New Trojan Horse Threatens Latest Windows XPWritten by Casper J. & Steven R. (dDawg)
Computers running MicrosoftRelevant Products/Services from Microsoft Windows XP Latest News about Windows XP can be infected by a new Trojan horse program remotely controlled in a victim's system, even after it is patched with Microsoft's latest Service Pack 2, IT security Latest News about Security company Symantec Latest News about Symantec warned Wednesday. The program -- dubbed "Phel", an anagram of "Help" -- infects visitors to a malicious website through Internet Explorer's Help controls, Symantec warned in an advisory. The Trojan horse exploits a vulnerability, found in October, in how Internet Explorer and Windows XP Service Pack 2 handle help files called from Web pages. The flaw is unrelated to recent help-file flaws discovered by a Chinese security company last week. In that instance, Microsoft took Chinese security group to task for disclosing vulnerability without giving company a chance to develop a way to fix problem.
| | Data Recovery The Easy WayWritten by John Simpson
It's a fact of life that bad things happen to good people's data every now and then. And when it does, too often victim is not prepared for it. Is that case with you? Are you prepared in advance for a complete loss of critical files and data on your computer or on your computer network?If you aren't prepared in advance, you will most likely have to use a data recovery service or data recovery software solution to help get back as much as you can of what was lost. This can be a very good idea if there is no other way to recover your files, but it doesn't have to come to that in most cases. This is a classic situation of where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A very simple backup routine that is adhered to on a daily basis can usually solve any data loss situation quickly and fairly painlessly. And it won't cost you anything but time neded to restore data files from your backups, and maybe program files from original disks. There is a wide choice of media that you can backup your files to, inclusing CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, other internal hard drives, tape drives, etc. They all work, it's just that each media choice has it's own pros and cons regarding ease of use, data storage capacity, and so on. A discussion of those limits is beyond scope of this article, but most important thing to remember is that best backup is one that works. That means that regardless of media you choose, just make a choice and stick to a backup schedule like glue.
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