Dr. Bill | The Computer Curmudgeon
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“Riker to Bridge!”, he says as he hits the badge on his chest. You have seen it on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and now you may be seeing it in corporate America! Very cool!
Star Trek Comes to Corporate World!
I want one! Maybe I can talk CCL (where I work) into it? Well, maybe! Now if they could just beam me to work!
This one is major nasty! It affects fully patched Windows XP systems running Service Pack 2, and is actually out in “the wild.”
Really BAD Exploits Treatens Windows XP
“A new exploit has been discovered in the wild that affects fully patched Windows XP SP2 systems, according to reports by security firms F-Secure and Sunbelt. The malicious code takes advantage of a vulnerability in the WMF graphics rendering engine to automatically download and install malware. WMF, or Windows Metafile, is a vector based image format used by Microsoft’s operating systems. SHIMGVW.DLL is loaded to render the images and contains a flaw that opens the door for a malformed WMF image to cause remote code execution and potentially allow for a full system compromise.”
Microsoft has been notified of the issue, and they are expected to come out with a patch soon.
Computers and the Internet have long been considered a “man’s world,” some would even say it is only a geek’s world! (With geeks being mostly men!) So, a subset of a subset! However, this is no longer true! Women now out-number men, according to a new study!
Women on the Web
While a slightly larger percentage of men than women are online (68 percent vs. 66 percent,) the larger population of American women tips the balance. Other findings: younger women and black women outpace their male peers by larger margins than the wider population.
Very nice! Keep it up, ladies!