Security has always been one of the top concerns for us no matter if we’re talking about viruses, malware, Trojan horses, credit card fraud or hack attacks. They’re all dangerous and capable of causing important damages or financial losses, so it’s extremely important to apply the most powerful security measures as soon as possible. Christmas is not only that time of the year when you finally get the chance to spend some time with family and friends, but it’s also one of the busiest periods when it comes to computer security. Although we’re all expecting Santa and his nice gifts, don’t be too surprised if you get only Viagra, watches and drugs as spam messages have always been so generous. (more…)
Written by Jason on December 25th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Although small businesses seem to be gravitating towards web based e-mail, such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo! Mail, good old Microsoft Outlook still has a faithful following among those who want offline access to their e-mail. This week I have a few tips for exploiting Outlook’s features for working more efficiently.
1. Use Outlook As A Document Repository
You can store documents in any Outlook folder. That’s right! And you don’t have to attach the document to the mail message; you can store it just as you would in a desktop folder. To store a document in Outlook, follow these steps: (more…)
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Written by Jason on November 25th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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PC World - Gmail Update Draws GripesEarlier this month, Google has been slowly rolling out an upgrade to its popular e-mail client, Gmail 2.o. Sadly, many users are reporting problems with this latest version. The most common complaint is Gmail 2.0 works very slowly. Google is aware of the problems and are working hard to correct it. Many users, frustrated with the new upgrade, have returned to the old Gmail 1.0.
Written by Winston on November 17th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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I recently received the following via email. I responded, but never heard back. Hopefully the information will be of use to others...
Hi, Found your name on the web when I was looking at some stuff on slashdot and I thought maybe you might have a moment to point me in the right direction.
I have a custom app which I have zero access to in terms of the developer. When the app was run on new hardware, a few users would periodically get a bizarre error, but never on their old hardware. Main difference seems to be core 2 duo on the new laptops.
Anyway, this error causes a total reset of the internal windows database system used by the app and then there's an error in msvcr80.dll. Is there a way I can tell from the data below what routine went bad in that module? I could at least then tell the guy who guards the gates to tell the developer a little bit more. At this point the "guard" is convinced it is just because the dll is not the latest version. I think it is probably not that simple.
[app].exe signature
Appname [app].exe App. Ver. 0.0.0.0
Mod Name: msvcr80.dll
Mod Ver: 8.0.50215.44
Offsett: 000161fd
Error report contents
Exception info:
Code 0x0000005
Flag 0x00000000
Record 0x000000000000000
Address: 0x000000007C3861fd
I responded with the following:
It does appear that the problem may lie in the version of MSVCR80.DLL you referenced. At least, getting this to an appropriate version seems like a very reasonable first step towards troubleshooting.
According to a dude on the VC++ compiler team (Jonathan Caves @ http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=164465&SiteID=1&PageID=1 ), version 8.0.50215.44 of MSVCR80.DLL "is not an officially released version"; he links to this site (http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcr80 ), which has a statement by another member of the VC++ team (Martyn Lovell):
"a) This is the beta 2 version of msvcr80.dll. Don\'t install it. b) This file should never be installed in system32 (except on Win9x and Windows 2000). c) The .NET framework already installs the copy correctly (in WinSxS). d) The correct source for an msvcr80 binary is from your application provider, not from this site. Martyn"
The MS DLLHelp Database entries for MSVCR80.DLL (http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/?dlltype=file&l=55&alpha=msvcr80.dll&S=1 ) indicate that you can get the DLL from "MS SQL 2005 Server Enterprise" or "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional". Martyn from Microsoft indicates that you should get this DLL from the application provider. He also stated that you can get it as part of the .NET Framework redistributable (version 2.0). It also appears that you can get it as a part of a package from the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)" at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en.
FWIW, 0x0000005 is not a valid exception code, though I suspect you meant 0xc0000005, which is the code for an access violation. You're reporting a crash at address 0x7C3861fd. With no other info it is difficult to determine what is loaded at that address (especially since the "shipping" / non-beta versions of MSVCR80.DLL are based at 0x78130000 with a virtual size of 0x9b000), but it seems likely that the beta version of MSVCR80.dll has a different base address (0x7C370000) / size which could/should include the crash address (or, the DLL could have been rebased by the loader).
I suspect that a "Dr. Watson" or "Windows Error Reporting" dump file may have been created from the application crash(es) - these are files with a .dmp extension, and they contain information useful for debugging, or getting more information about, these kinds of problems.
Hope this helps you!
-molotov
Written by «/\/\Ø|ö±ò\/»®© on June 15th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Top 20 Temporary and Disposable Email ServicesThere are many instances when a disposable e-mail service comes in handy. For instance, a website requires you to register with your e-mail address in order to download a "free" software program. Or, if you want to search a website's database, you have to create a free account using your e-mail address as your user id. Whatever the case, there is always a potential abuse of e-mail address. The website can send you unwanted newsletters, ads or promos. Worse, the website can see your e-mail address to a third party - despite the fact their privacy policy forbids such a thing.
Disposable e-mail services create temporary e-mail address which works like ordinary e-mail address. However, they hide your real identity. Many of these disposable e-mail services offer a plethora of extra features. For example, some allow you to set the lifespan of e-mail address - 10 minutes to 10 days. Some forward received e-mail messages to your real e-mail address. Some even allow you to create a name for the e-mail address. For example, sleazycompany@mailinator.com.
The vast majority of these services are free. The article reviews a list of 20 disposable e-mail services. You don't need to use all of them. My personal favorite is
Jetable, a French company. I like it because it allows me to set the lifespan of the e-mail address as well as forward any messages.
Written by Winston on May 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Unlimited storage, it’s coming! - Yodel AnecdotalYahoo! announces unlimited storage space for Yahoo! Mail. This includes all free mail accounts. Yahoo! will be slowly rowing out the unlimited storage, so don't panic if you haven't gotten it yet.
Written by Winston on May 16th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Yahoo! Mail goes to infinity and beyond - Yodel AnecdotalIn celebration of its 10 year anniversary, Yahoo! Mail announce that it will offer unlimited e-mail storage. The program will be slowly rolling out starting this May. I have to admit I am a little surprise by Yahoo! announcement. I have a Gmail account with 2.7GB+ e-mail storage and I have only used up 2%. What are people going to do with all that e-mail storage space? I wonder what Google and Microsoft are going to do in response to Yahoo! offer.
Written by Winston on March 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Save cached copies of your favorite webpages to your Gmail account for online and offline browsing
There are no shortages of good social bookmarking services on the Internet. Personally, I use Del.icio.us, Digg and Yahoo! My Web. I have a preference for Yahoo! My Web because I have the option to save cached copies of any webpages. This comes in handy if, for whatever reason, the webpage disappears. Yes, you can use a permalink but not all websites offer them. In addition, with cached copies, you can instantly view them without having to go to the originating websites.
Today, I will describe how to save cached copies of webpages to Gmail, Google’s online e-mail service. Gmail offers an astounding 2.8+ GB of storage. You can use this space to hold all your saved webpages. You can tag and label all of your webpages for easy retrieval. Using Gmail’s sophisticated search options, you can generate a list of webpages which match your search query. In addition, you can setup your desktop e-mail client to download all these webpages and have them available for offline browsing.
For this to work, you will need a Gmail Account. Sign up for one at Gmail’s website. Jot down your new e-mail address and go toread.cc website. Enter your gmail address and click [start menu]. The website will send an e-mail message to your gmail address. Return to your Gmail account and open the new message. The message will contain a link to register your toread account. Click on it to go to your account. On this new webpage, you will see 2 links, [toread] and [toread +]. Both are bookmarklets which you can drag and drop on to your toolbar. You will use [toread+] because it allows you to add a comment to your bookmark. Simply, drag and drop the link on to your toolbar. If you are using Internet Explorer, right click on the link > select Add to Favorites > select Links > [Add]. If you get a warning message, ignore it; [toread] uses javascript to bookmark webpages, which IE flags as a potential security risk.
Now, you are ready to save your favorite webpages. When you come across a webpage you want to save, click on the [toread+] bookmarklet. A new window will appear. Under comment, enter tags which will identify this webpage; separate each tag with a blank space. For example, for the Mozilla’s homepage, I enter the following tags: “mozilla opensource firefox browser freeware†(without the quotation marks). The webpage and tags are then sent to your Gmail address. The body of the message will contain a copy of the website. The tags will appear on the subject line and info.toread.cc. appears in the from field.
You can use Gmail sophisticated search options to easily find and sort your saved webpages. Open your Gmail account. To the left of the search box, click on Show Search Options. You can search by tags by entering the tag(s) on the Subject Line. You can search by content on a webpage by using Has the Words as well as search by date. Of course, you can use any combinations of these filters. You can also add labels to the messages to further sort your messages. For example, I use labels like “to do†or “important.†Now, you have a database of all your favorite webpages with an outstanding search tool to find and sort them. You can use your desktop e-mail client to download Gmail messages to browse your favorite webpages offline.
Written by Winston on March 5th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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