A rootkit has been infecting a number of Linux servers through the month of February. An early trend indicated servers running RedHat/CentOS and CloudLinux as well as cPanel could be vulnerable to whatever exploit was being leveraged to access the servers. One of the tell-tale signs was the detection of /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 or /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9. The rootkit was … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Internet Explorer: A program on your computer has corrupted your default search provider setting.
After some malware cleanup and a bigger battle to get the antivirus AVG uninstalled from a computer, the last remaining symptom was a message shortly after launching Internet Explorer. It stated: Internet Explorer - Search Provider Default A program on your computer has corrupted your default search provider setting for Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has reset this … [Read more...]
A script to delete mapped network drives using a certain UNC path
Mapped drives. You can love 'em or hate 'em. After changing file servers or retiring an old server, clients might have old mapped drives pointing to these servers. Since they could be a confusing interface and disconnected drives might slow down the computer until they time out, it's not a bad idea to clean up the old ones. It's a pretty simple process to disconnect a mapped … [Read more...]
“But It’s not Patch Tuesday” brings Firefox 19, Java 6u41/7u15
Patch Tuesday (second Tuesday of the month) was last week but today brought a few application updates with it. Java versions 6 and 7 updates were on the schedule with a lot of press after their February 1st rush patch and later announcement that the previously schedule February 19th update was still coming. Firefox, and its every 6 weeks release schedule, is just a little too … [Read more...]
Comcast Constant Guard gives HP computers blue screen errors with keycrypt64.sys BSoD
Comcast Constant Guard is a "free" security suite provided to Comcast XFINITY customers. It includes Norton by Symantec anti-virus, Identity Guard, Secure Backup & Share, and the Xfinity Toolbar. The protection is provided for iPhone/iPad, PC, and Mac. With a recent update, Comcast managed to break a number of customer's computers with Blue Screen of Death errors after a … [Read more...]