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[News] [Rival] Internet Exploder Explodes a Lot, Microsoftâs Volume Licensing Service Center Still Broken

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Internet Exploder Explodes a Lot, Microsoftâs Volume Licensing Service Center Still Broken
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:23:23 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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IE8 Crashing Too Much? Blame Add-ons, Says Microsoft

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| Add-ons account for more than 70 percent of 
| browser crashes in Internet Explorer 8, 
| according to Microsoft.
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http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/04/ie8-crashing-too-much-blame-add-ons-says-microsoft/

Microsoft states the obvious: those damn toolbars cause 70% of IE crashes

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/04/08/microsoft-states-the-obvious-those-damn-toolbars-cause-70-of-i/

Microsoft to roll out volume licensing site fixes in April

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| Microsoft partners and customers who have been 
| complaining for months about problems 
| accessing their software due to problems with 
| Microsoftâs Volume Licensing Service Center 
| (VLSC), take heart. Microsoft is preparing to 
| roll out a âversion 3.5â of the site, 
| incorporating new fixes and updates, before 
| the end of April.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5811


Recent:

My frustration with Internet Explorer.

http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2010/02/28/my-frustration-with-internet-explorer/


Microsoft has another IE flaw

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| CURSED BY ITS HAIRBALL CODE, Microsoft has
| released another security warning relating to
| a bug in Internet Explorer.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1590449/microsoft-ie-flaw


Microsoft to patch 26 holes in Windows, Office

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| Microsoft will patch 26 holes next week,
| including critical ones in Windows, one
| affecting the kernel of 32-bit versions, and
| several holes in Office, the company said
| Thursday in a preview of its Patch Tuesday.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10447678-245.html


Related:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm


New Zealand teenager convicted over international cyber crime ring

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| Owen Thor Walker, 18, known by his online name "AKILL," was involved in a
| network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions
| of dollars from victims' bank accounts.
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http://news.smh.com.au/new-zealand-teenager-convicted-over-international-cyber-crime-ring/20080301-1vzs.html


No April Fools'--Storm worm is back

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| The compromised computer will then install the downloaded file as C:
| \WINDOWS\aromis.exe. Nazario reports that the botnet file opens the firewall
| using the netsh firewall set command, makes a lot of outbound connections,
| then listens on a random UDP port.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9906880-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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