Shanktified!

WMA’s (windows media audio) are carrying a trojan/worm.   When I have to clean someone PC, it’s usually because they were downloading illegal music downloads.  Click here to read the rest of the story.

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In short, if you are having issues getting online since the security upgrade (that probably happened automatically without your knowledge, uninstall Zone Alarm, download the new version here, and reinstall.  All should be fine)

ZoneAlarm updated after Microsoft’s DNS patch | Defense in Depth – computer security, hacking, crime, viruses – CNET News.com
Since Tuesday, ZoneAlarm customers have complained that access to the Internet was denied after installing MS08-037, a patch designed by Microsoft to correct a vulnerability in both the client and server Domain Name System packages within Windows. Earlier on Tuesday, a security researcher announced a massive, multi-vendor patch release to address a fundamental flaw in DNS that could allow attackers to spoof IP addresses.

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And you gotta wonder how many folks are also doing like I did, and going to Linux?

Vista woes fuel Mac sales surge – analyst | Register Hardware
The 3G iPhone may be getting all the attention this week, but let’s not forget Apple’s other product line, the Mac family, which is enjoying new-found success thanks to… Microsoft.

According to US investment house BMO Capital Markets, cited by AppleInsider, Apple will have shipped up to 2.5m Macs between April and June inclusive – enough for a 39 per cent year-on-year growth rate.

More to the point, that rate of increase is more than three times the industry average of 12.2 per cent.

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Hat-tip: WOTMR

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Boycott McDonald’s – A Project of American Family Association
What the boycott of McDonald’s IS NOT about

* This boycott is not about hiring homosexuals.
* It is not about homosexuals eating at McDonald’s.
* It is not about how homosexual employees are treated.

What the boycott of McDonald’s IS about

It is about McDonald’s, as a corporation, refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars. McDonald’s has chosen not to remain neutral but to give the full weight of their corporation to promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage.

Just from my family they will lose around 80 dollars a month.

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