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  • And finally, standard user malware

    Today I finally got wind of my first piece of true standard user malware. MS Antispyware 2008 has turned standard user. The version in question installs the binaries in c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\<something>, and makes itself resident by infecting HKCU\...\Run. Curiously...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Tue, Sep 1 2009

  • And finally, standard user malware

    Today I finally got wind of my first piece of true standard user malware. MS Antispyware 2008 has turned standard user. The version in question installs the binaries in c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\<something>, and makes itself resident by infecting HKCU\...\Run. Curiously...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, Sep 1 2009

  • 64-bit Anti-Virus For Vista

    One of the (few) security tools that does not come with Windows Vista is anti-virus. Tons of people have asked about which one to use, and which are available. The answer is: most are available for 32-bit Vista already. Malke, a Windows Shell MVP, put together a list of 32-bit anti-virus programs that...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Sat, Feb 17 2007

  • Help: Vista won't let me write to my external hard drive

    This is becoming a very common question as people move to Windows Vista. You have an external or extra hard drive formatted under Windows XP. In Windows XP you were running as a member of the Built-in Administrators Group, and you could write to it just fine. In Vista, you are also a member of the Built...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Tue, Jan 16 2007

  • Admin Rights Hall Of Shame and Complaint Abuses

    A few weeks ago I bought a copy of Nobeltec's Tides and Currents software. Nobeltec is a subsidiary of Jeppesen, well known for their aviation, and apparently now also marine, navigation charts. I was told this software was by far the best way to analyze currents for diving purposes. When I received...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Fri, Aug 18 2006
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