Friday, February 22, 2002

California senators tackle e-waste chore. Two legislators introduce bills that would impose fees on PCs, monitors and other electronic devices to cover the costs of recycling those goods when they become obsolete. [CNET News.com] 11:28:01 PM     comment A friend called this afternoon to talk about the death of Daniel Pearl, the WSJ reporter who was taken hostage in Pakistan. In this space we often make much of the power of amateur journalism, it's also important to note that sometimes the pros pay for their ideals with their lives. Let's take a moment this evening to reflect and give gratitude to Pearl and his family, for their sacrifices.  [Scripting News] 11:18:18 PM     comment TODAY'S FRIDAY......TAKING HOME A TAPE FOR OFFSITE STORAGE? MAKING SURE THAT YOUR VIRUS PROTECTION IS UP TO DATE? 11:13:38 PM     comment Remember the trouble with TRIBBLES?  Those furry little creatures that loved to replicate themselves?  Well viruses want to do the same!  Some of them are purposely designed to scour your hard drive for email addresses to send their viruses out to.  Some even cover their tracks of where they came from and change the "reply to" in order to keep you from know who actually sent you the email. So the next time you receive a virus-laden spam mailing that sets your anti-virus program in a panic [you DO have one don't you?], keep in mind that it may not be spam at all!  It may be your friend who just got hit with a virus.   11:12:24 PM     comment http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q305138&SD=MSKB& "Out of License" Error Messages in SBS 2000 Event Logs (Q305138) If you are getting Out of License error messages or unable to log on....try that KB article! 10:39:01 PM     comment http://latimes.p2ionline.com/treeprintads/0003629261-001/p1.htm What more can you ask for? 10:10:13 PM     comment Three security bulletins yesterday: MS02-010 : Unchecked Buffer in ISAPI Filter Could Allow Commerce Server Compromise http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-010.asp MS02-009 : Incorrect VBScript Handling in IE can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-009.asp MS02-008 : XMLHTTP Control Can Allow Access to Local Files http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-008.asp The last two affect Internet Explorer 6.0 [which isn't quite clear from the security bulletin] If you want to sign up for security bulletins - here's the site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/notify.asp 10:10:12 PM     comment Well there's a new worm out as of 2/19/2002 called the Yarner Worm. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-840177.html If it infects your machine it could wipe out your windows subdirectory. It comes with a .exe attachment and reads as follows: [Currently in German - but it can be translated into other languages] "Hello! Welcome to the latest newsletter from Trojaner-Info.de Content: 1. YAW 2.0 - the latest version of our porn-dialer warner **** 1. YAW 2.0 - Our porn-dialer warner in its latest version. Our widely used Dialerwarner YAW is now available in a brand new and enhanced version. All subscribers to our newsletter get this version for free with this newsletter. Just start the attached file and YAW 2.0 installs itself. If there are any questions the programmer of this unique tool is available at [...] Have fun with YAW! http://www.trojaner-info.de/dialer/yaw.shtml **** That's it with the latest Trojaner-Info news, thank you for your attention and we wish all our readers a pleasant week." The attached file with this e-mail is yawsetup.exe. The latest Trend dat file [pattern 231] will catch it. 10:10:09 PM     comment

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