop machine not been selling as well as the company
had hoped, but Apple's customer services department is being
bombarded by concerned customers questioning the Cube's build quality.
For the complete article, visit Apple Denies Cube Is Cracking.
01 October 2000 - Motorola Upgrades PowerPC G4 Slimline
PPC 7410. Tony Smith of The Register, reported on September 27th,
that Motorola yesterday, unveiled its latest PowerPC G4 processor,
the 7410, but the new processor is unlikely to please Mac users
looking for a chip capable of catching up with Intel's ever-growing
megahertz lead. For the complete article, visit PPC 7410.
01 October 2000 - Apple to Report Lower than Expected Fourth
Quarter Earnings. On Sept 28th, Apple announced that earnings for
its quarter ending September 30, 2000 will be substantially below
expectations due to slower than expected sales in the month of
September. Complete article at Apple to Report Lower Earnings.
01 October 2000 - Upcoming QuickTime Live! Conference
Apple announced on September 28th, the Keynote speakers for the
second-annual QuickTime Live! conference on October 9 - 12, at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Apple has the
complete article at Apple Announces Keynote Speakers.
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21 September 2000 - Apple's UK Interim MD, Changes Post.
Apple UK's interim MD, Brendan O'Sullivan, is leaving the local
operation, to head the company's Europe-wide drive, to boost
sales in the education market. O'Sullivan will be replaced by
another Apple interim executive, Mark Rogers, according to
company sources cited by MacUser in the UK, and reported here
from The Register UK. For the complete Register story, visit
Apple UK MD Bails For Euro Role
18 September 2000 - iMovie 2 Video Editing Software
Available. This editing software is immediately available from
the Apple Online Store for $49 via 1-Click downloading an
industry first which combines 1-Click shopping with the
downloading of software over the Internet. To read the news
release, visit iMovie 2 Video Announced.
18 September 2000 - Apple Licenses Amazon.com 1-Click
Patent and Trademark. A new version of Apple's Online Store
featuring 1-Click shopping went live today, and all products
sold on The Apple Store can now be purchased with the 1-Click
feature. For the news release, visit Apple Licenses Amazon.com.
15 September 2000 - MS Names Date For Mac Office 2001.
Microsoft has at last said when it will ship Office 2001 for
the Mac -- just under a month from now, on 11 October. The
suite will be re-branded Office:Mac on launch, as will its
component apps, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To read the full
story at The Register, visit MS Names Date For Mac Office 2001.
14 September 2000 - Apple ships MacOS X public beta
for $30. Tony Smith of The Register, posted "Apple has released
its public beta, but only on CD and for those Mac users keen
enough to shell out 25 quid or 30 bucks, depending on their
country of residence. The public beta will expire on 15 May
2001. For the full story, visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/13222.html
14 September 2000 - Apple Exop Paris Sept 13th
Announcements. At the show, Apple had a number of press
releases. They are to date,
Apple Releases Mac OS X Public Beta and Unveils New iBook Line
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/sep/13wrapper.html
Apple Releases Mac OS X Public Beta
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/sep/13macosx.html
Apple Unveils New iBook Line
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/sep/13ibook.html
Apple Delivers Advanced Radeon Graphics Card For Power Mac G4
and Power Mac G4 Cube
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/sep/13radeon.html
14 September 2000 - Apple Forces A Napster Clone
Developer To Change Its Name. AppleSoup, founded by one of
Napster's co-founders and one of the MP3 sharing software
company's early financial backers, had received a cease and
desist request from Apple's lawyers. The software company,
should now be referred to as Flycode. To read the complete
Sept 12th UK Register story, visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/13184.html
07 September 2000 - UK Users Prepare Anti-Apple
Protest Action. Tony Smith of The Registers Mac Channel,
says is part, "A band of Brit Mac users is planning to
disrupt Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote speech at Apple Expo
Paris next week, according to an email from the group mailed
to just about every Mac news site on the planet." To read
the complete story, and find out reason for protest, visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/13076.html
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30 August 2000 - PowerPC G4 Plus breaks 1GHz Barrier.
Tony Smith of The Registers Mac Channel, says is part,
"Motorola has begun sampling its next-generation PowerPC 74xx
processor, aka the G4e or G4 Plus. According to a "trusted"
Motorola source, cited by MacOS Rumors, the company's test
runs are producing chips that run over 500MHz, with some even
reaching 1050MHz, breaking the gigahertz barrier." To read
the complete Mac Channel article, visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/12913.html
25 August 2000 - Apple preps 'low key' MacOS X
Tony Smith, of The Register, posted an article titled
Apple preps 'low key' MacOS X public beta Worried about Aqua
Aversion, says in part "The public beta test release of
Apple's upcoming MacOS X may not be quite as public as the
company originally suggested. And the final release may not
happen quite as soon as planned, either." To read the
complete article from The Register, visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/12819.html
15 August 2000 - Apple Announces: Arthur Levinson
Joins Apple Board of Directors. To read the complete
article of the appointment and backgroud of Arthur D.
Levinson, Ph. D., visit
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/aug/15bod.html
11 August 2000 - Adobe sues Macromedia
The Register Online, has an article about "Adobe is suing
Macromedia over the use of user interface elements it
claims are covered by a patent Adobe filed in 1994."
To check out the article, then visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/12513.html
11 August 2000 - IBrowse Mac / PC Annoucements
There were a couple of items from the iBrowse Team,
telling of a few products for the Mac and PC.
These include:
o BeOS 5 Pro edition (Mac / PC) now shipping.
45 GBP (Mac / PC)
o Pre-order MoviePack (Mac / PC). MoviePack 3 will ship
at the end of August.
o CINEMA 4D GO Offer (Mac / PC). Until 31 Aug 2000 we are
bundling four extra 3D juice CDs with GO.
169 GBP (Mac / PC)
09 August 2000 - Mac - 'Super' Macs to Reach
1 GHz. Wired has an article on how a small privately funded
Swedish startup company, called Xtrem, plans to release
custom-built Macs running at 1.2GHz by the end of the year.
To read Wired's News article, visit
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38101,00.html
09 August 2000 - Mac - Apple and MBNA Introduce
Instant Financing for Customers. Instant financing now
allows qualified customers to make monthly payments on
Apple products. For more on Apple's press release, visit
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/aug/9mbna.html
08 August 2000 - Mac - Martin Geh Joins Apple
as Vice President of Asia Pacific. Martin Geh, formerly
of Intel, will lead the Asia Pacific team and oversee all
sales activities across the region. For more on Apple's
Press release, visit
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/aug/8geh.html
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Linux
31 December 2000 - Book Review: The Process of Network Security
Linux Weekly News has a link to the Linuxiso.org reviews "The Process
of Network Security". LWN goes on to say, The book The Process of
Network Security : Designing and Managing a Safe Network by Thomas
A. Wadlow is reviewed by Linuxiso.org. "This book is written for
network managers and administrators. Readers should also be familiar
with computing and network processes and terminology. Divided into
16 chapters, this book has a good flow about it. The focus is on
helping the reader to understand just what security is, what to do
when a system is compromised, and how to protect these systems in the
future."
28 December 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net Weekly Edition for Dec 28th, 2000 has been published.
26 December 2000 - NSA Security-Enhanced Linux Available
LWN.net Weekly Edition reports the U.S. National Security Agency has
made its security-enhanced version of Linux available for download. The
site describes what has been done, though in fairly abstract terms. It's
available under the GPL, of course. (See also: Ted Ts'o's comments on
Slashdot on this release).
21 December 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net Weekly Edition for Dec 21st, 2000 has been published. In the
Security section: /tmp discussed again, a plague of Zope security
hotfixes, GnuPG, JPilot and more.
21 December 2000 - Anti-Virus For Lotus Notes/Domino E-Mail
Gateways.
Kaspersky Lab has a Press Release announcing the beta-version release
of its flagship anti-virus product, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AVP), for
Lotus Notes/Domino e-mail gateways running on the Linux or Windows NT
operating system.
17 December 2000 - DShield: Hottest Scanned Port Of The Day
DShield.org report from Dec 16th, 2000, says in part, "One of the
'hot ports' over the last couple of days is 111. I assume that these
scans go for the rpc.statd vulnerability, which was covered by CERT
in August. If you run linux, please make sure you got your system
up to date. rpc is one of these linux features you better don't run
(or firewall it accordingly) if you don't absolutely need it. Much
of its functionality can easily be implemented using ssh."
Port Nos. Protocol Explanation
111 tcp(6) RPC. vulnurable on many Linux systems. Can get root.
17 December 2000 - CRYPTO-GRAM Newsletter For December
Linux Weekly News announced that Bruce Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter
for December is out. It covers, of course, electronic voting, along with
a look at IBM's new crypto algorithm and digital safe deposit boxes.
14 December 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released
LWN.net Weekly Edition for Dec 14, 2000 has been published.
10 December 2000 - Embedded Linux Newsletter Available
Linux Weekly News reports the latest issue of the Embedded Linux
Newsletter has been published. New features include updates to the
Embedded Linux Quick Reference Guides, an interview with Greg Haerr
and the usual assortment of device profiles.
07 December 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Dec 07, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Dec 07th
01 December 2000 - LWN Article: Critical Look At Corel
Linux Weekly News, daily updates page says Evan Leibovitch takes a
critical look at Corel in this ZDNet opinion piece. "Corel also hasn't
maintained its Linux very well. Its first release has been out for
more than a year, and to date its Web site lists a total of just one
security patch. While most other distribution vendors have been
scrambling to ensure that they keep up with open source patches and
updates, Corel users are left to fend for themselves." The Nov 30th
LWN daily page, has a direct link to the ZDNet article.
30 November 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Nov 30, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Nov 30th
29 November 2000 - Stable kernel prepatch 2.2.18pre24
Linux Weekly News reports a stable kernel prepatch 2.2.18pre14 is out.
It looks like the remaining outstanding issues have been resolved,
meaning that the real stable kernel release may be near.
23 November 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Nov 23, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Nov 23rd
16 November 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Nov 16, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Nov 16th
16 November 2000 - CRYPTO-GRAM Newsletter For November
Linux Weekly News Reports that Bruce Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter
for November is out. It covers digital signatures, the cracking of
Microsoft, and various other security-related topics.
10 November 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Nov 09, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Nov 9th
05 November 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Nov 02, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Nov 2nd
31 October 2000 - Tripwire Open Source, Linux Edition Now
Available. On Monday, 30-Oct-2000, Linux Daily News had an item
stating Tripwire, Inc. has released Tripwire Open Source Linux Edition,
a project being hosted on Sourceforge. For the full LWN report,
visit Linux Daily News or Tripwire Announcement at NewsAlert.
29 October 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Oct 26th, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Oct 26th
29 October 2000 - Kaspersky Lab News
* 10/19/2000 [ Comments ]
Kaspersky Lab Reports on Linux Anti-Virus Security
* 10/18/2000 [ Product News ]
Improved Value for Linux Security
Kaspersky Lab has reduced price of AVP for Linux Workstation
by 50 percent. Visit Kaspersky Lab News.
12 October 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Oct 12th, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Oct 12th
06 October 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Oct 5th, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Oct 5th
01 October 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Sept 28th, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Sept 28th
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25 September 2000 - SuSE Cryptographic Packages Available.
SuSE has announced the availability of a set of cryptographic
packages for the 7.0 release. These packages were omitted from
the U.S. version of the distribution for the usual crypto law
problems. If you want them, grab them now; they will be removed
from the FTP site in a few weeks time. To read the complete news,
visit SuSE cryptographic packages available.
22 September 2000 - Kaspersky Lab Makes Linux Even
More Secure. Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus software
development company, announces a new version of Kaspersky
Anti-Virus (AVP) for Linux. This latest version combines unique
functionality, significantly simplifying the programs use and
the world's first anti-virus solution to integrate into the
popular e-mail gateways Sendmail and Qmail. This new edition is
defined into two separate products: one for workstations and
another for servers. Read the latest Product News about
Kaspersky Lab Makes Linux Even More Secure
21 September 2000 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net weekly edition for Sept 21st, 2000 has been published.
For the latest issue of LWN Newsletter, visit LWN.net Sept 21st
20 September 2000 - Red Hat and NetSilicon Announce
Partnership. Linux Weekly News, has a link to the NewsAlert
story, that says in part, Red Hat and NetSilicon have announced a
partnership to deliver products and services oriented toward
Internet appliance systems. The first product is "NET+Lx," an
Internet appliance development platform. Catch the link by
visiting Red Hat and NetSilicon Announce Appliance Partnership.
18 September 2000 - MandrakeSoft Issues Response To
Bill Gates. MandrakeSoft has issued a response to recent comments
by Bill Gates about Linux. Gakl Duval, Co-Founder of Mandrakesoft
says in part, What Mr. Gates calls hype, is actually a worldwide,
grass-roots, fundamental change in how computing is performed.
For the complete editorial, visit Gael Duval's New editorial.
17 September 2000 - Stable Kernel prepatch 2.2.18pre9
Available. This one contains a bunch of new USB updates and
the long-awaited NFS updates. For the complete article from
Linux Weekly News, visit Stable kernel prepatch 2.2.18pre9
14 September 2000 - Linux Internet Security Tool
Launch Set For This Month. ZDNet has an article on how
two security firms, Intrusion and Check Point Software, will
target medium-sized firms for their Linux-based Net security
appliance. To read the complete article, visit
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/35/ns-17671.html
14 September 2000 - Linux Weekly News Released
For the latest issue of Linux Weekly Newsletter, visit
http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0914/
01 September 2000 - Linux Weekly News Released
For the latest issue of Linux Weekly Newsletter, visit
http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0831/
For the previoius version of the LinuxSecurity.com Weekly
Security Newsletter, visit
http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0824/
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24 August 2000 - Linux Weekly News Released
For the latest issue of Linux Weekly Newsletter, visit
http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0824/
For the previoius version of the LinuxSecurity.com Weekly
Security Newsletter, visit
http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0817/a/security-week.php3
23 August 2000 - Trial Beta Versions of AntiViral
Toolkit Pro, for Linux and Linux (Daemon) Released.
Central Command Inc. has both betas available on their
Trial Versions webpage. Both packages are complied using
glibc2. Central Command states you will also need to
download the databases which are not included in these
installations. CC warns that neither version has been fully
tested and may contain errors, and to use at your own risk.
To get the latest betas, visit
http://www.avp.com/trial_versions.html
23 August 2000 - SSH Communications Changes SSH
License. Linux Weekly News reported in their Aug 17th
issue, that "SSH Communications has announced a change to
its licensing terms for ssh - it can now be used free of
charge on Linux and the BSD variants for any purpose. It
can also be included in distributions - but you have to be
a "qualified developer" and get a license first. Most other
applications still require a license fee from the user,
though they do generously allow university contractors to
use it for free." To read the complete article at LWN,
visit http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0817/security.php3
SSH Communications is found at http://www.openssh.com/
17 August 2000 - Linux Weekly News Released
For the latest issue of the LWN, visit
http://linuxweeklynews.com/2000/0817/
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Miscellaneous
31 December 2000 - New Year's DDOS Advisory
National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) Advisory says
Based on FBI investigations and other information, the NIPC advises
taking some extra precautions in computer security over the holiday
period to reduce the possibility of, or damage from, Distributed
Denial-of-Service (DDOS) and other cyber attacks which could occur.
The NIPC suggests that double checking your network's firewall
configuration, is one method of preventing or reducing the effects
of a DDOS attack.
28 December 2000 - Kaspersky Lab Awarded "The Best Buy"
Kaspersky Lab has a Press Release under the heading Awards, saying in
part, Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development
company, has been awarded "The Best Buy" by Consumers Association
(UK), publishers of the November issue of "Which?" magazine. Together in
the competition with Kaspersky Lab were McAfee, Symantec, Norman and
several other companies. In the process of choosing "The Best Buy," the
editorial board of Consumers Association considered the following: virus
detection level, performance, speed, ease-of-installation and use, and
value-for-money.
26 December 2000 - Manipulating Netscape 6 Bookmark Folders
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that when manipulating the bookmark
folder in Netscape 6, do not copy and paste the bookmark folder into
itself. According to Netscape, this may delete the bookmark folder.
26 December 2000 - The End of SSL and SSH?
Hacker Whacker has a Dec 18th Security Portal article on their webpage.
Kurt Seifried, for SecurityPortal, says in part, "Yesterday, dsniff 2.3
was released. Why is this important, you ask? dsniff 2.3 allows you to
exploit several fundamental flaws in two extremely popular encryption
protocols, SSL and SSH. SSL and SSH are used to protect a large amount
of network traffic, from financial transactions with online banks and
stock trading sites to network administrator access to secured hosts
holding extremely sensitive data."
26 December 2000 - DShield: Port 137 Hottest Scanned Port Of The Day
DShield.org report from Dec 23rd, 2000, says the Domain Name Server
(DNS - translating service that changes an IP 4-digit address into
acutal names), service usually uses port 53 to communicate. So how is
all this related to port 137? Windows uses it's own system to translate
IP addresses into Windows names. These windows names are usually used
to identify PCs participating in windows file sharing. However, Windows
will attempt to obtain the "windows name" of every other computer it
connects to. If you see simultanous access to port 139, you should be
alarmed. In this case, someone may actually try to connect to your PC
and access its shared resources.
26 December 2000 - Radiate Software - Not A Virus Or A Hoax
Computer Associates reported in their newsletter on Dec 18th, that some
of their customers have raised concerns about claims they have heard
concerning Radiate (previously known as Aureate Media) advertising
software. The claim was that the software sends personal information
about a user's browsing habits and software installed on the user's
machine. These unsubstantiated claims have since been withdrawn. CAI
tested this software in their anti-virus lab and found that the software
does not send any personal information unless a user voluntarily fills
in a survey form. Therefore, only those details approved by the user
will be submitted. Radiate has published on their web-site, a detailed
"Privacy Policy" regarding what the software does and doesn't do. Any
customers who have concerns about what this software does should visit
http://www.radiate.com/privacy.html and
http://www.radiate.com/privacy/falserumors.html.
21 December 2000 - Upgrade Internet2 / Perrin.exe Virus HOAX
Stiller Research virus hoax news reports that unlike many of the
virus hoaxes, this hoax may have been started by a misguided but
well-meaning individual. This individual was probably deceived by
a number of hoaxes but also perhaps encountered a real virus,
trojan or worm. He (or she) then put together a warning about
everything they heard about.
21 December 2000 - The Top Five Hottest HOAXES
Stiller Research virus hoax news has an updated December 19, 2000
hottest hoaxes list.
21 December 2000 - Killer Hack Attacks
Hackers ZDNet in the UK, reports DDoS attacks and failing security
efforts fuelled IT fears this year. And more of the same is expected in
2001. The latest distributed denial-of-service attempt was broken up
last week in Denmark, where hackers took control of at least 50 zombie
servers and were preparing an assault on that country's systems.
21 December 2000 - Free Anti-Virus Protection for CMAIL.RU Users
Kaspersky Lab has a Dec 18th Press Release saying they, Kaspersky Lab,
an international data-security software-development company, and
Talanto Technologies, a leading Russian Internet-service provider,
have announced an alliance to provide users of the popular free e-mail
service server, CMAIL.RU, with free real-time virus protection for e-mail
correspondence. The virus protection system is based on Kaspersky
Anti-Virus (AVP) for Sendmail gateways running on the Linux operating
system.
17 December 2000 - DShield: Hottest Scanned Port Of The Day
DShield.org report from Dec 16th, 2000, says in part, "One of the
'hot ports' over the last couple of days is 111. I assume that these
scans go for the rpc.statd vulnerability, which was covered by CERT
in August. If you run linux, please make sure you got your system
up to date. rpc is one of these linux features you better don't run
(or firewall it accordingly) if you don't absolutely need it. Much
of its functionality can easily be implemented using ssh."
Port Nos. Protocol Explanation
111 tcp(6) RPC. vulnurable on many Linux systems. Can get root.
17 December 2000 - Distributed Intrusion Detection System Added
Added DShield (Distributed Intrusion Detection System) Link, to the
above "News Read for All" area. DShield provides a platform for users
of firewalls, to share intrusion information. DShield is a free and open
service. On their main website, they state the Most Currently Active
Attacking IP and Scanned Port. Delving further into the site, you can
check these from the database:
* Top 10 Attacking IP's
* Top 10 Targeted Ports / Hottest Scanned Port Of The Day
17 December 2000 - Remote Computer Network Security Scan
This is just a reminder that HACKER WHACKER has some excellent services
that people can make use of. As their Webpage Title suggests, they
preform many services, such as scanning your computer for certain
things. Among the scan services are a free security scan, finding out
how secure you are, find out if hackers targetting you, or testing your
firewall. HACKER WHACKER states that by pressing Scan you agree to
their Terms and Conditions. In order to prevent people from scanning a
machine that is not their own, they require a valid E-Mail address, to
which they will immediately mail a Passcode which will be required to
perform the scan. Note: E-Mail accounts from "Web" E-Mail services
like Hotmail or Yahoo, are NOT accepted as E-Mail addresses. You must
use the Email address your Internet Provider gave you.
15 December 2000 - CreditCards.com Hacker `sorry'
MSNBC Tech News has an article by Bob Sullivan, that says in part,
Credit Card numbers, stolen from CreditCards.com, were posted on
various Web sites. Even as CreditCards.com officials say Web sites
that were handing out stolen card numbers have been shut down, a
computer hacker contacted MSNBC.com claiming responsibility for
the break-in.
15 December 2000 - Study: Carnivore Needs Few Changes
MSNBC Tech News has a REUTERS article, that says in part, an
independent review board said Thursday, that a controversial FBI
electronic wiretap tool was appropriate for law-enforcement use,
changing little from its draft report released last month.
Report says FBI should keep tight control of Net monitoring.
14 December 2000 - NIPC Assessment: FTP Anonymous Login Exploit
The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), released
Assessment 00-062 stating a regional entity in the electric power
industry has recently experienced computer intrusions through the
Anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Login exploitation. The
intruders used the hacked FTP site to store and play interactive
games that consumed 95 percent of the organization's Internet
bandwidth. The Anonymous FTP, where the FTP server allows global
user access without requiring a specific name and password, is
often used by hackers as a means to exploit other vulnerabilities.
System Administrators are advised to check their networks for FTP
access, especially for illicit FTP servers that can provide a
back-door into the LAN (Local-Area-Network).
14 December 2000 - Freedom 2.0 Software Available For Free
The National past has an article posted by David Akin that says in
part, Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. of Montreal will make the second
version of its privacy protection software available to consumers for
free, as it adjusts its business model to earn more revenue from
businesses.
14 December 2000 - OSC Orders Four Internet Firms Shut Down
The Globe and Mail has an article posted by Richard Blackwell and
Jacquie McNish, that says in part The Ontario Securities Commission
has ordered four Canadian-run Web companies, including one managed by
a convicted felon, to shut down services it says are ''potentially
fraudulent.''The order marks the first time the commission has cracked
down on alleged securities violators on the Web, where the rapid growth
of sites promoting investments has raised concerns among the world's
securities regulators. The OSC began seriously monitoring the Internet
six months ago.
14 December 2000 - New Privacy Law A Win-Win For Consumers,
Businesses
The Globe and Mail has an article posted by John Gustavson, that says
in part just as the new millennium was ushered in with concern around
the Y2K bug, so too will the new year present another big challenge for
Canadian business -- a new national privacy law. We can only hope that
business is ready.
13 December 2000 - Massive Online Credit Card Fraud
Hackers ZDNet in the UK, reports a hacker called 'chad' leaves the
online credit card clearing house hanging after exposing more than
55,000 credit card numbers. The FBI is investigating. Read the related
article FBI Warns Of Possible New Cyber Attacks.
12 December 2000 - Personal Firewalls Easy To Breach
MSNBC Tech News has an article by Scott Berinato, that says in part,
The rush to get personal firewall applications to market has resulted
in products that are easily compromised. It's one thing to rush an
application to market without thinking about security. It's another to
rush a security application to market. Please follow the link for
Scott's complete article.
12 December 2000 - Proxy Server Problems With Macromedia
Authorware 4
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that across all platforms, Proxy servers
may foil Web packaged pieces from working correctly in Macromedia
Authorware 4 and above. Opt for making the media internal instead
of external to avoid this snag. Read the report to find out how, and
for further details.
10 December 2000 - MSNBC Technology Front Page Stories
A few of the stories I found interesting and having to do with our
privacy and security are:
* Alliance Needed For Security War?
News report on the hundreds of industry experts who gathered on
Microsoft's campus this week, summoned there by Bill Gates to
explore the twin issues of online privacy and security.
* KRAKOW: Battling Cyber-Slackers At Work
News report on businesses have ways to curb unauthorized time
online.
* Your Privacy Invasion Stories
This is a sampling of readers stories, when asked by MSNBC to share
their personal experiences of how their privacy has been invaded
online.
10 December 2000 - Canada: Bell Wants Privacy Rules Changed
The Globe and Mail has an article posted by John Partridge, that says
in part, Bell Canada wants the CRTC to change privacy rules so that
it and its affiliates can more easily package and sell a variety of
services the way some of their competitors already can.
08 December 2000 - Major Outage Hits Cable & Wireless INS
The Register UK has an article posted by John Leyden, that says in part,
Cisco routers are to blame for Cable & Wireless INS, one of Britain's
largest ISPs, struggling to fix a major failure of its core network
that has left most of its customers without service.
08 December 2000 - Missing Laptop Causes US State Dept Shake-up
The Register UK has an article posted by Thomas C Greene, that says
in part, the US State Department's Assistant Secretary for Intelligence,
Stapletooy, resigned his post this week after US Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright suspended three staffers over a lost-laptop fiasco
in which sensitive information went missing from Department Headquarters
in Washington nearly a year ago.
07 December 2000 - Mafiaboy Arrested By Police Again
Hackers ZDNet in the UK reports that the hacker linked with distributed
Web attacks is collared by the Mounties.
07 December 2000 - Hospital Hacked, Patient Records Stolen
Hackers ZDNet in the UK reports that files on 4,000 cardiology and
700 physical rehabilitation patients were pilfered.
05 December 2000 - NIPC Assessment: W32/ProLine@MM" Worm
The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), released
Assessment 00-061 stating they have been tracking the W32/ProLin@MM
Internet worm (Shockwave) and currently assesses that it represents
a medium threat in the United States. They end with this suggestion,
that as always, users are advised to keep their anti-virus software
current by checking their vendors' web sites frequently for new
updates, and to stay apprised of alerts from NIPC, CERT, and other
cognizant organizations.
04 December 2000 - Virus Writers Send Christmas Gifts
Hackers ZDNet in the UK, has yet another report that says malicious
season's greetings such as 'Navidad' and 'Music' look ready to cause
the latest computer bug scares. "Music," which masquerades as a
Christmas tune program, is a bug that can update and mutate itself
by connecting to its creator's Web Site. "Navidad," aimed at Spanish
speakers, has swiftly become the second-most troublesome virus to
clients of British-based anti-virus firm Sophos.
03 December 2000 - Hacker And E-Commerce Vulnerabilities
The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), has a Dec 1st
advisory. They say, based on FBI investigations and other information,
the NIPC has observed that there has recently been an increase in hacker
activity specifically targeting U.S. systems associated with e-commerce
and other internet-hosted sites. The NIPC is conducting further analysis
of this hacker activity and will provide additional information as it
becomes available.
01 December 2000 - Update To: PING Author Killed In Car Crash
The Register UK has a news report on Mike Muuss, the author of the
enormously popular freeware network tool PING. In their report they
mention that Mike Muuss was a highly respected senior scientist at
the US Army Research Lab in Maryland and specialised in geometric
modelling, virtual reality, MIMD architectures, digital networks
and OSes. If you would like to check out VHT-Canada's other links in
regards to this tragety, see News Archives for November 2000.
Two items are dated November 24th, and one dated November 26th.
01 December 2000 - AIM Users Prone To Name Hijacks
Hackers ZDNet in the UK reports that flaws in the server used to
sign up for AOL's Instant Messenger give hackers a way to steal
other users' names. But you can protect yourself,
01 December 2000 - New Virus Creates Shockwaves
Hackers ZDNet in the UK reported that the worm more of a nuisance
than a threat but spreading fast. They say this new virus is
beginning to send shockwaves around the world. Experts say the worm
is travelling faster than the speed of light to a computer near you.
The virus, known as TROJ_Shockwave.a arrives as an email message
similar to the infamous Melissa and Love Bug worms.
01 December 2000 - Security Company's Web Site Hacked
Hackers ZDNet in the UK reported on Nov 30th, that a security break-in
at two international servers not its fault. Computer security firm
Network Associates was left embarrassed after two of its corporate Web
sites were defaced Wednesday although it claims it is not its fault.
Hacker Wacker has the defacements listed on November 29th, at
http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/
30 November 2000 - F-Secures Reports On The Latest HOAXES
F-Secure asks that you please ignore these messages and don't spread
them any further.
* Cancer chain letter
* Money Transfer From Nigeria hoax
* Wobbler virus hoax
29 November 2000 - The Top Five Hottest HOAXES
Stiller Research virus hoax news has updated their November 28th list
of the hottest hoaxes. The list includes:
* The "Win a Holiday"Hoax
* The Wobbler/California Virus Hoax
* The "Guts to say 'Jesus'" Hoax
* Internet Tax (Bill 602P and email stamp) Hoaxes
* Pass It On / One Line Virus Hoaxes
29 November 2000 - RH Power Email Tracker HOAX
Stiller Research virus hoax news has a November 2nd update to this
Forward For Money HOAX. They say there is an apparently endless supply
of such hoaxes--so many that we can't possibly list them all, and if
you get an email that says to forward itself, please NEVER forward
such an email.
29 November 2000 - Wobbler Virus HOAX
F-Secure Hoax Information reports that the Wobbler virus hoax, also
known as California virus hoax, Lets watch TV virus hoax, Kali virus
hoax, is a Finnish variant of California (Girl Thing) hoax has been
distributed under their name. Further information about it is available
at: http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/hoaxit/wobbhoax.htm
A new hoax message warning about Wobbler virus appeared in 1999. This
virus does not exist. However, there is a joke program called
'Joke.Win.Aloap' that is detected by Solomon as 'Wobbling Trojan'.
F-Secure asks that you please ignore these messages and do not pass
them on.
29 November 2000 - SDMI Awards Hackers In Contest
Hackers ZDNet in the UK reports that SDMI awards hackers in contest.
Music technology forum dishes out $5,000 each to two hackers who
successfully cracked its copyright protection technology
28 November 2000 - Jean Chretian is Canada's Elected Prime
Minister. Once again we have a Liberal government run under
Jean Chretian. He was voted in last night in our countries elections,
for another four year term in office. The Canadian Alliance Party under
Stockwell Day, came in second. Not too shabby for a newcommer.
28 November 2000 - Moment of Silence Virus HOAX
Virus Myths Reports this is almost direct rip-off of the original Good
Times hoax virus alert. It claims your computer will suffer a horrible
death if you receive an email with the subject line "A Moment of
Silence." Like Good Times, it claims the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission issued an alert. And like most hoax alerts, it urges you to
"forward this to anyone you care about." The popularity of this hoax
forced many companies & gov't agencies to block emails with the phrase
"moment of silence." It caused a string of false alarms in November
2000 upon the death of Medal of Honor recipient John Levitow. You guessed
it -- military veterans tried to send emails requesting "a moment of
silence" to mark Levitow's passing. Read the Hoax report for the related
links.
28 November 2000 - Latest Hacker Wacker News
* Russian hackers lurk in the shadows of cyberspace
* Many victims of hacks clam up
* Honeynet Project's 'honey pot' a sweet success in trapping hacker
28 November 2000 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Breaking News
Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development
company, has been awarded the status of Technology Pioneer by the
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland. Read the complete Kaspersky
Labs report, under Press Releases:
The World Economic Forum has selected Technology Pioneers.
27 November 2000 - Canadian's Vote For New Prime Minister
We go to the polls today to elect our new Prime Minister. Common
belief, is that the Liberals will win, but with a minority government.
Time will tell, eh?
26 November 2000 - Update: The Author of Ping is Reported Dead
I noticed a followup in the Nanog Archives by a poster that posted:
"Something I found.."
http://www.mdnewsnet.com/mnn_top_stories/fire_police_news.html
Follow the above link, if you would like to read the Police / Fire News
article on the Maryland News Network. It is titled I-95 Accident Claims
Life, Churchville, Md.
24 November 2000 - Nanog Archive: The Author of Ping is Reported Dead
This is a followup of the previous Slashdot.org entry. The Nanog
Archive poster, says "I haven't been able to confirm this, but I
haven't been able to reach Mike."
For you interest, these are the related URl's:
1) Mike Muuss Homepage
http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/
2) Mike Muuss homepage for "The Story of the PING Program"
http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/ping.html"
24 November 2000 - The Author of Ping is Reported Dead
Slashdot.org has an article by CmdrTaco on Thursday November 23rd,
2000 from the Nanog Archive, dated 2000-11-21: "Mike Muuss, the author
of the PING program used on networks everywhere, died last night in a
traffic accident on US route 95 in Maryland. He was an alumnus of Johns
Hopkins." CmdrTaco says, "It seems appropriate on Thanksgiving to thank
a man who created something that we all rely on every day."
23 November 2000 - F-Secure Tips To Avoid Computer Worms
F-Secure advises the public on how to avoid computer worms. They
made available the document in the November 21st, 2000 Media Release.
F-Secure says that the risk of getting infected by new and unknown
worms can be minimized by following the tips.
23 November 2000 - Hackers News - Latest Articles at ZDNet
23rd Nov 2000 Workers clueless about security
Ignorance of security dangers could be costing firms dearly
21st Nov 2000 Herbless the hacker goes legitimate
The UK's most infamous "black hat" hacker, trying to go straight?
17th Nov 2000 EDS devises package to pre-empt hackers
Big-mouthed hackers to come a cropper
23 November 2000 - Kaspersky Comments on Romeo & Juliet
Brand New Dangerous Virus or Marketing Ploy? They say at the beginning
of this week, several information agencies published a press release
issued by GFI, a Malta-based Internet software vendor, claiming that
the company has discovered a hazardous new virus called Romeo & Juliet,
which is being spread via e-mail at a reckless speed. Because of the
numerous requests received during the past few hours from disoriented
users, Kaspersky Lab considers it necessary to clarify the information
provided by GFI.
23 November 2000 - KasperskyTM Anti-Virus (AVP) Award
This latest Press Release from November 22nd, states that KasperskyTM
Anti-Virus (AVP) has been awarded as the best anti-virus solution by
top European computer magazines. You are welcome to download and test
KasperskyTM Anti-Virus (AVP) trial version from the Kaspersky Lab
World Wide Web site at http://www.kaspersky.com/download.asp
20 November 2000 - Freeware Port Scanners: Plug the Holes
ZDNet describes the use of port scanners for the security conscious.
"If a port lets data flow out, it also lets data flow in. A port is
essentially an opening into your computer, and it can be hacked.
Someone can infect your machine with a Trojan horse in this way, and
that's only one of a host of distressing possibilities." Click on
this link for the Linux Weekly News November 17th Article on
Freeware Port Scanners
18 November 2000 - VHT-Canada Cosmetic Changes
I have decided to keep only two archives of the binary files. If later
versions are required by visitors, they will need to contact the authors
of the software, directly. Also made a few other cosmetic changes, that
would not be visible to vistiors.
17 November 2000 - Possible Una tarjeta Virtual HOAX
NAI reported that as of this writing, there is nothing to report, and
no information is available. It appeares there may be a fake mail going
out that says NAI Labs AVERT would like to inform you of a new email HOAX.
17 November 2000 - Canada's Exhibit at Comdex Computer Show
Steven Chase of Globe and Mail, reports that our Canadian Pavilion at the
Las Vegas Comdex computer show is so rudimentary and old-fashioned you'd
think its designers pillaged the Expo '67 archives for inspiration.
I, Charlene, who had the oportunity to visit Expo '67, may be inclined to
take this as a compliment. After reading the article myself, I have
come to the conclusion that his description of the Canadian Vegas Pavillion,
in no way coincided with the looks of Expo '67.
17 November 2000 - Cybercrime Treaty Gets A Makeover
Reuters reports that the Council of Europe is working to revise the first
worldwide treaty on Internet crime, after being stunned by criticism from
cyberrights activists. The world's first cybercrime treaty is being
hastily redrafted after Internet lobby groups assailed it as a threat to
human rights that could have a chilling effect on the free flow of
information and ideas.
17 November 2000 - Microsoft, Visa and MasterCard - Modern Day Robber Barons?
Clyde DeWitt of AVN Online reports that to the amazement of everyone,
the author of this column in particular, antitrust law has come to the
forefront of legal controversies in the world of adult media because of
the governments attacks on Microsoft, Visa and MasterCard. This is
a very inciteful article on the explanations of anti-trust laws.
16 November 2000 - MTX virus 'hotline' (900 number) HOAX
Virus Myths Reported that a possible email scam surfaced in mid-November
2000, disguised as a virus alert. It tells gullible users to dial a 900
number to learn how to detect a specific virus. "I didn't even know what
a virus was 'till about a week ago," the email advertisement begins.
"That is when I got a MTX Worm Virus." Vmyths ends their report with
Do not dial the 900 number. Do not forward the email to others. Turn
to genuine virus experts when you need advice.
13 November 2000 - Added Personal Homepage of VHT-Canada CEO
In addition to the CEO's personal page link on the About Us Page, I
have now added my own link to my personal homepage. It resides at
Crosswinds, here in Canada. It has not been updated in a long time,
but the jokes are still just as funny as when they were put up. You
can visit my homepage by going to CLM at Crosswinds.
12 November 2000 - Testing Out A Couple of Page Counters
In order to keep track of visitors to our site, there has been a
counter added to three pages. These new counters are found on the
Downloads, News, and Virus Warning pages. The service that supplies
the counters is Bravenet.com.
In order for the counter to count your visit, your graphics have to
be turned on.
11 November 2000 - Canadian War Veterans Day
Today Canada remembers all the brave people who fought and helped
out in the backgroud, during the Second World War.
10 November 2000 - KLabs Anti-Virus: New Name Announcement
Kaspersky Lab, an international data-security software-development
company, announces the name change of its flagship anti-virus product
from AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) to KasperskyTM Anti-Virus, and the new
trademark name for Kaspersky Labs product line, KasperskyTM, taking
effect on 10 November.
10 November 2000 - Latest Hacker News From ZDNet
Nov 10th James Bond in online banking gaffe
Swiss Bank really messed up - with the wrong customer
Nov 08th The new age of hacktivism dawns
Online vandals deface prominent Web sites to vent their opinions.
Are they saying anything interesting?
Nov 08th Republican Web site hacked on eve of election
Attack was deliberately timed to influence voters.
Nov 06th Middle east cyberwar heats up
Pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian sites continue to be hit as
hacktivists go beyond mere Web defacements and denial-of-service.
Nov 06th Second security breach at Microsoft
But the second breach last week was far less serious, according to
Microsoft.
08 November 2000 - Added Voodoo-X Page and Links
Voodoo-X by Andrew Bell, and is the Official GUI for Dirk Stoecker's
XAD unarchiving system. The XAD package and Voodoo-X are two
programs that should be looked at closely, as they are excellent.
If you have Georg Hörmann and Alex van Niel's xvs.library installed,
you are then able to virus check your packed archives from within
Voodoo-X. Voodoo-X has been added to the About Us Page.
04 November 2000 - Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Web Sites
In On-going Middle East Conflict. This advisory from the NIPC, is
an update to Assessment 00-057, advising recipients of the ongoing
cyber denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against Palestinian and
Israeli-related web sites. Read the complete Assessment 00-058.
04 November 2000 - The Cracker Barrel Gift Certificate Hoax.
Stiller Research reports on this hoax as being yet another in the
long line of the Forward For Money Hoaxes. You can rest assured that
forwarding an email will never provide a reward to you (or anyone
else).
04 November 2000 - The Aids Needle Hoaxes
Stiller Research reports that this is another non-computer-related
hoax, but they are getting high enough circulation (and are getting
enough questions about it), that they are including it here. They
report also have comments from the US Center For Disease Control
(CDC) on the AIDS Needle Hoaxes.
04 November 2000 - Kaspersky Lab News
There is a couple of more Press Releases at the AVP Site. They
have a new report on the BIG anti-virus show at Comdex/Fall 2000!
and on Nov 2nd, they announce that Costin Raiu, one of the world's
most prominent anti-virus experts, has joined Kaspersky Lab's
anti-virus research team.
01 November 2000 - Virus Help Team Norway Announcement by Helge Syre.
The homepage of Virus Help Team - Norway, is presently replaced by
a simple page in norwegian that says welcome to my new homepage.
It will be replaced by the correct page when I get my Amiga up and
running again. ( there is some problems with OS 3.5, I can't get
it installed, the machine crashes when I try to run the install
program.) So please beare (sp????) with me a while longer, possibly
to the new year, but then I must be online again.
31 October 2000 - Meet Kaspersky Lab at COMDEX/Fall 2000!
On Oct 30th, Kaspersky Lab has an events announcement, and says:
We would be happy to see you at our booth at COMDEX/Fall 2000 the
largest IT exhibition in the United States. Don't forget to set aside
time to visit us!
November 13-17
Booth # L 4820 / South Hall
Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
They have lots of reasons to attend, including receive a FREE
Kaspersky Lab T-shirt! just by filling in a questionnaire, and also
a CD with a FREE copy of the new Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AVP) Lite 3.5.
For the full details, visit Kaspersky Lab Breaking News
29 October 2000 - Middle East E-mail Flooding and Denial
of Service (DoS) Attacks. On Oct 26th, 2000, NIPC issued an
assessment which is intended to advise recipients concerning an
increased level of cyber activity against web sites related to
Israel and pro-Palestinian organizations. Due to the credible
threat of terrorist acts in the Middle East region, and the conduct
of these web attacks, recipients should exercise increased vigilance
to the possibility that U.S. government and private sector Web sites
may become potential targets. The methods observed in the conduct of
these attacks are transitory in nature, and do not pose a threat of
lasting damage to Web sites. Read the complete Assessment 00-057.
29 October 2000 - Computer Scientist Warns Of Tech Threat
The National Post Online, reported on Oct 27, 2000, that one of
the world's most influential computer scientists is warning that rapid
advances in physics, biotechnology and computing could be used, by
accident or design, to threaten the very existence of the planet.
29 October 2000 - MSNBC Updates To Bugs Of The Day
To get the complete list, go to Bug of the Day Front Page
Oct. 27: Norton SystemWorks Windows compatibility errors
Oct. 26: Errors during Windows Me upgrades
Oct. 25: Hitting brick walls with Excel and Money?
Oct. 24: Pocket PC and Money don't jive?
Oct. 23: Microsoft Works Suite 2001 stuttering?
Oct. 20: 3Com lockups
Oct. 19: No comment on Excel 2000
Oct. 18: W2K causing Excel to crash?
Oct. 17: Still Image Service security problem
Oct. 16: Eidos Sydney 2000 incompatibility
Oct. 13: Adobe FrameMaker hypertext snafu
Oct. 12: Windows lockups?
Oct. 11: Rogue telnet operators can steal W2K passwords
Oct. 10: CiscoSecure isn't so secure
Oct. 09: Blank screen in Flight II?
Oct. 05: Crashing Notes
Oct. 04: Upgrading Thinkpads to ME
29 October 2000 - Big Brother Hoax
Posted at NAI on Oct 13th. This is a hoax which has been identified
as circulating in the Netherlands and possibly other countries as
well. As with other hoaxes, this is not factual information and can
be discarded. NAI has a copy of the hoax in circulation, in the
Danish language.
Visit NAI for Big Brother Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Perrin.exe Hoax
Posted at F-Secure on Oct 27th. In 2000 there appeared a hoax message
about Perrin.exe file that acts as a trojan. It was reportedly spread
with 'Upgrade Internet2' message. So far we don't have a single report
of this executable. Thus we consider this message a hoax.
Visit F-Secure for Perrin.exe Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Money Transfer From Nigeria Hoax
Posted at F-Secure on Oct 27th. This has an alias of Money
Transfer hoax. The message below is a hoax:
URGENT
Attention: The President
I am the wife of Ex-head of State of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Late General Sanni Abacha. I want to know if you can
assist me ...
Visit F-Secure for Money Transfer From Nigeria Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Don't Lick Envelopes Urban Legend
Posted at F-Secure on Oct 27th. This urban legend first appeared
during autumn 2000. The original message is on F-Secure site.
Visit F-Secure for Don't Lick Envelopes Urban Legend message.
29 October 2000 - Internet Flower For You Hoax
Posted at F-Secure on Oct 27th. The below message is a hoax:
New Virus found!!
Intel announced that a new and very destructive virus was
discovered recently. If you receive an email called "An Internet
Flower For You," do not open it. Delete it right away! This
virus removes all dynamic link libraries from your computer.
Your computer will not be able to boot up... The original message
is on F-Secure site.
Visit F-Secure for Internet Flower For You Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Cracker Barrel Gift Certificate Hoax
Posted at F-Secure on Oct 27th. The original hoax message looks
like that:
Subject: Fw: [Gift Certificate from Cracker Barrel]
My name is Junior Johnson, founder of Cracker Barrel. In an attempt
to get our name out to more people in the rural communities where we
are not currently located, we are offering a $50 gift certificate to
anyone who forwards this email to 9 of their friends... The original
message is on F-Secure site.
Visit F-Secure for Cracker Barrel Gift Certificate Hoax message.
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29 October 2000 - Wobbler Virus Hoax (update)
Posted at F-Secure on Oct 18th. This hoax also goes by the names
of California virus hoax, Lets watch TV virus hoax and Kali virus
hoax. A Finnish variant of California virus hoax has been found at
October 2000. Further information about it is available at:
http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/hoaxit/wobbhoax.htm
A new hoax message warning about Wobbler virus appeared in 1999. This
virus does not exist. However, there is a joke program called
'Joke.Win.Aloap' that is detected by Solomon as 'Wobbling Trojan'.
The full message is on F-Secure site.
Visit F-Secure for Wobbler Virus Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Lets watch TV Virus Hoax (Updated 27-Oct00)
Posted at Stiller Research on Oct 27th. The full message is on Stiller
Research site.
Visit Stiller Research for Lets watch TV Virus Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Top Five Hottest Hoaxes (Updated 27-Oct-00)
Posted at Stiller Research on Oct 27th. The full message is on Stiller
Research site.
Visit Stiller Research for the Top Five Hottest Hoaxes
29 October 2000 - Microwave to Heat Water Hoax (Updated 20-Oct00)
Posted at Stiller Research on Oct 20th. Like many 'danger warning'
type hoaxes, this contains some elements of truth but exaggerates a
danger in order to frighten people and to get the hoax circulated.
The full message is on Stiller Research site.
Visit Stiller Research for Microwave to Heat Water Hoax message.
29 October 2000 - Kaspersky Lab News
Visit Kaspersky Lab News for the following stories.
* 10/28/2000 [ Comments ]
Microsoft Corporate Network is Hacked. What About Your Network?
Kaspersky Lab comments on the recent virus incident.
* 10/25/2000 [ Advice ]
Beware the PIF!
A Dangerous Monster Can Hide Beneath Harmless Files.
Kaspersky Lab considers it necessary to draw users' attention
to a threat that programs with PIF extension can pose.
* 10/23/2000 [ Press Releases ]
The Best Again!
Italian online-magazine Manager has chosen Kaspersky Anti-Virus
* 10/16/2000 [ Awards ]
PC Plus Chooses AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP)
The Spanish IT magazine "PC Plus" Names the Best Anti-Virus
Products of the Year.
* 10/13/2000 [ Virus Alerts ]
Immediate Response to New Viruses: The Kaspersky Lab Golden Rule
The European centre for IT security "Secusys" comments on the
rapidity of anti-virus companies response to new virus attacks.
29 October 2000 - Microsoft Computer Network Hacked
Reported on Amiga.org, on Oct 27, 2000.
Microsoft's internal computer network was cracked and it is
speculated that a copy of the Windows source code as well as a
copy of Office's source was taken. The breach was discovered
Wednesday, when it was found that internal passwords were being
sent to an email address in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Read more at CNet, under Microsoft Computer Network Hacked.
Read more at ZDNet, under Microsoft Cracked..
15 October 2000 - VHT-Canada Changes.
Some changes were made to the directory structure on our site,
but should not be noticeable to visitors. If problems arise with
any links, please send feedback to the Webmaster. Thankyou.
12 October 2000 - Bill Gates Victimized In Hack Attack.
MSNBC has a Reuters Article, that says, Intruder rewrites news Web
site to say Gates hacked NASA. The report from Oct. 11, starts off
with, A hacker recently changed three stories on the Web site of a
California newspaper, making one read that Microsoft Corp. chairman
Bill Gates was arrested for breaking into NASA computers. Catch the
whole story at Bill Gates Victimized In Hack Attack.
12 October 2000 - Kaspersky Lab Breaking News as of Oct 12th.
Kaspersky Lab, the Anti-Virus people, have an excellent advice column
dated Oct 6th, and they also announced on Oct 5th, that their Kaspersky
Lab Newsletter is available. Check out these headlines, at
Kaspersky Lab Breaking News.
10/6/2000 [ Advices ] If Youve Got Mail
10/5/2000 [ Kaspersky Reports ] Kaspersky Lab Newsletter
10 October 2000 - More New Pages Available on VHT-Canada.
The other viruschecking programs now have their own pages,
along with the VirusWarning.Guide. All homepages for the vivi
programs, now have links to the latest update on the downloads
page, including direct links to all libs and files, needed to
run each virus checking program. This does not include carrying
MUI that is required for VirusSlayer II, but there is a direct
link to search Aminet for MUI v3.8. Newest additions are:
* CheckX by Dirk Stöcker
* Safe by Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski
* VirusSlayer II by Martin Zemblowski
* VirusWarning.Guide by Jan Andersen, of Virus Help Denmark
10 October 2000 - First Snowfall.
Today, while having eggs, ham and homefries at the local
Chances-R Restaurant, it started to snow. Hubby is on a weeks
holiday, so we went out for breakfast.
05 October 2000 - New Pages Available on VHT-Canada.
There are now seperate pages for information on a few virus
checking programs. The binary programs will still be downloaded
on the Downloads Page. Available seperate pages are for the
programs such as:
* VirusChecker II by Alex van Niel
* VirusExecutor by Jan Erik Olausen
* VT-Schutz (VirusTest) by Heiner Schneegold
* VirusZ II & III by Georg Hvrmann & Dirk Stvcker
04 October 2000 - Hacker Reveals Nasdaq Vulnerabilities.
Joris Evers of WebWereld Netherlands, starts his article off with,
Web sites with financial news have become vital for investors.
Imagine the disarray that could occur if a hacker took over such a
site. A Dutch hacker claims he could have altered Nasdaq.com and
three sites run by MarketWatch.com. To read the complete article,
visit Hacker puts Nasdaq on warning
04 October 2000 - Microsoft and Corel-- Not Good News.
Dennis E. Powell has a very good article at LinuxPlanet, about
what this all means to Linux users. To read the complete opinions,
visit A Life-Support Injection.
03 October 2000 - State Funeral Held In Montreal For Former
Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. People of all ages
and walks of life attended the ceremonies. Among the guests was
Trudeau's long time friend, Marc Lalonde and also Cuba's leader,
Fidel Castro. Justin gave quite a beautiful speach about his dad.
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03 October 2000 - Jan Anderson Back Home In Denmark.
After a week of holiday in Rhodos, Greece, Jan announced that
he's back...... ;) Welcome home Jan, and our prayers goes out
to you and your family member for a healthy recovery.
03 October 2000 - Kaspersky Lab Launches a New Version of
AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP). Moscow, Russia, October 2, 2000
Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus software development
company, announces the launch of a new version, 3.5, of its world-
famous, award-winning virus hunter, AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP).
AntiViral Toolkit Pro is powered by numerous unique anti-virus
technologies, and features a new main user interface. Demo-versions
of AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) version 3.5 are available for
downloading at the Kaspersky Lab web site. Registered users of
previous versions can upgrade to AVP 3.5 for free. For the complete
announcement, visit New Version of AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP).
03 October 2000 - Corel, Microsoft Forge Strategic Alliance.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Corel Corp., which once tried to go toe to
toe with Microsoft Corp., announced an alliance on Monday with the
world's largest software company in a deal worth $135 million.
The alliance would see Corel products like CorelDraw and WordPerfect,
and even the Linux operating system, become available on the .NET
platform, but the companies provided few other specifics. For a
complete story, visit Corel, Microsoft Forge Strategic Alliance.
01 October 2000 - Pierre Elliot Trudeau Dead, Just Shy Of His
81st Birthday. Canada's former Prime Minister, known as PET, died
Thursday, September 28, 2000. Stories relating to the Trudeau's
Life and Times, can be found under these headings.
* CNN
Trudeau, charismatic former Canadian premier, dies at 80
PM Chronological Biography:Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Descriptive Biography
* Canoe.CA
Pierre Trudeau dead at 80
01 October 2000 - Mitnick Tells IT Managers To Trust No
One. In the Hackers News on Sept 29th, Mitnick, the famous hacker
says everyone in a business from chief executive to receptionist,
must be wise to the ways of computer system infiltrators. For the
complete article, visit Mitnick Tells IT Managers To Trust No One.
01 October 2000 - Corel Affiliates Left Rowing Own Boat.
The Linux startups that Corel Corp. invested in under Michael
Cowpland, former chief executive, have seen their financing cut and
the turnover in employees at the software maker has left them with
no communication with the Ottawa-based company. Read the National
Post Sept 29th article at Corel affiliates left rowing own boat.
01 October 2000 - Cowpland Joins Zim Advisory Board.
Michael Cowpland has agreed to sit on a small Ottawa company's new
advisory board, the former Corel Corp. boss's first professional move
since he left the software maker last month. Read the complete
artcle at Former Corel boss on 5-member team.
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26 September 2000 - Hacked Bank Site Was A Demo.
Fiserv has moved quickly to dispel fears about the security of
its online banking software, following the reports that a software
analyst had been able to access thousands of bank accounts with
only basic Internet skills. Lucy Sherriff's original story can be
found under Man hacks US online banks, then goes on holiday, and
the follow-up is at Hacked Bank Site Was A Demo.
26 September 2000 - CueCat Profiling Potential Described.
Thomas C Greene in Washington, describes all the gruesome technical
details of CueCat. CueCat, is a freebie bar-code scanner which
enables users to swipe bar codes in print media, and have their
browser immediately directed to related information on the Web.
For the complete report, visit CueCat Profiling Potential Described.
26 September 2000 - Merchants Are Getting Together To
Fight Net Credit Card Fraud. A number of leading U.S. e-commerce
merchants and payment processing companies announced Monday the
formation of the Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network,
an industry coalition aimed at reducing Internet-based fraud.
Read the complete Net Giants Launch Fraud Prevention Network.
25 September 2000 - Privacy Standards Proposed.
A group of large e-mail marketing companies proposed a detailed
set of privacy standards Monday, hoping the measures will amount
to a sort of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for Internet
direct advertisers. To read the complete MSNBC news story, visit
E-mail Marketing Companies Presents Plan.
24 September 2000 - All Seeing Eye Virus Hoax
Vmyths.com, has a report on the latest virus hoax. They say the
All Seeing Eye virus, is an almost direct rip-off of the Wobbler
hoax virus alert. This one merely claims the virus is named All
Seeing Eye and it arrives in email with "We are watching you!" in
the subject line. First seen in August 2000. Visit Vmyths.com for
related link for more details.
22 September 2000 - Crackers infiltrate Linux.
Hundreds of mainly Red Hat Linux servers have been hacked in the past
few weeks, according to the US Computer Emergency Response Team
(CERT). Crackers have planted tools that can be used to launch
co-ordinated attacks on Web sites. For the complete ZDNet article,
visit Red Hat Linux servers get hacked
22 September 2000 - Dark Knight Busted For NASA Hacks.
A man who allegedly hacked into 'hundreds, maybe thousands' of
US government, NASA and university computers is arrested. For the
complete ZDNet article, visit Dark Knight busted for NASA hacks
22 September 2000 - Teen Jailed For Hacking NASA.
A teen-ager was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday after
pleading guilty to federal charges of hacking into NASA computers
that support the International Space Station. The teen, now 16,
also admitted he had illegally entered a Pentagon computer system,
intercepted 3,300 e-mail transmissions and stolen passwords.
Visit the MSNBC report at Teen Jailed For Hacking NASA.
22 September 2000 - First Handheld Virus Deletes Apps.
A new era in computer vulnerability began Friday
morning when the first-ever virus for handheld organizers struck. A
patch was made available Friday afternoon, but experts warned the
virus could continue spreading. To read the complete MSNBC article,
visit First Handheld Virus Deletes Apps. Also there are
links to virus reports on the Virus Warnings Page, here at
VHT-Canada.
21 September 2000 - Javanization of Mobile Phones: A Green
Light for Malicious Programs? Kaspersky Lab, an international
anti-virus software development company, has some comments on
the Sun Microsystems and some of its partners, August 19th
announcement, of the shipment of Mobile Information Device (MID)
standard, based on the Java programming language (Java 2 Platform
Micro Edition J2ME) for use on mobile phones. To read the complete
comments article, visit Javanization of Mobile Phones
21 September 2000 - Stiller Research Virus Hoax News.
This hoax is yet another of the Forward For Money Hoaxes and Chain
Letter Hoaxes. To read the complete hoax, visit Stiller Research
at The IWON Forward for Money Hoax.
20 September 2000 - A Quick Survey Of Software Licenses.
Linux Weekly News, has a link to a ZDNet story, that says in part,
The real downside of the GPL, particularly for embedded developers,
is that it's designed to discourage the creation of proprietary
software and to encourage free software. If you wanted to build
your firmware around a GPL package or library, you'd be forced to
give away the source code to your firmware. But this is not a
problem with an LGPL package, like the GNU C library, which can be
legally included as part of proprietary software. Catch the link
by visiting Know Your Rights (regarding open source software.)
19 September 2000 - Warner Bros., Maverick and Apple
Bring Madonna's Music to the Web. The announcement says that all
ten tracks from Madonna's Music CD are immediately available
exclusively at www.madonnamusic.com exclusively in Apple's
QuickTime format. To read the news release, visit
All Ten Tracks Available in QuickTime.
19 September 2000 - Malaria Poised To Make Canadian
Comeback. One case of mosquito-borne malaria has been reported
in Toronto and many more have cropped up in the northeastern
United States along the Canada-U.S. border, says a tropical
disease expert from the Harvard Medical School. Read the
National Post article by Tom Spears of the Ottawa Citizen, by
visiting News / Malaria poised to make Canadian comeback
19 September 2000 - CryptoRights Benefit - The RSA
Expiration Party! A major party to celebrate the RSA patent
expiration will be held on Thursday, September 21, at the Great
American Music Hall in San Francisco. Admission is free, but
donations to benefit the CryptoRights Foundation are appreciated.
To read CryptoRights Foundation's particlulars, visit
The Big RSA Patent Expiration Party.
19 September 2000 - New Registrars Expected To Process
200,000 dot-Canada Domains By Year-end. The outfit now in charge
of the system for managing dot-ca -- short for dot-Canada --
Internet domain names, has so far certified 18 firms to act as
registrars, and the number is expected to go much higher. To read
Globe and Mails complete article by John Partridge, visit
18 firms certified to register dot-ca sites.
16 September 2000 - Net Under Threat, Hackers Amass
New Zombie Army. Bob Sullivan of MSNBC, has an article on
Sept. 15th, that says in part "The nations government-funded
computer security watchdog issued a warning Friday that computer
intruders have taken control of hundreds of computers connected
to the Internet. The attackers are in a position to launch a
serious attack, according to the CERT Coordination Center, which
said that the situation poses a significant threat to Internet
sites and the Internet infrastructure." To read the complete
article, visit Hackers Amass New Zombie Army
16 September 2000 - Problems Hit NASA's Computers.
Alan Boyle of MSNBC, has an article on Sept. 15th, that says in
part, "NASA said its Web operations and e-mail delivery system
were hit by severe computer problems Friday. The cause of the
problems, which rendered the space agency's main home page
inaccessible, was still under investigation, but a spokesman
said a deliberate attack was a possibility." To read the complete
artcle, visit Problems Hit NASA's Computers.
15 September 2000 - Privacy Watchdogs Blast Amazon
Two noted privacy watchdog groups have ended partnerships with
Amazon.com over recent changes in the online bookseller's privacy
policy. "In the absence of legal or technical means to assure
privacy for Amazon customers, we have decided that we can no
longer continue our relationship with Amazon," said Electronic
Privacy Information Center (EPIC) executive director Marc
Rotenberg. For the complete article from Keith Regan and Clare
Saliba of E-Commerce Times, visit Privacy Watchdogs Blast Amazon
15 September 2000 - U.S. Security Scare: Dumb and Dumber
Mick Brady of E-Commerce Times, has some personal comments
about the General Accounting Office (GAO), on the lamentable
state of U.S. government Web site security. He says in part,
"Certainly, if the security breaches are anything like as serious
as the report implies, the potential crises should be addressed
in dimly lit underground chambers far from snooping ears or eyes,
by high ranking officials entrusted with the safety of our
nation -- rather than broadcast in the media." For the complete
story, visit U.S. Security Scare: Dumb and Dumber
14 September 2000 - Western Union Hacked, Credit Cards
Stolen. Hacker Whacker reported on Sept 13th, with a story
link to ZDTV. Maria Godoy, of ZDTV News, reports that hackers
broke into the Western Union website over the weekend, stealing
credit and debit card information from as many as 20,000 customers,
the money-transfer company said on Monday. To read the complete
article, visit http://www.hackerwhacker.com/
14 September 2000 - Kaspersky Lab's Breaking News
Kaspersky Lab's Policy on Virus Warnings: To Educate, Not to Scare.
KL Press Release dated Sept 12th, Kaspersky Lab refutes accusations
about the spreading of "virus hysteria". The W2K.Stream virus has
not only generated some lively debate amongst anti-virus experts
relative to this sort of malicious programs potential danger, but
W2K.Stream has also precipitated personal affronts to Kaspersky
Lab from competitor anti-virus software companies who have accused
KL of creating "virus hysteria" amongst computer users.
Given the latest events, Kaspersky Lab would like to once again
confirm its position regarding the danger present in the NTFS
alternate data streams (ADS). To read the complete article, visit
http://www.avp.ru/news.asp
14 September 2000 - eSecurity Innovation Centre The
First Of Its Kind In Canada. Jill Vardy of the Financial Post
reports from Ottawa, how the University of Calgary and JAWZ Inc.
are about to open an eSecurity Innovation Centre on the Calgary
campus, to test Web security, research new security measures
and train businesses how to use them. To read the complete
Sept 9th artcle on Calgary centre designed to help fight
cybercrime, visit http://www.nationalpost.com/tech/news/
14 September 2000 - Most Federal sites Fail Privacy
Test. Brock N. Meeks, of MSNBC, reported on Mon Sept 12th,
that a staggering 97 percent of federal Web sites fail to adhere
to the four basic privacy principles that the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) has recommended be made mandatory for all
private sector Web sites, according a government report
scheduled for release Tuesday. To read the complete article,
visit http://www.msnbc.com/news/458591.asp
14 September 2000 - PlayStation2 modification irritates
Sony. ZDNet has an article on sept 7th, that says "shortages
and pent-up demand could encourage chipping. Sony doesn't
approve." Read the complete article at
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/35/ns-17739.html
08 September 2000 - Time to Fight Lax Web Site Security
Eric J. Bowden of BugNet, had a new update to their June 13th
BugNet Alert. On June 13, they issued a BugNet Alert that
should concern everyone on the Internet - both web surfers as
well as web developers. The security vulnerability, reported
in that BugNet Alert, could expose sensitive user information
to a malicious user or web site operator. Surprisingly enough,
the bug was not in Netscape or Internet Explorer, but in the
web sites themselves. Read the complete July 2000 article at
http://www.bugnet.com/analysis/0007/fromed.html
08 September 2000 - Wobbler Hoax Reported by F-Secure
A new hoax message warning about Wobbler virus appeared in
1999. It goes by the aliases California virus hoax, Lets
watch TV virus hoax and Kali virus hoax. This virus does not
exist. However, there is a worm - Nowobbler, that spreads the
above hoax message within itself. Further information about
the Nowobbler worm is available at
http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/v-descs/nowobbler.htm
Further information on the Wobbler Hoax is available at
http://www.datafellows.com/hoaxes/wobbhoax.htm
07 September 2000 - Hoaxes Reported by F-Secure
F-secure has a number of new hoaxes listed for Sept 5th.
These include such titles as Petroleum Trust Fund hoax,
SlaveMaster hoax, Money Transfer From Nigeria hoax, Luck
chain letter, Lotus Notes virus hoax, DeafSupport e-mail
hoax, and lastly Don't Delete Iwon.com chain letter hoax.
For the complete listing of hoaxes from F-Secure, visit
http://www.datafellows.com/hoaxes/hoax_new.htm
03 September 2000 - Is Pokemon Pikachu worm/Trojan
Real or a Hoax. Reuters reported about this worm on Aug 24th,
and Vmyths.com reported on Aug 25th, that it is a hoax.
For links to both stories, visit out Virus Warning page.
02 September 2000 - Ontario, Canada: Park Issues
E-Coli Water Alert. The National Post has an article for
anyone in the Thousand Islands area this long weekend. It
states in part, "Long-weekend visitors to the St. Lawrence
Islands National Park are being advised to bring their own
water supply after E.coli was discovered in the water in
several of the islands public-access wells." To read the
article, visit http://www.nationalpost.com/headlinescan/
01 September 2000 - Philippines Trojan Horse.
On September 1, 2000, the NIPC Watch Office received notification
that a Trojan horse was reported in the wild. Visit our
Virus Warnings page, under Miscellaneous, for a link to
the National Infrastructure Protection Centers Press Release.
01 September 2000 - Student Arrested in Emulex Hoax
Case. The hacker Wacker Remote Computer Network Security
folks, has a link to the article on this arrest. To read the
complete article, visit http://www.hackerwhacker.com/
30 August 2000 - Virus Hits Handheld Computers
For First Time. Steven Chase, of the British Columbia
Bureau of Globe and News, has a report. He has comments
from Michael Murphy, general manager of Canadian operations
for Symantec Corp., maker of Norton antivirus software and
other programs. The report says in part, "The first virus
aimed at PalmPilot-style handheld computers has hit the
Internet, and experts are warning users to brace for far more
malicious programs targeting the popular gadgets." To read
the complete 'Virus hits handheld computers for first time'
article, visit http://www.globetechnology.com/summary/News.html
30 August 2000 - Anti-Virus v5.0 detects and
disinfects Palm_Liberty.A Trojan. F-Secure Corporation
(HEX: FSC) announced today the immediate availability of
protection against the recently discovered Palm_Liberty.A
Trojan which targets the Palm Operating System. The Trojan
is generally installed on a PalmOS device from a host computer
during a HotSync operation. It can also be beamed from one
Palm device to another via infrared. F-Secure Anti-Virus
v5.0 detects and disinfects this Trojan during synchronization
operations, using the latest update available from
http://www.F-Secure.com.
25 August 2000 - Federal Agencies to Make Sites
Accessible To Disabled. This report comes from Carrie Johnson
of The Washington Post, on making the Net disabled-friendly.
To read the complete article, visit MSNBC address at
http://www.msnbc.com/news/450528.asp
25 August 2000 - Owners could lose Net domain names
Globe and News writer, John Partridge, has an article that
reports how "More than 5,000 dot-ca -- short for dot-Canada
-- Internet domain names could be sold out from under their
current owners unless they are re-registered with the new
organization now in charge of Canadian cyberspace."
CIRA, the new registration organization, said that holders
of dot-ca domains can update their contact information by
logging into the current registry at www.cdnnet.ca/update.html
To read the complete Globe and Mail article, visit
http://www.globetechnology.com/summary/News.html
25 August 2000 - Web Banks New Target For Robbers
DigitalDesk Wirtrap article from Globe and Mail says in part
"British police have arrested three men in an investigation
into attempted robberies of Internet banks, including well-
known Egg PLC, and have warned that bank robbers are turning
to a new weapon -- the computer." To read the complete
article visit http://www.digitaldesk.com/wiretrap/index.htm
25 August 2000 - Cyberstalking - It happened in the
States. Could it happen here? DigitalDesk Wirtrap article
says in part "New Hampshire woman who was located and
murdered after her assailant bought her social security
number from a web site in the United States." To read the
complete article visit
http://www.digitaldesk.com/2000/08/08_23_stalk.htm
23 August 2000 - Central Command Launches New Live
Virus Training and Certification Program.
On August 7, 2000, Central Command announced that they have
launched their Live Virus Training and Certification Program.
They see the need for qualified antivirus professionals, so
they have opened the door for System Administrators and
Data Security Professional's to become recognized as virus
control specialists. There will be 4 levels of certification,
and these individuals will go through extensive training in
antivirus policies, procedures, and capabilities beyond what
is normally available to them. For the complete news article,
visit http://www.avp.com/news.html
22 August 2000 - Charges Dismissed Against 'Love Bug'
Virus Creator. SANS article, that has a link to the CNet story,
can be found by visiting http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
22 August 2000 - Added some PC and Macintosh
Links. Some additions were made to the Downloads and About Us
pages. There were more links and help files added, to the
Macintosh and PC sections.
22 August 2000 - HiSOFT Summersavers New Offers
HiSOFT announced on Aug 21, that to compensate for the sell-outs
of some items, they've added the following items:
(see the Amiga specific items under our Amiga News Section)
o Making the Most of MIDI BOOK with 2 free MIDI cables 4.95 GBP
19 August 2000 - W3C Power Outage announcement
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Announced
Due to a scheduled power outage at W3C's MIT host site,
certain services may not be available 19-20 August 2000.
W3C apologizes for the inconvenience.
* Webmasters Note - Validating service is down
18 August 2000 - Submitted VHT-Canada to the
Open Directory Project. The ODP is a web directory of
Internet resources. Once an editor reviews the submitted
URL, they may at their discretion, submit it into the
directory. The submitted and accepted site, will then be
included in ODP's partners search engines. Partners, are
such search engines as Alta Vista, Google, Hot Bot etc.
This may take anywhere from several weeks, to several
months.
17 August 2000 - Submitted VHT-Canada to the
Northern Lights Search Engine service. The notice after
submission said it could take up to six weeks to get
listed, and not all submitted sights get into the
listing.
17 August 2000 - Canadian Alert: Killer Bees
Arriving in Canada on Transport Trucks and ships.
Veronique Mandal, of the National Post, has an article
that starts "African killer bees are hitching rides to
Canada on transport trucks and ships, and, in the next
five years will colonize this country, says Dr. Medhat
Nasr, an apiculturist and biologist at the University
of Guelph, Ontario." For the Aug 17th headline, at The
National Post, visit
http://www.nationalpost.com/headlinescan/
17 August 2000 - Dr. Michael Cowpland Steps Down
as Corel President, CEO & Chair of the Board.
Corel Corporation, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, is an
internationally recognized developer of award-winning
business productivity, graphics and operating system
solutions on the Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh and
Java platforms. For the news release by Corel, visit
http://www.corel.com/news/2000/august/august_15a_2000.htm
15 August 2000 - Fun Re-aranging News/Viri Pages
The Subject says it all. ;) I had some security patches
on the news page, when they should have been on the Virus
Warnings page, due to security issues involved. Posted
new news and hoax stuff, at the same time.
15 August 2000 - HOAX Reported by Network
Associates Inc. NAI has a report on the latest e-mail
hoax called Reformat hoax. To read a bit of the review,
with a link to the full NAI report, visit out Virus
Warning and Security Page.
15 August 2000 - GNOME Linux May Be Serious
Competiton To Windows. MSNBC says "A high-profile group
of companies is expected to back the GNOME Linux interface
as a serious competitor to Windows on desktop systems."
To read the complete article, visit
http://www.msnbc.com/news/446234.asp
15 August 2000 - AMD ships 1.1 gigahertz chip
An article in Reuters, and reported by MSNBC, says the
"Computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said
Monday it began shipping its 1.1 gigahertz processors
to major computer companies, and said it expected to
meet its goals for shipments in the coming quarters."
For the complete article, visit
http://www.msnbc.com/news/446091.asp
14 August 2000 - Added News Links to News Page
Made some entries at the top of the page, to make it
easier for visitors to go directly to some interesting
computer specific and general news sites.
14 August 2000 - Added Site to Google Search
Submitted the Canadian Site, to the Google search service.
Possibly takes from one to four weeks to go into their
database.
14 August 2000 - Threat Looms of New Massive Internet
Attack. MSNBC has a post in their TechNews section,
starts off with "Six months after devastating attacks took
down the Web's biggest sites, MSNBC has learned of new
evidence that indicates it could easily happen again: a
security researcher has found 125,000 networks with the
same flaw that allowed the attacks. For the complete
article, visit http://www.msnbc.com/news/444815.asp
14 August 2000 - MSNBC Bug of The Day
A bug that is listed for August 11th, is titled
'These GPS devices may get you lost'. To read the complete
bug report, visit
http://www.msnbc.com/news/BUGOFTHEDAY_Front.asp
14 August 2000 - Made On Amiga Has Corrected
Virus Help Team Canada's Entry. Thankyous go out to
Dan Gibson, the creator and maintainor of the MoA
Service, for his prompt action in changing the
information for vht-can, submitted to him.
To check out other sites that have entered the campaign
at Made On Amiga, visit the homepage, at
http://www.gonmad.demon.co.uk/moa/
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11 August 2000 - Submitted VHT-Canada to
Amiga.org Search and News Service at http://www.amiga.org/
11 August 2000 - VHT-Canada Having URL Corrected
on the Various Campaigns. The campaigns that are
supported here, hve been notified of the change in
the URL.
11 August 2000 - Shadow-Realm Creations Made
The URL Changeover for VHT-Canada.
Now Virus Help Team Canada, can be accessed with the
proper site address of vht-can. A big thankyou to
to our webspace providers.
11 August 2000 - Followups to the FBI's Carnivore
and how Hackers Still Pestering the Defense Dept.
For the latest followups from SANS Online, visit
http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
11 August 2000 - Web Auction Fraud in B.C. Canada
The Globe and Mail Online Technews, has an article by
Wendy Stueck, that says in part "Police in B.C.'s Lower
Mainland are wrestling with what they say is a growing
problem of fraud through on-line auction sites." For
the complete Web-auction fraud story, visit
http://www.globetechnology.com/summary/News.html
11 August 2000 - Sony to launch Net-based video
channel. The Register Online, has an article by Tony
Smith, that starts off "Sony will launch an Internet-based
video service in October, in what's essentially a trial
run of the kind of broadband digital content delivery
services it's planning to put in place next year. For
the complete article, visit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12519.html
10 August 2000 - Created Icons for Non-Java Chat.
On the Chat Service, you can supply a small picture,
to highlight a personal URL entry. So, I've been
busy with PPaint making some icons for my chat handle.
10 August 2000 - Artificially Intelligent Cyber
Agents. Read Digital Desks article about a US Laboratory's
efforts to create computer security programs that think for
themselves. Visit Digital Desks, What's New site, at
http://www.digitaldesk.com/whats.htm
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09 August 2000 - Digital Desk, has a good article
on their What's New Page, titled 'Abduction'. There are
tips on how parents can prevent their kids from becoming
involved with on-line predators. For DD's article, visit
http://www.digitaldesk.com/2000/08/08_07_abduct.htm
08 August 2000 - Humans: West Nile Virus May Be in Canada
The CTV NewsNet, our 24hour TV News Channel, has been
issuing warnings, that there is a mosquito and dead bird
alert. We are to be protecting ourselves from mosquito
bites, and to notify Health Canada, or The Ministry of
Health, if we happen upon any dead birds. For the time
being, this alert effects southern Ontario, Canada.
TORONTO (Reuters) - The deadly mosquito-borne West Nile
virus, responsible for killing about 10 people in North
America, may have found its way to Canada, an infectious
disease expert said on Monday. For this Reuters Article,
point your browser to:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000807/20/science-canada-westnile-dc
To find the answers to such questions as: What is West Nile
virus?, What is the likelihood of West Nile virus infecting
Canadians?, How is WN virus spread? Who is at risk of
contracting WN virus?, then check out The Canadian Bureau
of Infectious Diseases at:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/bid/wnv/index.html
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08 August 2000 - M$ subliminal ad plan
The Register, an online news source, has a news article
by Tony Smith, outlining how a UK retailer reveals
Microsoft's latest selling technique. Read The Registers
News Article at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12446.html
04 August 2000 - More on the FBI's Carnivore
Carnivore, is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
e-mail surveillance tool. In July the FBI told Congress
Carnivore is designed to intercept data from the electronic
mail of a criminal suspect by monitoring traffic at an
Internet service provider. The Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC), wants the FBI to disclose how
it works. On Wednseday, a federal judge ordered an
emergency hearing on EPIC's request for the immediate
release of details on Carnivore.
SANS Institute has Follow-Up: FBI Caves on Carnivore
URL: http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
03 August 2000 - Ottawa, Canada - Ottawa man Busted!
Digital Desk has reported that an Ottawa, Ontario, Canadian
man, receives the longest sentence in Canadian history for
software piracy.
Digital Desks What's New - Busted!
URL: http://www.digitaldesk.com/whats.htm
02 August 2000 - Warning: Lotus users be wary
Digital Desk sent their Hacker Tracker Neil Bortnak to
Defcon this week and he came back with some rather
disturbing news about Lotus. Read the report at the
Digital Desks What's New - users be wary
URL: http://www.digitaldesk.com/whats.htm
02 August 2000 - PC Network Firewalls Reviews
Digital Desks HackerTracker Neil Bortnak, reviews
some PC Firewalls. After DD ran a shocking story about
how UBC student Daniel Sieberg had his home computer
hacked, a lot of people wanted to know how they could
prevent the same thing from happening to them.
Neil Bortnak Reviews:
Freedom: Zero Knowledge
Private Desktop: Signal9
BlackICE Defender: NetworkICE
GuardDog: McAfee
Digital Desks WireTrap - Latest in Network Firewalls
URL: http://www.digitaldesk.com/pcfirewalls.htm
01 August 2000 - Site Changing to VHT-Canada
The Virus Help Team Netherlands Canadian broswer-friendly
site, is being changed to solely a Canadian Team. Alex van
Niel, CEO of vht-NL, and myself, will initially be making
up this new team, and will be working hand-in-hand with
each other. Presently, we are in a waiting mode until
Shadow-Realm Creations, who so kindly supplies this webspace,
to change the URL to point to the new sites address of:
http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org/
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30 July 2000 - Added Time Zone links to Chat Page
For convenience in checking to see what the time zone is,
of the people you would like to chat with, there are
now links to the time zones of the VHT-NL members. In
addition, there is also a link to check for local time
around the world.
29 July 2000 - Hubby Came home with Air Conditioner.
The normal saying goes, If you can't stand the heat, get
out of the kithchen. But in this case, an airconditioner
was the solution. :)
27 July 2000 - Hubby Made Supper :)
Talk about a great news bleep, eh? I was very busy doing
my things here, so I guess he thought he would not get any
nourishment, unless he tackled the hot kitchen and made
something. Nice to eat his cooking for a change. Nicer
yet, not to have to enter the heat in there. ;)
27 July 2000 - Submitted VHT-NL - Canada to Campaigns
Today, submittals were put in, and requests were made,
to have the Canadian site of Virus Help Team - Netherlands
listed in a number of campaigns. These being:
a) Viewable With Any Broswer campaign - They carry a list
of actual sites that are taking part in the campaign,
and I thought it would be nice if we were listed too.
b) Made On Amiga - The request was made to be listed under
Organizations > Other. They must first checkout this
site, and then if it pasts their scrutiny, it will be
added to the MoA list.
c) Authored On Amiga - Request has to be done by e-mail,
where I asked to be listed in the Misc/Other Section.
This site is quite old, and was not updated since 1998,
so says the homepage, but maybe this site will get into
the New Sites section.
d) Amiga Web Ring - Did all the submissions, and placed the
webring ID on the entry pages, here at VHT-NL. It may
be a while for the web ring to operate, since the owner
of the webring, who will be adding us to the ring, is
away on holidays till after Aug 18th.
e) Built With Amiga Software - Did not need any further
intervention, than to have the icon and link on VHT-NL.
25 July 2000 - Defunct Web Site Leaks Credit
Card Info. SANS Institute Online has an article entitled
Failed Company's Web Site Reveals Information From Porn,
Other Purchases. They have a link to PC World News, which
contains the article. Check out the Homepage of SANS at
http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm for the news link.
25 July 2000 - Submitted Site to AltaVista
The Canadian Browser-Friendly site of VHT-NL, was
submited to the AltaVista search engine.
25 July 2000 - Corrected a typo
On the July 20th post, I meant to say that the Canadian
VHT-NL Changes server. Now, all is as it should be. :)
24 July 2000 - UK Mirror - Search Added
You will notice on the Search Page, that there is now a
button to search just the UK Mirror site, of Virus Help
Team - Netherlands.
23 July 2000 - Canadian VHT-NL Site Complete
Last night, all uploads were completed. The search engine
for the Canadian site has been updated to take into account
the new location.
20 July 2000 - Canadian VHT-NL Changes Server
Shadow-Realm is now the host of the VHT-NL Canadian Browser-
friendly site. We are in the process of uploading pages
and files.
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19 July 2000 - VHT-UK Mirror Link Added
Now there is a mirror of the Virus Help Team - Netherlands
You can find this mirror link on the About Us page, under
Charlene, VHT-NL UK Mirror maintainer. The UK Mirror site,
is exactly that -- an exact 'mirror' of the site. Now that
this mirror is available on a different server than UKOnline,
it can now be accessed with the Amiga text browser program,
ALynx 1.31. Presently ALynx coughs on the UKOnline server,
and continuosly receives error messages, saying the file(s)
is not there. Strange, because when a file is really not
there, the error message that comes up says "We are sorry
that this Website is currently unavailable." Go figure. :)
17 July 2000 VHT-NL Canadian Browser-Friendly Site
Updated. We now have seperate sections on the news and viri
warnings pages, in order to keep Amiga, PC, Mac and General
in their own section.
We have also added a java-free web chat room. This may be
of benefit to those members whom belong to the viruschecker2
mailing list, to keep in contact and to chit-chat. We are
aware that not all people have a seperate IRC program to
use. Make plans to meet each other and chat, while sipping
on your hot cup of tea.
You may notice also that there is now a link on each page to
our PGP Security section. The newest addition besides the
live chat, is our Search Page. This service is quite good,
and can search VHT-NL site, or you can also put in a query
and search the web.
12 July 2000 FBI e-mail Snooping Device called Carnivore
Civil liberties and privacy groups are railing against a new
system designed to allow law enforcement agents to intercept
and analyze huge amounts of e-mail in connection with an
investigation. Now the FBI has it in use. Encrypted e-mail,
done with an e-mail encoding program like PGP, still stays in
code on Carnivore, and it's up to agents to decode it.
Click here for Digital Desk Article
Click here for Wired News Article
01 July 2000 - Canadians - July 1st Canada Day
Today Canada celebrated it's 133rd birthday. Go Canada!!!
||||| ./\.
||||| _|\| |/|_ H A P P Y 133 rd B I R T H D A Y
||||| \ /
||||| }_/||\_{ Greetings from C-eh?-N-eh?-D-eh? ;)
25 June 2000 - Archive Section Update
The Archives Section of the site has been extensively
overhauled. There are now three seperate links to the
available older files, news posts and warnings.
19 June 2000 - VirusChecker2 IRC Chat Channel
The Official IRC Chat Channel has been set up at
VillageIRC, and is presently being tested for access
and stability. The new server location will be officially
announced to the viruschecker2 list in the near future.
14 June 2000 - Canadians - Digital Desk has a report on
what you may run into when trying to report what you may think
is a new 'virus in the wild'. Also the Wire Trap editor,
Andrew Yates gives you the low down on how to report viruses
to the USA's National Infrastructure Protection Centre.
Click here to read the complete Digital Desk article.
13 June 2000 - All archives now have a .sig for each.
The purpose is to verify that the actual binary has not been
tampered with in any way, while on the server. You will of
course need to add the keyfile to your keyring. All the
keyfiles we have available are on the PGP Security page.
10 June 2000 - Domains at Risk: DNS problems plague
Australia. A reporter with ZDNet Australia News, says
about 75 percent of Domain Name System (DNS) servers in
Australia and New Zealand are vulnerable to Denial-of-Service
attacks and 55 percent may be compromised at the root level.
* Click for full report at ZDNet about Domains at Risk
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06 June 2000 - Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Section Added.
Since files will have PGP digital signatures, I thought
it would be handy to have a page set aside for PGP. We
are in the process now of making digital signatures and
MD5SUM checksums for all downloadable files.
03 June 2000 - Fixing links for pictures because some
of them were not showing up on my husbands Internet Explorer
v4.01 browser. A picture should be beside each of the D
links. If it happens that you do not to see a picture beside
one of the D links, or a box beside the D link when graphics
is turned off, could you please send me feedback with the
D link page address. It will be in the format of desc.html#
where there is a particular name after the #. ie #name-here.
Thankyou!
31 May 2000 - Canadians - What does the Big Brother
know about you? Digital Desk has an article about how the
Human Resources Department Canada (HRDC), are dismantling the
Longitudinal Labour Fource File Databank (LLFF). Now Canadians
can request their personal information held in the LLFF.
Click here to read the complete Digital Desk article.
28 May 2000 - Updated the Virus Alerts page, with some
new alerts from F-Secure Corporation.
25 May 2000 - Doing the last of the pages for VHT-NL.
Verifying with W3C, that all pages are Valid HTML 4.0 coding.
Also checking the validity of each page with CAST, to be sure
they meet the Bobby criteria for disabled people, and folks
with other browsers and versions.
16 May 2000 - VHT Netherlands is launched in Canada
Charlene secured a website for Virus Help Team Netherlands.
Our website is located on the Crosswinds webservers, which
supplies its subscribers with totally free unlimited space,
e-mail, and excellent support. This is all topped off with
no ads on our pages. The purpose of the Canadian site, is to
have a browser and user friendly site, where people can come
to access virus-killing information and programs. You will
notice on our pages, that there is access for the visually
impaired, which includes D links to all images. These D links
will take you to a text description of the image.
08 May 2000 - Digital Desk Hacker Tracker Article
Digital Desk says they don't want to freak anyone out, but
the reality is, some web sites are like quicksand: they suck
you in and actually damage your computer. Their Hacker
Tracker Neil Bortnak explains how it is possible for an
attacker to break into your computer just by going to
their web page. All thanks to Microsoft Office 2000!.
Click here to read the complete Digital Desk article.
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