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Microsoft has released a Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox through its “Open Source Lab”. I imagine Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Team isn’t too happy about this, but it looks like this is just another part of Microsoft moving its focus to media from controlling the window to the Internet.
In any case, this should be useful […]

Security researchers have discovered a virus that infects iPods running Linux. This in itself isn’t too noteworthy, but the researchers say that this demonstrates that malicious programs can be made for devices like the iPod.
I imagine that there will be an explosion in viruses for mobile devices: from cell phones to PDAs to music players, […]

Thousands of users are finding that a recent Windows security update is making new problems. After the update users that have some types of Realtek sound cards are seeing an error message that says:
“RTHDCPL.EXE - Illegal System DLL Relocation
The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred […]

Microsoft has released a patch for a severe zero-day vulnerability in the way it draws cursors.
All versions of Windows are at risk.
Bad guys could put dangerous code in the custom graphical cursors many users use. The vulnerability has already been exploited in web based attacks. You should install the update right away.
Download the […]

Several users of Microsoft’s OneCare are finding that the antivirus component is deleting entire folders of email.
What’s happening is that the program is finding a virus in an email attachment, and then it’s quarantining or even deleting the entire personal folder where non-Exchange Server user’s messages are kept.
Recovery is only possible if OneCare decides to […]