Acting on detailed information provided by the motion picture industry, federal agents descended on administrators and users of a popular pirate-friendly file-sharing site Wednesday in what the government is calling the first criminal law enforcement action against BitTorrent users.

FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents executed 10 search warrants in nine states in a strike on Elitetorrents.org, a free, members-only BitTorrent aggregator hosted in the Netherlands. On Wednesday, visitors to the site were redirected to a new government-hosted page with a stern warning about the penalties for internet piracy: "Individuals involved in the operation and use of the Elite Torrents network are under investigation for criminal copyright infringement."

Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to. TreeSize can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. You can expand this folder in Explorer-like style and you will see the size of every subfolder. Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while TreeSize is working. The space, which is wasted by the file system can be displayed and the results can be printed in a report. TreeSize is Mailware for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP.

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ServiceManager is a tool designed to allow System Administrators, Power Users and Developers an easy means to view, modify or remove services and their information on Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms.

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This NETSKY worm spreads by sending out copies of itself as email attachment using its built-in SMTP engine. It gathers target recipients from certain files found on the affected machine, virtually turning the affected system into a propagation launch pad.

The email it sends out has a spoofed sender's name, varying subjects, message bodies and attachments, and generally mimics email delivery notifications. For complete details about the email that this worm sends out, please click here.

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: W32.Netsky.P@mm, W32/Mydoom.BK@mm, W32/Netsky, W32/Netsky-P, Win32/Netsky.P!Worm, Win32/Netsky.P@mm

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

Encrypted: No

The Troj/Sober-Q Trojan horse is being used to send out German nationalistic spam from PCs previously infected by the Sober-N worm.

It appears that the Sober-N worm which spread very widely, accounting for nearly 80% of reports in early May, was used to infect as many PCs as possible by posing as tickets for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The many compromised PCs are now being used to send out masses of spam.

Spam sent by the Trojan horse from infected PCs uses various subject lines including: 'Dresden Bombing Is To Be Regretted Enormously', 'Armenian Genocide Plagues Ankara 90 Years On', 'Dresden 1945' and 'Turkish Tabloid Enrages Germany with Nazi Comparisons'.

Comcast should be watching as they win hands down at Dirty Mail. Yahoo close on their heels. See the stats here. "Sender Base" This information is easy for both these ISP's to see and ignoring this with their head in the sand will not make the problem go away. Though a number of their customers may be be spammers. The fact is the larger number are nothing more than Zombie boxes or people who fail to clean their machines.

What is really hard to understand if this site gives out the ip's of those most offending. Why is it that their service is simply not dropped as a course of action? Though many of yahoo's are tagged as bulk it seems this does not mean they are clean. People are making money off it while this is short term. This is a period where finger pointing might actually help. I applaud both MS efforts to help in a recent article posted all over the web. But lets get serious If senderbase.org can point to the right targets all that needs to be done is stop them.

Though the numbers are falling really it is important to stay vigilent and make e-mail something people look forward to once again. It is the way it was once though it is hard to remember that time. Here are the stats from the IronPort Site.

I am not really sure how useful this information is to the desktop user. Knowing how high the numbers are might give you some comfort feeling you are not alone. Trust us that is a easy one you aren't. One must not forget these people have something to sell you, likely that warm fuzzy feeling that they will protect you. Though the graph is interesting.

CipherTrust's ZombieMeter^SM tracks worldwide zombie activity in real-time. With more than 1,500 enterprise customers, CipherTrust has a very broad, unique view of the Internet and potential threats as they happen across the globe. By monitoring global messaging activity and identifying behavioral patterns, CipherTrust can continue to provide predictive protection against threats before they emerge.

Trojan.Gpcoder is a Trojan horse which searches for files with various extensions and encodes them. The original files are then deleted and the newly encoded ones become unreadable.

Note: Definitions prior to May 28, 2005 may detect this threat as Trojan.Pgpcoder.

Also Known As:	Virus.Win32.Gpcode.b [Kaspersky Lab], PGPcoder [McAfee], TROJ_PGPCODER.A [Trend Micro], Trojan.Pgpcoder
Type:	Trojan Horse
Infection Length:	56,832 bytes
Systems Affected:	Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Spammers use home computers to send bulk emails by the millions. They take advantage of security weaknesses to install hidden software that turns consumer computers into mail or proxy servers. They route bulk email through these "spam zombies," obscuring its true origin.

As part of a worldwide effort to prevent these abuses, the FTC announces "Operation Spam Zombies." In partnership with 20 members of the London Action Plan and 16 additional government agencies from around the world, the Commission is sending letters to more than 3000 Internet service providers (ISPs) internationally, encouraging them to take the following zombie-prevention measures:

• block port 25 except for the outbound SMTP requirements of authenticated users of mail servers designed for client traffic. Explore implementing Authenticated SMTP on port 587 for clients who must operate outgoing mail servers.
• apply rate-limiting controls for email relays.
• identify computers that are sending atypical amounts of email, and take steps to determine if the computer is acting as a spam zombie. When necessary, quarantine the affected computer until the source of the problem is removed.
• give your customers plain-language advice on how to prevent their computers from being infected by worms, trojans, or other malware that turn PCs into spam zombies, and provide the appropriate tools and assistance.
• provide, or point your customers to, easy-to-use tools to remove zombie code if their computers have been infected, and provide the appropriate assistance.

In a later phase, the Operation plans to notify Internet providers worldwide that apparent spam zombies were identified on their systems, and urge them to implement measures to prevent that problem. "FTC Location"

The Trojan downloader (download-aag AKA Pgpcoder) exploits a well-known Internet Explorer vulnerability (MS04-023) to download hostile code onto vulnerable Windows boxes. It then searches for files with various extensions and encodes them. The original documents are deleted and the newly encoded files become unreadable. The malware also drops a message onto the system with instructions on how to buy the tool needed to decode the files, demanding payment of $200 from victims if they ever want to see their documents again.

America Online on Thursday confirmed that a bug in its new Netscape 8 Web browser was breaking certain XML configurations in Microsoft's IE.

The issue first surfaced on Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer Weblog, where chief IE developer Dave Massy recommended that users completely uninstall Netscape as a possible workaround.

According to Microsoft's Massy, Netscape 8 corrupts the XML rendering capabilities of Internet Explorer, meaning that an IE user navigating to an XML file, such as an RSS feed, is greeted with a blank page.

On message boards and newsgroups, users flocked to complain. "This is a pretty major bug and should be fixed ASAP," read one post on the Netscape Browser Review forum.

A Netscape administrator on the forum apologized to users and stressed that the registry key was not intentionally changed. "The development team is hard at work on a patch." The latest hiccup follows the embarrassing release of Netscape 8 with several publicly known security vulnerabilities.

FIX for the problem which there is no excuse, and Netscape looks really bad this time. Of course you can always blame MS.

1. Uninstall Netscape 8
2. START->RUN
   1. Type: regedit
   2. Hit ENTER
   3. Navigate to the following:
   4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Plugins\Extension
   5. Highlight and right-click the node titled "xml" and select delete.
   6. Restart Internet Explorer

Unfortunately if Netscape 8 remains installed then the registry key is continually rewritten so this is an essential step if you are to be able to view XML content in IE.

Security experts are warning Internet users about a new piece of software that poses as a spyware-removal tool but is actually being used to persuade unsuspecting Internet users to download spyware programs and Trojans.

The program, SpywareNo, is installed on Internet users' computers without warning, can be difficult to remove and may be accompanied by malicious programs that hijack victims' Web browsers, according to interviews with spyware experts.

The company behind the new tool claims that it is the victim of unscrupulous online advertisers who bundle the product with noxious wares. Yet you will see nothing indicating that they have been a victim or disclaimer clearly defined on their site.

But at least one spyware expert says the new application is just the latest example of so-called "rogue anti-spyware" programs that exploit user naiveté and frustration with spyware.

SpywareNo is advertised as a desktop security software suite, with integrated firewall, application security and intrusion detection features, according to spywareno.com, the program's official Web site. Personally it certainly does not look that way.

This is a warning like with "SpywareAssassin" If I were SpywareNo and this actually happened as claimed I would be pushing out corrective measures on the front page of the company site.  The FTC busted "SpywareAssassin" full article. As I am sure this is but a trend to dupe people. It took some time for FTC to act on spywareassassin, perhaps it is likely this is time frame these people will operate. The sad part is this only makes unknown software companies suspect. At the end of the day the only people to benefit long term are the large software vendors. Making it very hard for startups like LavaSoft and SpyBot which are offer great free apps which do work.

The CIA is conducting a secretive war game, dubbed "Silent Horizon," this week to practice defending against an electronic assault on the same scale as the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks.

The three-day exercise, ending Thursday, was meant to test the ability of government and industry to respond to escalating Internet disruptions over many months, according to participants. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the CIA asked them not to disclose details of the sensitive exercise taking place in Charlottesville, Va., about two hours southwest of Washington.

The simulated attacks were carried out five years in the future by a fictional alliance of anti-American organizations, including anti-globalization hackers. The most serious damage was expected to be inflicted in the war game's closing hours.

The national security simulation was significant because its premise -- a devastating cyberattack that affects government and parts of the economy with the same magnitude as the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackings -- contravenes assurances by U.S. counterterrorism experts that such far-reaching effects from a cyberattack are highly unlikely. Previous government simulations have modeled damage from cyberattacks more narrowly.

"You hear less and less about the digital Pearl Harbor," said Dennis McGrath, who helped run three similar war games for the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College. "What people call cyberterrorism, it's just not at the top of the list."

http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/

TimesUnion

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Visual Basic.NET, C# and ASP.NET to build professional applications and websites.  Since then, the site has grown in size and popularity and now contains over 450 video tutorials -- over 80 hours of training.  While the original content was aimed at experienced developers, I soon realized that those who were just getting started found the style of presentation and the medium (screen-cam videos) invaluable. 
So if you are just getting started, I can honestly say that you'll probably get more out of watching a few videos than reading a couple of books.  In fact, this is the feedback I get often from my customers.  Its just human nature -- many of us are visual learners and therefore learn more quickly by watching others.

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. The tool creates a log file named mrt.log in the %WINDIR%\debug folder.

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Like it or not there will be a change in your development. Certainly if you have been a dreamweaver web site developer. Oh sure nothing is going to change is the spin. Anyone developing on the web surely knows better. So I think that getting acquainted with adobe go live is important. Though I suspect that both tools will change to some common ground since the number of people using dreamweaver is substantially higher.

XCOPY

Copy files and/or directory trees to another folder. XCOPY is similar to the COPY command except that it has additional switches to specify both the source and destination in detail. XCOPY is particularly useful when copying files from CDROM to a hard drive, as it will automatically remove the read-only attribute.

Syntax
XCOPY source [destination] [options]
key source : Pathname for the file(s) to be copied.

Destination : Pathname for the new file(s). [options] can be any combination of the following: Source Options
/A Copy files with the archive attribute set (default=Y)
/M Copy files with the archive attribute set and turn off the archive attribute, use this option when making regular Backups (default=Y) /H Copy hidden and system files and folders (default=N)
/D:mm-dd-yyyy Copy files that have changed since mm-dd-yyyy. If no date is given, the default is to copy files with a modification date before today. (at least 1 day before)
/U Copy only files that already exist in destination.
/S Copy folders and subfolders
/E Copy folders and subfolders, including Empty folders. May be used to modify /T.

/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...

(Windows 2000 only) The files can each contain one
or more full or partial pathnames to be excluded.
When any of these match any part of the absolute path
of a SOURCE file, then that file will be excluded.
For example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
.obj extension respectively. Copy Options
/W Prompt you to press a key before starting to copy. /P Prompt before creating each file.
/Y (Windows 2000 only) Suppress prompt to confirm overwriting a file. may be preset in the COPYCMD env variable.
/-Y (Windows 2000 only) Prompt to confirm overwriting a file. /V Verify that the new files were written correctly.
/C Continue copying even if an error occurs.
/I If in doubt always assume the destination is a folder e.g. when the destination does not exist. /Z Copy files in restartable mode. If the copy is interrupted part way through, it will restart if possible. (use on slow networks)
/Q Do not display file names while copying.
/F Display full source and destination file names while copying.
/L List only - Display files that would be copied.
Destination Options
/R Overwrite read-only files.
/T Create folder structure, but do not copy files. Do not include empty folders or subfolders.

/T /E will include empty folders and subfolders.
/K Copy attributes. XCOPY will otherwise reset read-only attributes. /N If at all possible, use only a short filename (8.3) when creating
a destination file. This may be nececcary when copying between disks
that are formatted differently e.g NTFS and VFAT, or when archiving
data to an ISO9660 CDROM.

/O (Windows 2000 only) copy file Ownership and ACL information.

/X Copy file audit settings (implies /O).
XCOPY will accept UNC pathnames

Examples:
To copy a file: XCOPY C:\utils\MyFile D:\Backup\CopyFile
To copy a folder: XCOPY C:\utils D:\Backup\utils /i
To copy a folder including all subfolders. XCOPY C:\utils\* D:\Backup\utils /s /i
The /i defines the destination as a folder.

Related Commands:
COPY - Copy one or more files to another location
DEL - Delete files
MOVE - Move a file from one folder to another
ROBOCOPY - Robust File and Folder Copy
Fcopy - File Copy for MMQ (copy changed files & compress. (Win 2K ResKit)
Permcopy - Copy share & file ACLs from one share to another. (Win 2K ResKit)
MTC - XCopy and create a log file. (Win 2K ResKit)

Q240268 - XCOPY changes in Win 2K

Some of the most common errors in XHTML are:

• Not closing empty elements (elements without closing tags)
  • Incorrect: <br>
  • Correct: <br />
• Not closing non-empty elements
  • Incorrect: <p>This is a paragraph.<p>This is another paragraph.
  • Correct: <p>This is a paragraph.</p><p>This is another paragraph.</p>
• Improperly nesting elements (elements must be closed in reverse order)
  • Incorrect: <em><strong>This is some text.</em></strong>
  • Correct: <em><strong>This is some text.</strong></em>
• Not specifying alternate text for images (using the alt attribute, which helps make pages accessible for devices that don't load images or screen-readers for the blind)
  • Incorrect: <img src="/images/88x31.png" />
  • Correct: <img src="/images/88x31.png" alt="Bla Bla Bla" />
• Putting text directly in the body of the document
  • Incorrect: <body>Welcome to my page.</body>
  • Correct: <body><p>Welcome to my page.</p></body>
• Nesting block-level elements within inline elements
  • Incorrect: <em><h2>Introduction</h2></em>
  • Correct: <h2><em>Introduction</em></h2>
• Not putting quotation marks around attribute values
  • Incorrect: <td rowspan=3>
  • Correct: <td rowspan="3">
• Using the ampersand outside of entities (use & to display the ampersand character)
  • Incorrect: <title>Cars & Trucks</title>
  • Correct: <title>Cars &amp; Trucks</title>
• Using uppercase tag names and/or tag attributes
  • Incorrect: <BODY><P>The Best Page Ever</P></BODY>
  • Correct: <body><p>The Best Page Ever</p></body>
• Attribute minimization
  • Incorrect: <textarea readonly>READ-ONLY</textarea>
  • Correct: <textarea readonly="readonly">READ-ONLY</textarea>

This is not an exhaustive list, but gives a general sense of errors that XHTML coders often make.

Internet Explorer's support of XHTML (the successor to, and current version of, the standard document markup language HTML), is incomplete, although no claim of any support was ever made. Rather, XHTML 1.0 was intentionally designed to be usable by HTML 4.0 user agents, like Internet Explorer, if certain document authoring guidelines for backward compatibility were followed.

Furthermore, when accessing XHTML documents over a network, such support by non-XHTML-aware browsers is predicated on the documents being served with a MIME type of text/html. To the extent that these requirements are met, IE supports XHTML. XHTML has since matured, and it is now possible to author modular documents that cannot be rendered in a non-XHTML-aware browser like Internet Explorer. Furthermore, the use of the text/html MIME type is now deprecated in favor of application/xhtml+xml.

Internet Explorer does not recognize this MIME type, so instead of rendering the page, a file download prompt is presented to the user. It is possible to force IE to show application/xhtml+xml pages as either HTML or generic XML, but this workaround involves the manual editing of Windows registry. By forcing XHTML to be interpreted as HTML, it also removes the advantages of using an XML parser like well-formedness checking. Despite the advent of application/xhtml+xml, many XHTML documents on the web are still served with the text/html type in order to make XHTML documents renderable in Internet Explorer. Some consider this practice harmful as it could result in proliferation of malformatted XHTML documents.

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Review:  "I have not found a better tool for experienced and inexperienced developers alike" "I never realized until I was forced to use Dream Weaver to create Stylesheets just how very inferior it is to Style Master for that specific purpose." New to CSS? Style Master CSS Editor has Wizards, over 30 standards based templates, built in help and an outstanding new CSS tutorial that will have you styling your own web standards sites in no time. Not so new? You'll find tools for upgrading legacy sites to web standards, for working with a CMS or blogging software and dealing with browser inconsistencies. And you'll love our new X-Ray feature that takes previewing and makes it interactive. CSS expert? Style Master is a customizable design environment with sophisticated hand coding tools, editors and powerful tools for understanding complex style sheets and how they style your pages.

ASP2ASPX is an assistant tool for migrating from ASP to ASP.NET. It can upgrade your ASP projects to ASP.NET in a minute. It will save your Time, save your Money and make your application faster, more secure, and easier to develop/maintain. ASP2ASPX migrates from ASP to ASP.NET framework and VBScript to C# and VB.NET.  ASP2ASPX features: Provides Code-Behind function Migrates from VBScript to VB.NET and C# Migrates from ASP Built-In object to ASP.NET Migrates from RegExp to nce.regex namespace Migrates from ADODB to nceADO.NET (optional) Migrates from File Access to nce.scripting namespace Migrates from Installable Components to nce.mswc namespace Migrates from CDONTS NewMail to nce.cdonts namespace Analyzes and re-defines the variables with VB.NET or C# Data Type Verifies that the parameters of subroutine is byRef or ByVal Adjusts the script block and command block Generates the default property of the objects Generates the .NET assembly for the ActiveX/COM Genetates the standard VB.NET/C# code, very maintainable and readable Generates the migration report

Netscape has released a security update to its Netscape 8.0 browser, fixing more than 40 security holes just hours after the browser's official launch. Version 8 of the browser is the first major update to it since 2002 and includes a number of new security features designed to protect users from remote attacks and malicious Web sites. It is based on the increasingly popular open-source Firefox browser, but it didn't include any of the security patches in the recently released Firefox 1.0.4.

"The browser is like a hybrid car that combines the usability of Internet Explorer with the security of Firefox," Andrew Weinstein, a spokesman for AOL/Netscape, told Reuters. Critics have pointed out that the initial release, however, combines the security flaws of both browsers.

The unpatched vulnerabilities -- which were fixed in Firefox in March -- include a bug in the handling of GIF images that could allow an attacker to run malicious code on a user's system. The vulnerability could be exploited by, for example, luring users to a site displaying specially crafted images.

The unpatched holes led to the release of Netscape 8.0.1 a few hours after the release of Version 8.0. The update includes the Firefox 1.0.4 security fixes, according to Netscape. The new version has been released only for users of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) technology An OLED is an electronic device made by placing a series of organic thin films between two conductors. When electrical current is applied, a bright light is emitted. This process is called electrophosphorescence. Even with the layered system, these systems are very thin, usually less than 500 nm (0.5 thousandths of a millimeter). When used to produce displays, OLED technology produces self-luminous displays that do not require backlighting. These properties result in thin, very compact displays. The displays also have a wide viewing angle, up to 160 degrees and require very little power, only 2-10 volts. If you're fed up with fuzzy, low-resolution screens on your cell phone, digital camera, or portable music player, get ready for some relief. The first generation of handheld consumer electronics devices that use an innovative new display technology are on store shelves, with more on the way. The main benefit of new Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) screens is the bright, clear images they produce. OLED screens refresh faster, so they're better at displaying video. And the best active-matrix models can display nearly four times as many colors as equivalent-size LCDs can reproduce. SamSung also already released a 21" monitor but this is just the beginning. I won't go into all the applications but one only has to give it all a bit of thought. Highway signs flexible monitors or FOLED devices you can rollup and put in your computer case. Makes your mind just reel at the possible uses of this technology and honestly is the best alternative to high priced Plasma screen displays. Though they will likely have their place personally I never liked them.

The AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor will be launched on the first day of Computex, the mammoth show that brings most of Taiwan's computer hardware, software and technology industry face-to-face with technology buyers from around the world, the company said Friday. AMD has used Computex in prior years to launch processors. If previous years are a guide, the processor will likely be accompanied by the introduction of compatible motherboards produced by Taiwanese companies.

Dual-core processors contain two processors on a single piece of silicon and give users improved performance. This is because processor-intensive tasks such as editing video and burning optical discs can be handled independently so they don't slow each other down as might happen in a single-core processor. Most desktop and server processors have had a single core, but several dual-core chips have recently been launched. Intel Corp., AMD's biggest rival, has already launched a dual-core version of its Pentium processor. It began shipping the chip, called the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 (Pentium EE), in April, and a second chip, called the Pentium D, is due later this month. Prototype versions of the new Athlon 64 chip scored well against the Pentium EE in tests carried out by PC World. A system based on the Athlon 64 chip achieved a score of 115 on the PC WorldBench 5 benchmark, against 95 for a system based on the Pentium EE, making the dual-core Athlon 64 system the second-fastest tested to date. The Athlon 64 also drew less power, at about 100 watts versus 145 watts for the Intel chip.

People are all the time asking us to increase their single message size. Now lets talk for a second about your mail client. In this example I will use "Out Look". If you use POP3 protocol as most people do you are setting yourself up for a long term nightmare. We have people all the time saying that they should be able to send a 10 meg attachment. We agree! You should have whatever you want.

Well a single 10 meg attachment will not kill you. However doing this starts patterns that people tend to follow. After year of doing this you will find problems with this mail client that is full of these attachments. But I save my attachments else where not problem. Did you delete the email you certainly should as it has that 10 meg attachment in it and is now part of the .PST file that is part of your out look configuration.

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Though in October of last year a "bill was passed" which is supposed to stop people from inserting spyware in your computer it is clear that certainly will have about as much effect as the antispam law likely. Though it seems there is at least one case which might be positive. Yet I recently learned over 80% of all computers connected to the web are infected. Here are some tools to remove them, these are the ones we have tested. "Ad-Aware" "SpyBot Search and Destroy" "MS AntiSpyware (beta)"

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