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"None of the products performed “very good” in malware removal or removal of leftovers, based on those 10 samples. eScan, Symantec and Microsoft (MSE) were the only products to be good in removal of malware AND removal of leftovers", says the report. "Some products do not remove all registry entries on purpose (as long as they do not have any visible side effect for the user), e.g. if that helps to prevent reinfection by the same malware. Furthermore, in some cases it is not possible to know if the registry values (or the hosts file) were modified by the malware or by the user itself (or third-party utilities used by the user)." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"What really cracks me up is how often I still hear people say that bloggers are mere "aggregators" and the "real journalism" gets done at places like the Times. Because time after time, blogs are simply beating the shit out of the newspapers. They're the ones who still dare to go for the throat, while their counterparts at big newspapers just keep reaching for the shrimp cocktail." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"average users" don't configure Windows. You can only run Windows if you have a fully-trained, highly-paid technical support staff. - Glen Campbell

Have had several this week. I just send a short DM to the sender to make them aware of it, as most of them have no idea their account's been hacked. - Patrick Jordan

Yep, I did that and you're right, they have no idea. - Eric @ CS Techcast from iPhone

I wish Twitter would fix whatever vulnerability the spammers are exploiting. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

:( I hope it goes quickly. - Anika

That's not gonna happen. But it's all for a good cause, my wallet! - Eric @ CS Techcast

=( - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I know, right? - Eric @ CS Techcast from iPhone

There's always the option of the all-nighter, but you'll probably run into a content lull around 4a that'll make you get sleepy and ruin the whole plan... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

"The squeals of delight you're hearing could well have to do with the fact that TV auteur and avowed musical-theater fan Joss Whedon has signed on to direct an episode of "Glee." The "Dollhouse" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator will helm an episode of the FOX series later this season. The show's initial 13-episode run is already in the can, so Whedon will take on one of the back nine episodes that FOX picked up last month, the network confirms. His work on "Glee" will happen after the 13-episode run of "Dollhouse" finishes. "Joss directed one of the great musical episodes in the history of television on 'Buffy,' so this is a great, if unexpected, fit," "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy tells EW.com. "I'm thrilled he'll be loaning us his fantastic, groundbreaking talent."" - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

This will be... awesome. This show is doing everything I want it to - Kristin Chenoweth as a guest! Joss Whedon guest directing! - Lis Miller

"Rocky. The Chicago Cubs. Charlie Brown. Avis, back when its whole schtick centered on being America’s #2 rental car company. America loves its underdogs–and the technology business has always been home to a disproportionate number of exceptionally lovable underdogs. They may never achieve market leadership, but without them, the tech in our lives would be less interesting, innovative, and inspiring." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"IT outsourcing has been known for high-ticket consulting jobs where IT bodies from overseas are used for projects. Once the Fortune 500's playground, IT outsourcing is now being used by small and midsize businesses to build e-commerce sites, use mobile applications to lure customers or integrate open-source tools into tech support." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

A critical new flaw in SSL, or the Secure Sockets Layer used to protect Web traffic for online banking, shopping, and any other https connection, allows an attacker to break into any theoretically secured connection and add malicious commands. - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"After a record-breaking Patch Tuesday in October, November's security update promises to be a bit lighter with six scheduled fixes, three deemed "critical" and three "important." This month's patch rollout is expected to have five bulletins addressing remote code execution vulnerabilities, while the remaining fix will address denial-of-service issues. The first scheduled fix will be a critical bulletin affecting Vista and Windows Server 2008. The second critical fix affects only Windows 2000. Meanwhile, the third and final critical item touches every Windows OS except for Windows 7." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

""Speaking at a cable broadcaster's summit, Steve Burke, Comcast's COO, said: "An entire generation is growing up, if we don't figure out how to change that behavior so it respects copyright and subscription revenue on the part of distributors, we're going to wake up and see cord cutting." How's that for cart before the horse? His ultimate goal -- to maintain or increase revenue for Comcast -- makes perfect sense, and is positively what a cable COO should be focused on. From there on out, though, he's off in the weeds. How about offering this new generation new and innovative services that are worth paying for? That's challenging, of course... but how challenging will it be to change the next generation's behavior "to respect subscription revenue." Yikes. How many consumers, in any market, are focused on "respecting" vendors' revenue streams? How, exactly, does he propose to effect this sea change? And why not just develop products that consumers will willingly pay for, rather than trying to change consumer behavior in such a fundamental way?"" - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"A good server baseline encompasses far more than just running a Performance Monitor for a couple of hours and then calling it a day. All the tips below can be implemented using Microsoft tools that either come with the server or are free to download. " - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"Rootkits often replace functions provided by an operating system's kernel in order to infect a machine and obscure their presence. A paper describes a way of blocking rootkits by gathering all these functions in one place in memory, then locking down the memory." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"Microsoft will offer an application marketplace within Sharepoint 2010 that will integrate with third-party applications from its partner network. No date has been set for the marketplace lauch but it will evolve from "The Gallery" a feature that provides Sharepoint 2010 users access to templates." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"However, with Windows 7 now out, those of us who have to switch between PCs now find ourselves discovering completely new things about Windows Vista that are annoying -- because they are things that Windows 7 made so much better." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

Are you trying to make "Figured" a trending topic? - Louis Gray

LOL - Eric @ CS Techcast

TMI, lol - LANjackal

Pea, I do that one all the time because of allergies. People around me think I'm dying. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Way to go! - SAM

Thanks! - Eric @ CS Techcast