A error message by the popular VoIP software, Skype, had led an asembly expert with pseudonym Myria to discover that Skype had attempted to to execute a .com file which reads from the BIOS, as reported at her blog.
32-bit OS which supports NT Virtual DOS Machine (NTVDM), allows programs to have a read-only access to BIOS address area. However, 64-bit OS does not support NTVDM, thus an error is thrown when an applications attempts to read from the BIOS.
The interesting part is why is Skype reading from the BIOS.
Ever coming head on with Firefox fanboys and they keep blabbing on how good Firefox is and how bad Internet Explorer is? And they just wouldn’t accept it when you educate them how IE ace over Firefox. http://www.firefoxmyths.com/ has almost all if not most of the claims that the Firefox fanboys had. Now, Firefox haters has something to say to the fanboys.
Microsoft’s own anti-virus software was one of several Vista-compatible programs that failed to sniff out all the malware currently loose in the wild, a noted testing publication said Friday.”Virus Bulletin,” a U.K.-based publication whose VB100 tests are considered one of the benchmarks of the anti-virus industry, put 15 Vista programs up against January’s WildList, a dynamically-updated master list of all viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malware currently spreading. Five failed the test, including Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 1.5 and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.1i.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070203/tc_cmp/197002881
Last Friday, Microsoft issued a security advisory on their spreadsheet program vulnerability. The exploit, inorder to work, requires user to manually open a malicious Office file. Once the exploit is successful, attackers can gain control of the compromised system remotely. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932553.mspx
Remember the internet browser that used to dominate the browser market until Microsoft come along with their Internet Explorer? Netscape was revived by AOL in 2005 but there has been a lack of development on the browser until now, where AOL will be releasing version 9.0 of Netscape soon.
Netscape 9.0 will be built on Firefox code base, thus making it highly possible for most existing extensions for Firefox to be compatible with Netscape 9.0. With such archietecture, Netscape users will be able to immedietely access Firefox existing extensions without the need to wait for the authors to update their software.
Netscape 9.0 will be a cross-platform browser, compatible with Windows, MacOS X and Linus.
Just loved vista interface but yet couldn’t let go of WinXP? Try the Vista Transformation Pack then. The transform pack modifies and changes the WinXP user interface to Vista look-a-like.
You can download the pack at Softpedia.
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