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If anybody is infected with DNSChanger we can help you remove it in the virus and malware removal forums.

In order to assist victims affected by the DNSChanger malicious software the FBI obtained a court order authorizing Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) to deploy and maintain temporary Clean DNS servers. The solution is temporary and intended to buy time so that victims can clean affected computers and restore their normal DNS settings. For more information on DNSChanger visit the FBI’s Operation GhostClick Information Page

An industry wide team has developed easy “are you infected” web sites. They are a quick way to determine if you are infected with DNS Changer. Each site is designed for any normal computer user to browse to a link, follow the instructions, and see if they might be infected. Each site has instructions in their local languages on the next steps to clean up possible infections.

• No Software is Downloaded! The tools do not need to to load any software on your computer to perform the check.
  
• No changes are performed on your computer!
  
• No scanning! The “are you infected with DNS Changer” tool does not need to scan your computer.

For the US www.dns-ok.us

URL Language
www.dns-ok.us English
www.dns-ok.de German
www.dns-ok.fi Finnish, Swedish, English
www.dns-ok.ax Swedish, Finnish, English
www.dns-ok.be Dutch/French
www.dns-ok.fr French
www.dns-ok.ca English/French
www.dns-ok.lu English
www.dns-ok.nl Dutch
dns-ok.gov.au English
dns-changer.eu German, Spanish, English
dnschanger.detect.my Malaysian, English


Source and more info can be found:
http://www.dcwg.org/

Firefox recently went live with version 11.0.

Version 12 is currently in their beta channel which can be found http://www.mozilla.o...S/firefox/beta/

Version 13 (Aurora channel) is currently available for testing as well found http://www.mozilla.o...firefox/aurora/

The exciting part is in the Aurora channel which has enabled by default support for the new SPDY protocol, a faster alternative to HTTP. SPDY ("Speedy") started out at Google http://blog.chromium...faster-web.html and has been in the works for a while now. In fact, Google Chrome already offers SPDY support as does Firefox 11, but SPDY support is disabled by default until Firefox 13. SPDY is not standard yet, but sites like Twitter are using it where possible, and when it finally arrives it should make many webpages load twice as fast as they do now over HTTP. You can read about all the improvements over at their blog:

http://hacks.mozilla...r-improvements/

As the author says in the comments "We’re working on UA changes, and the most notable ones in Aurora 13 are the new tab page with the most visited pages for the current user and that the Awesome Bar now auto-completes typed URLs"

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Microsoft previously put up a website dedicated to eradicating IE6 from the web, and now it’s promoting IE9 by mocking its predecessors

Part of Microsoft’s The Browser You Loved to Hate promotional campaign says, old versions of IE were good for only one thing: “downloading another browser.”

IE9 is faster and offers much better web standards support than previous releases. However, it still lags behind what you’ll find in other browsers like Chrome and Firefox when it comes to supporting the latest and greatest features on the web.

IE10, even while still in Consumer Preview catches up with Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera, and in a few cases even surpasses some of them. It’s too bad Microsoft couldn’t hold off with this promo until it really did have a great browser to show off.



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While updating my version of Avast! anti-virus on my computer the other day, I was offered a free mobile security product for Android devices. One of the features that I was excited about (besides the security) was the call filtering/blocking. I was looking for a way to block numbers that won't stop auto dialing me and this seems to work pretty well for that.

You can download from - http://www.avast.com...mobile-security

Thought I would post a list of features and which versions of Andorid it will work with:




Operating Systems Supported

• Android 2.1.x
  
• Android 2.2.x
  
• Android 2.3.x
  
• Android 3.x
  
• Android 4.x

Antivirus
Performs on-demand scans of all installed apps and memory card content, as well as on-access scans of apps upon first execution. Options for scheduling scans, virus definition updates, uninstalling apps, deleting files, or reporting a false-positive to our virus lab.

Privacy Report
Scans and displays (grid) access rights and intents of installed apps, identifying potential privacy risks, so you know how much info you are really providing to each app.

SMS/Call Filtering
Filter calls and/or messages from contact list using set parameters based on day(s) of the week, start time, and end time. Blocked calls redirect to voicemail, while blocked messages are stored via filter log. Also possible to block outgoing calls.

App Manager
Similar to Windows Task Manager, it shows a list of running apps and their size (MB), CPU load, used memory, and number of threads and services – with an option to stop or uninstall.

Web Shield
Part of the avast! WebRep cloud, the avast! Web Shield for Android scans each URL that loads and warns you if the browser loads a malware-infected URL.

Firewall
Add a firewall to stop hackers. Disable an app's internet access when on WiFi and 3G and roaming mobile networks. (Works only on rooted phones.)


avast! Anti-Theft
App Disguiser
After downloading avast! Anti-Theft, user can choose a custom name that disguises the app (e.g. call it "Pinocchio game") so that it is even harder for thieves to find and remove.

Stealth Mode
Once anti-theft is enabled, the app icon is hidden in the app tray, leaving no audio or other trace on the target phone – the app is 'invisible', making it difficult for thieves to detect or remove.

Self-Protection
Extremely difficult for thieves to remove (especially on rooted phones), Anti-Theft protects itself from uninstall by disguising its components with various self-preservation techniques. On rooted phones it is able to survive hard-resets and can even disable the phone's USB port.

Battery Save
Anti-Theft only launches itself and runs when it needs to perform tasks. This preserves battery life and makes it very difficult for thieves to shut it down.

SIM-Card-Change Notification
If stolen and a different (unauthorized) SIM card inserted, the phone can lock, activate siren, and send you notification (to remote device) of the phone's new number and geo-location

Trusted SIM Cards List
Establish a white list of approved SIM cards that can be used in the phone without triggering a theft alert. You can also easily clear the trusted SIM cards list, to leave the one present in the phone as the only trusted one.

Remote Settings Change
A setup wizard guides the user through the installation process on rooted phones by either writing directly or by generating an update file. No command-line knowledge is necessary to install Anti-Theft rooted. Also supports upgrading the app.

Remote Features
Remote Siren
Option to sound a loud siren, which returns always to maximum volume if thieves try to silence. This siren sound can also be customized (e.g. record own siren sound or select siren sound from file).

Remote Lock
To protect your data, phone can be locked remotely and then cannot be accessed again without entering the password specified by the user.

Lock Phone Settings Access
Enables remote locking of the phone's App Manager and/or phone settings.

Remote Display
Remotely send a customized message to locked or non-locked phone display (e.g. with a reward for its return).

Remote Locate
Remotely locate phone via GPS, WiFi, or mobile network – for maximum accuracy. Can locate either once or continuously (GPS can be auto-enabled on all rooted phones or non-rooted phones from Android 1.6 to 2.2).

Remote Memory Wipe
Remotely trigger a full, permanent wipe of all phone data (e.g. contacts, call log, SMS/MMS, browser history, apps, email accounts), including reliable, physical wipe of all memory cards from Android 2.2 on (limited functionality on older versions).

Remote Calling
Remotely have the phone call you elsewhere with screen blackened, so that thieves cannot see it. This way you can listen to the phone's surroundings.

Remote Forwarding
Remotely activate/deactivate option to forward or copy call data and/or SMS messages to another device. Call data goes to remote device, but not the call itself. SMS messages, however, are forwarded in their entirety ("CC" copies also to original device).

Remote "Lost" Notification
Remotely send a "Lost" command to trigger same actions as SIM card change (e.g. phone lock, siren, or USB lock). "Found" command deactivates "Lost" command.

Remote SMS Sending
Remotely trigger phone to send an SMS to another phone. That way, if you forget the phone somewhere, you can reply nonetheless to incoming calls or SMS messages.

Remote History
Query the call log, contacts, and SMS messages remotely (with each forwarded as a separate SMS message, but able to be filtered).

Remote Restart
Reboot the phone by SMS command, which will lock the phone by asking for the SIM's PIN code. (Works only on rooted phones.)

Low Battery Notification
Phone is able to send low battery notification to a secondary device.

Remote Settings Change
All of the Anti-Theft settings can be changed remotely.

Make sure you updated windows this week if you don't have automatic updates turned on, there was a critical security patch released. Microsoft put out a security advisory on Thursday regarding a vulnerability in the Microsoft .NET framework on almost all versions of Windows.

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The update that came out Thursday, also addresses a vulnerability disclosed Wednesday that could allow for a denial of service attack on a server serving ASP.NET pages through a hash collision attack.

Those with automatic updating will not need to do anything as the patch will be download and installed automatically. Others will need to manually check and install updates related to MS11-100.