UK sites attacked by mystery web virus
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| The virus, which was first detected late last year, attacks the computers of
| people who visit affected sites by installing a piece of software known as a
| Trojan, which is capable of stealing information and feeding it back to the
| attacker.
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3212085.ece
Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7
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| Companies that stuck with IE6 must take action, Microsoft said, or IE7 may be
| automatically downloaded and installed to their workers' PCs. Specifically,
| administrators who have set WSUS to automatically approve Update Rollups will
| need to disable the auto-approval rule before Feb. 12 to prevent IE7 from
| infiltrating their infrastructure. After that date, they must synchronize the
| update package with their WSUS server and then switch the autoapproval rule
| back on.
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http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/01/17/Microsoft-warns-businesses-of-autoupdate-to-IE7_1.html
Recent:
Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 update to corporate users in February
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| Microsoft made the IE release — known as the IE 7 Installation and
| Availability Update — available on its software download site in October
| 2007. Microsoft did not push the update automatically to customers at that
| time.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1114
Related:
IE7 Released As High-Priority Update
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| "Looks like FF2 is already outnumbering FF 1.5, while IE7 is having a
| hard time to find followers. Will today's release as a
| high-priority, force-fed update fix this issue?"
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/02/1424203&from=rss
Are you being served?
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| Like many Microsoft desktop users this week I clicked on the icon
| 'upgrade to Explorer 7'. Mistake. Outlook and Express disappeared.
| As did the Explorer multi-choice menu. Panic. Has it deleted all
| my emails?
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http://www.it-director.com/business/content.php?cid=9069&ref=fd_itd
Microsoft to Push Silverlight via Redesigned Website
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| Microsoft isn't new to the whole "virtual" monopoly business (where a single
| company holds the entire market thanks to "superior technology" and "better
| business sense") - it's just not too often that they're on the wrong side of
| this particular proverbial fence.
|
| When Silverlight was first announced and PopFly, Microsoft's social network
| built to demonstrate and hopefully kickoff Silverlight, were simultaneously
| launched; we were quick to appreciate the technical aspects of .NET and WPF
| taken online, but were careful to make it clear that we didn't think it stood
| much of a chance.
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| But things might be on the verge of a big change. Large portions Microsoft's
| website are in the middle of a redesign that will feature a fully
| Silverlight-powered interface - doing away with HTML and everything else.
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http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/redesigned-microsoft-website-to-use-silverlight/
IE 7 Cautionary Tale
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| After updating to the new browser, none of the computers
| could access QuickBooks, the CRM system or e-mail. The IT
| manager had to remotely administrator each machine, from
| the U.S. He turned back to a restore point a day earlier,
| undoing the chaos caused by IE 7.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/ie_7_cautionary_tale.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/ycjw4k
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