Free Security Essentials software
作者:Evol 日期:2010-03-09
Microsoft has ramped up the distribution of its free Security Essentials anti-virus and malware tool from 17 countries and eight languages to 74 countries and 25 languages in the five months since launch.
The software provides basic anti-virus protection to licensed users of the Windows operating system that automatically updates through the Windows update facility.
"We expect to be in up to 83 countries and 33 languages by the end of the first half of 2010," said
The software provides basic anti-virus protection to licensed users of the Windows operating system that automatically updates through the Windows update facility.
"We expect to be in up to 83 countries and 33 languages by the end of the first half of 2010," said
Beware of fake Security Essentials software
作者:Evol 日期:2010-03-03
Microsoft has warned users to be wary of sites promoting fake versions of its free Security Essentials anti-malware software.
In a blog posting on its Technet developer site, the company said, "One of the oldest tricks used by rogue antivirus products is to use a similar name as, or have a similar look and feel to, legitimate security software. It has been commonplace for them to mimic the Windows Security Center. So it was inevitable that the day would arrive when a rogue would masquerade as something similar to Microsoft Security Essentials."
The fake product, called "Security Essentials 2010", installs a fake scanner component, which monitors Windows running processes and attempts to terminate the ones it does not like, claiming that they are infected. The user is prompted to pay money to register the software to remove the non-existent threats.
In a blog posting on its Technet developer site, the company said, "One of the oldest tricks used by rogue antivirus products is to use a similar name as, or have a similar look and feel to, legitimate security software. It has been commonplace for them to mimic the Windows Security Center. So it was inevitable that the day would arrive when a rogue would masquerade as something similar to Microsoft Security Essentials."
The fake product, called "Security Essentials 2010", installs a fake scanner component, which monitors Windows running processes and attempts to terminate the ones it does not like, claiming that they are infected. The user is prompted to pay money to register the software to remove the non-existent threats.
Human factor a key focus for infosecurity
作者:Evol 日期:2010-03-03
IT security policies are vital in reducing corporate liability risk under a raft of new and coming information security laws and regulations.
The first line of defence against any official inquiry is for organisations to have documentary evidence that their IT security policies meet legal and regulatory requirements, says Stewart Room, partner at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
Enforcement authorities are more likely to tackle companies on data protection policies than procedures, Room says, and companies that can prove they have the correct policies in place are in a much stronger legal position.
The first line of defence against any official inquiry is for organisations to have documentary evidence that their IT security policies meet legal and regulatory requirements, says Stewart Room, partner at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
Enforcement authorities are more likely to tackle companies on data protection policies than procedures, Room says, and companies that can prove they have the correct policies in place are in a much stronger legal position.
Chinook system
作者:Evol 日期:2010-02-24
Defence contractor EDS - now part of HP - warned the Ministry of Defence that flaws in a Fadec safety-critical system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 helicopter could cause it to malfunction, months before a fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre.
The warning in a confidential report was ignored and the MoD allowed Chinook Mk2 helicopters to be fitted with a poorly-designed fuel control system. A helicopter of the type fitted with the system crashed on in June 1994, killing all 29 on board including 25 senior police and intelligence officers.
For the first time, Computer Weekly is publishing a detailed account of the software faults found by EDS when it examined the Chinook Mk2's fuel-control system, known as the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (Fadec) system, in July 1993.
The warning in a confidential report was ignored and the MoD allowed Chinook Mk2 helicopters to be fitted with a poorly-designed fuel control system. A helicopter of the type fitted with the system crashed on in June 1994, killing all 29 on board including 25 senior police and intelligence officers.
For the first time, Computer Weekly is publishing a detailed account of the software faults found by EDS when it examined the Chinook Mk2's fuel-control system, known as the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (Fadec) system, in July 1993.
Is your data secure in the cloud?
作者:Evol 日期:2010-02-23
Corporate concerns over data security are holding back cloud computing.
Security experts, software suppliers and cloud service providers alike see the cloud as a once in a lifetime opportunity to make information security better than ever. The US government's cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt says cloud computing will enable businesses to catch up on security issues and ensure they have the right mechanisms in place going forward.
His enthusiasm offers a sharp contrast to typical cloud computing security debates, which tend to focus on enterprise concerns about cybercriminals exploiting a single point of weakness to steal sensitive information.
Security experts, software suppliers and cloud service providers alike see the cloud as a once in a lifetime opportunity to make information security better than ever. The US government's cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt says cloud computing will enable businesses to catch up on security issues and ensure they have the right mechanisms in place going forward.
His enthusiasm offers a sharp contrast to typical cloud computing security debates, which tend to focus on enterprise concerns about cybercriminals exploiting a single point of weakness to steal sensitive information.
Top 4 softwares in China.
作者:Evol 日期:2010-02-22
The following image shows the top four softwares in China.
QQ as the most popular soft in China, it as a large quantity of users. It's famous not only beacuse of amount of users, but also the behavior of coping other program's function.
Thunder is based on the technology of P2P. Frankly speaking, it supplys the best way to download resources, at the same time, it sacrifices the users' bandwidth.
QQ as the most popular soft in China, it as a large quantity of users. It's famous not only beacuse of amount of users, but also the behavior of coping other program's function.
Thunder is based on the technology of P2P. Frankly speaking, it supplys the best way to download resources, at the same time, it sacrifices the users' bandwidth.
