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Thursday the 21st of January 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Thursday the 21st of January 2010

1. Virus Warnings
2. Daily Technology News
3. Latest Shareware and Freeware
4. FAQ for the day
5. Advice of the day
6. Internet Advice

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1. Latest Virus Alerts From Sophos
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Troj/Agent-MGB on 21 January 2010 12:05:20 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentmgb.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/EncPk-NF on 21 January 2010 05:36:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malencpknf.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-MFW on 21 January 2010 05:36:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentmfw.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-MFX on 21 January 2010 05:36:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentmfx.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Dropr-CM on 21 January 2010 05:36:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojdroprcm.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Refroso-D on 21 January 2010 05:36:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojrefrosod.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/VB-EMF on 21 January 2010 05:36:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojvbemf.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/BankDL-DZ on 21 January 2010 03:08:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbankdldz.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/PWS-BGN on 21 January 2010 03:08:53 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpwsbgn.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/Sality-B on 21 January 2010 00:05:48 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malsalityb.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- Analysis of 32 Million Breached Passwords
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1eiDSWtEmos/Analysis-of-32-Million-Breached-Passwords)
An anonymous reader writes "Imperva released a study analyzing 32 million passwords exposed in the Rockyou.com breach. The data provides a unique glimpse into the way that users select passwords and an opportunity to evaluate the true strength of these as a security mechanism. In the past, password studies have focused mostly on surveys. Never before has there been such a high volume of real-world passwords to examine." Most interesting to me was that in the sample, less than 4% used any non alpha-numerics in their #$#%'ing passwords.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Microsoft To Issue Emergency IE Patch
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/2s0EDL99UAU/Microsoft-To-Issue-Emergency-IE-Patch)
CWmike writes "Microsoft will release its emergency patch for Internet Explorer on Thursday, the company said as it also admitted that attacks can be hidden inside rigged Office documents. 'We are planning to release the update as close to 10:00 a.m. PST as possible,' Jerry Bryant, a program manager with the IE group. Microsoft has updated the security advisory it originally published last week when it acknowledged a zero-day IE vulnerability had been used by hackers to break into the corporate networks of Google and other major Western companies. Google has alleged that the attacks were launched by Chinese attackers. Subsequently, security experts have offered evidence that links the attacks to China."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- YouTube To Allow Video Rentals
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/07yM7KimHwY/YouTube-To-Allow-Video-Rentals)
poopdeville writes "Starting Friday, Google and YouTube will allow movie rentals. The first five films available to rent through YouTube will cost $3.99 for a 48-hour viewing period. Movie studios will be able to set their own prices, with rental viewing windows ranging from one to 90 days. YouTube will get an unspecified commission from each rental. Barclays Capital analyst Douglas Anmuch expects YouTube to generate about $700 million in revenue this year, an estimated 55 percent increase from 2009. If YouTube hits that target, it likely will turn profitable, helping to justify the $1.76 billion in stock that Google paid for the site more than three years ago."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- New Study Shows Youth Plugged In Most of The Day
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/lpzeTWXFu0Y/New-Study-Shows-Youth-Plugged-In-Most-of-The-Day)
An anonymous reader writes "The amount of time youngsters are spending on the web has ballooned to proportions that exceed the average adult's full working week, according to a new study. A few years ago, the same researchers thought that teens and tweens were consuming about as much media as possible in the hours available. But now they've have found a way to pack in even more. Young people now devote an average of seven hours and 38 minutes to daily media use, or about 53 hours a week according to Kaiser Family Foundation findings released today."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Bing To Become Default iPhone Search?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/R6KXDwgERo0/Bing-To-Become-Default-iPhone-Search)
snydeq writes "BusinessWeek reports ongoing talks between Apple and Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine for the iPhone. The discussions reflect an accelerating rivalry between Apple and Google, one that some believe will be the most important rivalry in tech in the years to come. 'Apple and Google know the other is their primary enemy,' says one person familiar with Apple's thinking. 'Microsoft is now a pawn in that battle.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Scientists To Breed the Auroch From Extinction
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dSryxAAu3U8/Scientists-To-Breed-the-Auroch-From-Extinction)
ImNotARealPerson writes "Scientists in Italy are hoping to breed back from extinction the mighty auroch, a bovine species which has been extinct since 1627. The auroch weighed 2,200 pounds (1000kg) and its shoulders stood at 6'6". The beasts once roamed most of Asia and northern Africa. The animal was depicted in cave paintings and Julius Caesar described it as being a little less in size than an elephant. A member of the Consortium for Experimental Biotechnology suggests that 99% of the auroch's DNA can be recreated from genetic material found in surviving bone material. Wikipedia mentions that researchers in Poland are working on the same problem."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- NASA Designs All-Electric Personal Flight Vehicle
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/uTKSkQMvuB0/-NASA-Designs-All-Electric-Personal-Flight-Vehicle)
MikeChino writes "NASA is currently working on a personal aircraft that will put jet packs to shame. The Puffin is an all-electric one-man airplane that could be the start of some new and amazing air travel technology. With two prop electric engines, lithium phosphate batteries and a top speed of almost 300 mph, the vertical take off and landing vehicle was originally designed for covert military insertions because it has a lower heat signature than combustion engines. The Puffin would also be super quiet – 10 times quieter than current low-noise helicopters, and since the engine is electric it has no flight ceiling and can fly up to 9,150 meters high, uninhibited by thin air ."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- FBI Obtains Phone Records With a Post-it Note
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/--rvY0CGKts/FBI-Obtains-Phone-Records-With-a-Post-it-Note)
angry tapir writes "The FBI was so cavalier — and telecom companies so eager to help — that a verbal request or even one written on a Post-it note was enough for operators to hand over customer phone records, according to a damning report (PDF) released on Wednesday by the US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/feYAZzOmMs4/Half-of-Google-News-Users-Browse-But-Dont-Click)
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the International Business Times: "Nearly half of the users of Google News skim the headlines at the news aggregator site without clicking through to the publisher, according to new research. ... Outsell analyst Ken Doctor said in a statement that 'among the aggregators, Google's effect on the newspaper industry is particularly striking.' 'Though Google is driving some traffic to newspapers, it's also taking a significant share away," Doctor said. 'A full 44 percent of visitors to Google News scan headlines without accessing newspapers' individual sites.' ... With a number of US newspaper owners considering charging online, Outlook found that only 10 percent of those surveyed would be willing to pay for a print newspaper subscription to gain online access."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Correlation Found Between Brain Structure and Video Game Success
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-OGEzWhkAgo/Correlation-Found-Between-Brain-Structure-and-Video-Game-Success)
kghapa writes "Still want to argue that video games shrink your brain? While video games have been previously shown to stimulate brain activity and improve coordination skills, a recently published study has directly linked structures in the human brain with video game aptitude. And yes, apparently size does matter in this case. Quoting: '... each subject received 20 hours of training to play a video game specifically created for research purposes, called Space Fortress. It's basically an Asteroids-type arcade game, in which the object is to knock down and destroy an enemy fortress while dodging space mines. However, the game has lots of extra twists that require close attention. Some of the players were told to focus exclusively on running up a high score, while others were told to shift their priorities between several goals. The result? The subjects who had more volume in an area called the nucleus accumbens did significantly better in the early stages of training. Meanwhile, those who were well-endowed in different areas of the striatum, known as the caudate nucleus and putamen, handled the shifting strategies better.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Microsoft Sues TiVo To Help AT&T
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/nIpWeMYdMIk/Microsoft-Sues-TiVo-To-Help-ATampT)
Julie188 writes "Microsoft is suing TiVo, claiming patent infringement. Microsoft is doing this because TiVo has sued AT&T — and AT&T happens to be Microsoft's largest customer of Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV technology. Microsoft says that TiVo has copied Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV technology in its DVRs. If Microsoft wins, it would effectively block TiVo from selling DVRs without a licensing deal with Microsoft."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- NASA Will Crowdsource Its Photos of Mars
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ClLxMUQtr84/NASA-Will-Crowdsource-Its-Photos-of-Mars)
tedlistens writes "NASA is asking the public to suggest subjects for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, its super powerful camera currently orbiting Mars. Since it arrived there in 2006, the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has seen more success than that lost lander, recording nearly 13,000 observations of Martian terrain, with each image covering dozens of square miles and revealing details as small as a desk. By letting the public in on the Martian photo shoot, scientists aren't just getting more people excited about space exploration. They're hoping that crowdsourcing imaging targets will increase the camera's already bountiful science return. Despite the thousands of pictures already taken, less than 1 percent of the Martian surface has been imaged."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/QtTseEDb6fs/Apple-Patches-Massive-Holes-In-OS-X)
Trailrunner7 writes with this snippet from ThreatPost: "Apple's first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities. The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site." Hit the link for a list of the highlights among these fixes.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Obama DOJ Sides With RIAA Again In Tenenbaum
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/X-whpEcjTZw/Obama-DOJ-Sides-With-RIAA-Again-In-Tenenbaum)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Despite having had some time to get their act together, Obama's Department of Justice has filed yet another brief defending the RIAA's outlandish statutory damages theory — that someone who downloaded an mp3 with a 99-cent retail value, causing a maximum possible damages of 35 cents, is liable for from $750 to $150,000 for each such file downloaded, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum. The 25- page brief (PDF) continues the DOJ's practice of (a) ignoring the case law which holds that the Supreme Court's due process jurisprudence is applicable to statutory damages, (b) ignoring the law review articles to like effect, (c) ignoring the actual holding of the 1919 case they rely upon, (d) ignoring the fact that the RIAA failed to prove 'distribution' as defined by the Copyright Act, and (e) ignoring the actual wording and reasoning of the Supreme Court in its leading Gore and Campbell decisions. Jon Newton of p2pnet.net attributes the Justice Department's 'oversights' to the 'eye-popping number of people [in its employ] who worked for, and/or are directly connected with, Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music's RIAA.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- How Do You Volunteer Professional Services?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NhXDw_vI_SY/How-Do-You-Volunteer-Professional-Services)
keefus_a writes "My wife and I usually take a week long vacation in the Spring and I tossed out the idea of volunteering abroad. Neither of us has a problem with doing manual labor, or whatever task is needed. However, I thought it might be of some value, and substantially more rewarding than our daily grind, if we could volunteer our professional services (I'm a network guy and my wife has a master's degree in counseling). The problem is that I haven't found any resources for doing so on a short-term basis. So I ask Slashdot. Has anyone ever done short-term volunteer work in your professional field? What organization did you contact? Or are we better off donating money to a particular cause and just working on a tan?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

3. Latest Shareware from Planet-Shareware
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4. FAQ of the day from Helpforce
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-- When I click on website links a new window appears and freezes
(http://www.helpforce.com)

Question: I've been using IE6 for a long time with no trouble. But recently, when I enter a URL in IE6, the page will open fine, but then when I click on additional links within a page, IE tries to open a new window, but only a transparent frame appears, and the little hour-glass stays indefinitely - the new page will never open. This has nothing to do with any particular site, since I have no problems accessing any page or link from my other computer.I've tried clicking on IE6 in the Control Panel Add/Remove section and choosing "Repair" - no change.I've also installed the IE6 Service Pack 1, but that didn't solve the problem either.

Answer: Dear Mr. Shellem,There is a conflict in Windows 95/98 with Internet Explorer 6 that has not yet been fixed by Microsoft. This conflict also involves Office 2000 and its componants such as Word, Excel, Access, etc.I have experienced the same problem with my PC. The following steps should resolve your problem:1. Uninstall Office 2000 and any componants of it.2. Uninstall Internet Explorer 6 from your PC to revert to the origional Internet Explorer.3. Re-Install Internet Explorer 6, including all componants from the options menu.4. Re-install Office 2000.If this fails to resolve the problem, try these steps to correct the issue:1. Goto Start > Run > Type: sfc2. Select Extract one file from installation disk.3. Enter: mshtml.dll4. Click start. SFC will inform you it needs to reboot to finish installation, allow it to do so.You may then find that your Internet Explorer installation will work correctly.Hope this helps.If you require any further assistance, please feel free to reply to this message. Please include all previous emails so that we may more easily track your problem.

5. Advice of the Day from ask-leo
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6. Internet Advice
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-- Troubleshoot Your Slow Internet Connection(http://netforbeginners.about.com/b/a/258255.htm)

Slow Internet happens for various reasons. You might have poor hardware connecting your machine to the wall. Maybe your modem-router is not configured correctly. Perhaps you have...

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