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Warning! Warning! Pink Mal-ware Rabbit Approaching!
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security found software for Energizer’s Duo USB battery charger can leave computers vulnerable to attack.
The Duo battery chargers for NiMH batteries are safe, but the software that enables the user to monitor the batteries is infected, PC World reported Monday.
The infected software includes a “backdoor” that allows some computer files to be to be remotely controlled, PC World said.
The trouble begins if the consumer downloads Windows software from the Energizer company website If this was not done or if the consumer uses a Macintosh computer, consumer files are safe.
Consumers were advised to uninstall the infected software, reboot the computers and then go to the System32 directory in Windows. There, consumers were advised to delete “arucer.dll,” the file that is the actual backdoor, PC World said.
Energizer has discontinued the software, but you can still buy the DUO at Amazon for about $20.
Tags: energizer error
How Facebook QA/Tests its code !
Last week, Facebook was affected by a glitch that sent what appear to be thousands of private messages to the wrong people — a very alarming security breach given the amount of data 400 million users have entrusted to the service. News of the bug hit the press, Facebook issued a typically vague statement saying very few people were affected and that an investigation was looking into the matter, and that was that.
Most people probably just shrugged their shoulders at the news, but it’s yet another blemish against the company’s security record. This isn’t the first time Facebook has run into security issues, and I’ve grown increasingly concerned that the company might be playing fast and loose with its quality assurance policies because it doesn’t want to sacrifice the rapid iteration it’s famous for. With this in mind, I reached out to Facebook late last week to ask about their protocol for deploying code and how the bug made it through in the first place. The company responded to some of my questions, and refused to answer others. More »
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Important notice: Google Apps browser support ! NO MORE IE6 Support!
Here’s the Exact Email :
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Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.
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