Hi everyone
Hope you are a little warmer than we are. We had a first taste of some snow on Saturday. Just enough to cover the trees and a little on the ground. Temperatures are slowly rising again. I hope they continue to do so for a while. At least they can stop in the 50s and stay there until the week before Christmas. Have to have snow for Christmas. I guess that is what happens when you grow up with the 4 seasons. If you don't have one, you really miss it. Although, I know a lot of people who don't miss the snow. I love to see a fresh fall of snow before everything and everyone gets it dirty. With the lights sparkling off it. It is really pretty. Even some snowfalls are beautiful to watch. Especially if you have a fire in the fireplace and a cup of hot cocoa in your hands. The softly falling snow with the big flakes are nice.
Well, on to other stuff.....
Some of you may know of Ralf Black who does our satellite feed for us. He has been on the program a couple of times in the past. He also has a TV satellite studio in New Orleans. Ralf has put together a show that follows Friday Night Talk at 9pm EST. This show consists of Mike Kohl, ( those of you who had listened to Gary might remember him). He will discuss the changes in the world of satellite and take any questions you have in regards to them. Ralf will then talk about news of the broadcasting world and take questions from the listeners. If you have thought or wondered if you could do a broadcast, then this is for you. The last hour will be a little of everything. I will be doing a report on computers-much of what I do on FNT, but will have on what I didn't touch on during my broadcast. Right now, I am doing Windows Vista and will be getting into Microsoft 2007. I know there were a lot of changes and most are having a problem with getting to use the programs.
Ralf's show is 3 hours long and will go until 12 pm EST. After him will be Ron's show of music.
That is all for now,
Until next time
Hugs
Crafty
Monday, November 10, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
CRITICAL SECURITY PATCH
Hi all,
I just read about a security patch for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Server 2003. On October 23 2008, Microsoft released a critical Windows security patch, which is something they haven't done since April 2007. This patch fixes a vulnerability that allows a remote program to be run in Windows without any authentication. A worm that uses the hole in the Windows security to take over a computer has already been released on the Internet. The worm is called "GIMMIV" and it locates the security hole on a computer and executes a program that steals passwords. The code for the worm was released on a popular hacking Web site, which leads many to believe that the exploit will be modified and different versions of Gimmiv will be released on the Web.
Symantec and McAfee, Inc. stated that they had only seen a small amount of attacks based on the exploit. However, Symantec said they discovered a 25 percent increase in network scans for computers that contain the vulnerability, which suggests the amount of attacks on this security hole may increase.
It is strongly recommended that you turn on your Automatic Updates and receive the security patch. (Start, Control Panel, Security center, automatic updates) I believe you could also go to Microsoft site and download what patches you deem necessary for your computer.
Every once in a while there is a cause to have your updates on, but not very often. I know most of you have them off. But you might want to take a look at this one if you use Windows. For the Linux users out there.........be quiet! Heeheehee
Hugs
Linda
I just read about a security patch for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Server 2003. On October 23 2008, Microsoft released a critical Windows security patch, which is something they haven't done since April 2007. This patch fixes a vulnerability that allows a remote program to be run in Windows without any authentication. A worm that uses the hole in the Windows security to take over a computer has already been released on the Internet. The worm is called "GIMMIV" and it locates the security hole on a computer and executes a program that steals passwords. The code for the worm was released on a popular hacking Web site, which leads many to believe that the exploit will be modified and different versions of Gimmiv will be released on the Web.
Symantec and McAfee, Inc. stated that they had only seen a small amount of attacks based on the exploit. However, Symantec said they discovered a 25 percent increase in network scans for computers that contain the vulnerability, which suggests the amount of attacks on this security hole may increase.
It is strongly recommended that you turn on your Automatic Updates and receive the security patch. (Start, Control Panel, Security center, automatic updates) I believe you could also go to Microsoft site and download what patches you deem necessary for your computer.
Every once in a while there is a cause to have your updates on, but not very often. I know most of you have them off. But you might want to take a look at this one if you use Windows. For the Linux users out there.........be quiet! Heeheehee
Hugs
Linda
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