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Fix for weeks-old Excel flaw likely on Tuesday

2008-02-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b40038 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft's security updates Tuesday will probably include a fix for a vulnerability in Excel that has been exploited by attackers for several weeks, a researcher said today. But he told users not to expect a fix for another bug that the company acknowledged more than two months ago
 
Tags: fix, months ago, tuesday, excel, weeks, attackers, include, users, bug
 
 
 
 
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Fix your jumpy optical mouse

2008-03-05 06:19:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...fix a standard mouse, you'd simply open the undercarriage, pop out the little ball, and scrape the crap off the rollers that accumulates over time. Voila! Your mouse would run like new. But there's no moving parts on the optical mouse, and it sure looked clean to me Invariably when my optical mouse would start to act up, I'd start switching...
 
Tags: mouse, optical mouse, wireless laser mouse, logitech mouse, microsoft mouse, standard mouse, optical sensor lies, optical sensor, wired mouse
 
 
 
 
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Fix your jumpy optical mouse

2008-03-05 13:19:00 by keith-brown in Security Briefs
 
...fix a standard mouse, you'd simply open the undercarriage, pop out the little ball, and scrape the crap off the rollers that accumulates over time. Voila! Your mouse would run like new. But there's no moving parts on the optical mouse, and it sure looked clean to me Invariably when my optical mouse would start to act up, I'd start switching...
 
Tags: mouse, optical mouse, wireless laser mouse, logitech mouse, microsoft mouse, standard mouse, optical sensor lies, optical sensor, wired mouse
 
 
 
 
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Fix your jumpy optical mouse

2008-03-05 13:19:00 by keith-brown in Security Briefs
 
...fix a standard mouse, you'd simply open the undercarriage, pop out the little ball, and scrape the crap off the rollers that accumulates over time. Voila! Your mouse would run like new. But there's no moving parts on the optical mouse, and it sure looked clean to me Invariably when my optical mouse would start to act up, I'd start switching...
 
Tags: mouse, optical mouse, wireless laser mouse, logitech mouse, microsoft mouse, standard mouse, optical sensor lies, optical sensor, wired mouse
 
 
 
 
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Firewall problems may be caused by DNS fix

2008-07-10 00:50:59 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...fixed until the patch gets released. Just lower the restriction on the firewall program a little clipped from www.betanews.com Windows DNS bug fix can impair firewalls, including ZoneAlarm BetaNews has confirmed through its own testing this morning that a critical patch, released yesterday by Microsoft as part of a worldwide DNS bug fix...
 
Tags: critical patch, patch, software firewalls, impair firewalls, firewall program, betanews, zonealarm, story, fixed
 
 
 
 
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Fix DNS Now

2008-07-14 05:23:21 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Frankly Speaking: A major flaw in the Internet's infrastructure has been found, and a fix is ready. Make that fix now. Don't wait one second, warns Frank Hayes
 
Tags: fix, warns frank hayes, major flaw, infrastructure, internet, frankly, wait, ready
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft looks to fix bugs with desktop search

2008-03-28 15:49:34 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Microsoft has slipped out a new version of its Windows desktop search engine for its Vista operating system to fix bugs with the previous version
 
Tags: fix bugs, version, previous version, windows desktop, microsoft, system, engine, vista
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Four patches fix mostly Office vulnerabilities

2008-05-13 00:00:00 by Ryan Francis in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft Tuesday released four patches to fix six vulnerabilities, three of which were rated critical for Microsoft Word, Publisher and the Jet Database Engine 4.0. Experts say the fourth patch, rated important, could also be viewed as critical because it affects security software that could be shut down in an attack
 
Tags: affects security software, jet database engine, fourth patch, microsoft tuesday, fix, critical, vulnerabilities, microsoft word, patches
 
 
 
 
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Former Microsoft manager offers fix for XP SP3 'endless reboot'

2008-05-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x847315c in Network World on Security
 
A former Microsoft security manager has published a tool designed to detect and fix PCs that may be susceptible to "endless reboots" if updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3
 
Tags: microsoft security manager, sp3, service pack, endless reboots, fix pcs, windows, tool, susceptible, detect
 
 
 
 
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Apple's patch fails to fix DNS flaw, researchers claim

2008-08-01 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Apple issued patches for 17 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including one meant to fix a critical bug in the Internet's Domain Name System. But according to researchers, the DNS patch didn't actually patch anything, at least on the client side
 
Tags: patch, dns patch, fix, apple, researchers, critical bug, internet, system, client</