Microsoft announced yesterday that it has rebuilt its cloud file storage service, SkyDrive. It's touted as being faster with HTML5, has improved layouts for different file and photos, and using Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7, you can pin SkyDrive to your Desktop for quick, easy access. The jump list can also allow you to get to tasks that are buried a little bit with a … [Read more...]
WebGL In The News For Security Concerns in Firefox 4 and IE9
The Mozilla Security Blog announced yesterday that there is a security concern with WebGL in Mozilla Firefox 4. It could allow attackers to capture screenshots of a visitors browser, including private information. The problem is specific to Firefox's implementation of WebGL, not a vulnerability in WebGL itself. A fix will be included in the next update to Firefox, which is … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Quarterly Updates for Flash Player, Shockwave, LiveCycle, ColdFusion, Acrobat, and Reader
Adobe just flooded the Internet with patches for some of their top products: Adobe Flash Player Shockwave Player LiveCycle and BlazeDS ColdFusion Acrobat and Adobe Reader This bring Acrobat and Reader up to versions 10.1 and introduces the "Protected Mode" that Reader X has been using to Acrobat X. The Protected Mode allowed Adobe Reader to skip a few updates until the … [Read more...]
MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition: Recover Files From Broken Drives
I've written another guest article over at FreewareGenius. This one details Minitool Power Data Recovery Free Edition, a tool that allows you to unerase files and recover them from malfunctioning drives. Read the full article at FreewareGenius. … [Read more...]
Google Search Results Redirecting You To Ads? Receiving Popups? You May Have A Rootkit
Yesterday, a client got infected with some malware after visiting what should have been a safe website. I ran through the usual routine of deleting the malicious files in the Temporary Internet Files folder and scanning with MalwareBytes. The scan found and cleaned up about 8 objects and the annoying scareware was gone upon restarting. Unfortunately, pop-unders were showing up … [Read more...]