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For immediate release to all LewShepherd.com customers.
For immediate release to all LewShepherd.com customers.
A variant worm (Several versions are in circulation) was discovered by several security firms around 5pm this afternoon. CNN had lost servers across their New York and Atlanta offices, and the NY Times and ABC had other service interruptions as well. The media tends to sensationalize these virus' so I wanted to take a few moments to clear any panic amongst my customers. This worm does not require an E-mail attachment or an executable, it works its way into the computer on it's own. As a courtesy, I've included a set of links to better educate you on this new threat.
More news items on the worm
http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&ncl=http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx%3Fa%3D13202%26hed%3DZotob%2BVariant%2BHits%2BBig%2BMedia
Microsoft's Official Page on the Zotob Worm. Removal and protection instructions are here.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/zotob.mspx
I will of course be available to any customer that requires a manual walk through to protect them from this virus. Please call me if you need any assistance. Thanks for your business, and I appreciate your referrals.
Lew Shepherd.
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Posted by Lew on Tuesday, August 16 @ 22:37:35 CDT (13103 reads)
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Stopping Password from expiring on Windows XP
If you want to do this for all users, enter:
Start / Run / net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited
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Posted by Lew on Tuesday, July 12 @ 07:42:08 CDT (13248 reads)
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Disable Passport Pop-Up
Normally, WindowsXP will prompt you 10 times that. You Need a Passport to use WindowsXP Internet communication features... To disable this Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft MessengerService Edit the binary key PassportBalloon Give it a value of 0A (0A 00 00 00)
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Posted by Lew on Tuesday, July 12 @ 07:39:50 CDT (13109 reads)
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Stopping the creation of Thumbs.db
When viewing a folder with the Thumbnail view, WindowsXP creates a thumbs.db file.
This is a cache of the current pictures in that directory.
If you want to turn this feature off and save a little disk space
Start the Windows Explorer
Go to Tools / Folder Options / View
In the first section under Files and Folders, check Do not cache thumbnails
Now you can search for the thumbs.db file (on next reboot) on your computer and remove them. No more will be created.
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Posted by Lew on Tuesday, July 12 @ 07:35:31 CDT (13026 reads)
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