ONECARE FOLLOWUP

Information will be coming out rapidly to fill in the details of Microsoft’s surprising announcement yesterday. Over in the OneCare forum, someone pointed out to me that the OneCare blog post says: “Microsoft has committed to making sure you are protected...

SPAM HOST CUT OFF

The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a company providing the servers for the spammers was taken offline. The bad guys install malware on computers that they can control in vast networks, primarily to send spam for counterfeit...

HOW SPAMMERS MAKE MONEY

Spammers can turn a profit even if they only get one response from every 12 million emails they send. When you see a ridiculous spam message and think, who in their right mind would respond to that?, the answer is, almost no one – but it only takes a handful of...

CRITICAL WINDOWS UPDATE

Microsoft rushed out a critical security update today that should be installed without delay on every Windows computer. It will have been installed overnight on Wednesday on many computers.Please make sure this update is installed on your computer!If you use Windows...

WINDOWS LIVE ONECARE FOR SERVER

Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 will be released on November 12. Veterans of SBS 2003 are finding many things to like in the new version; I’ll have more to say about it in the next few weeks. Here’s an early look at the features and changes in SBS...