TNPC #3.10

Newsworthy

Symantec

  • Free fix for ILOVEYOU virus

    the maker of Norton AntiVirus, has a free fix for those infected with the Love virus (or any of several variations). One reason for this largess is that one variant of this troublesome email worm/virus has a subject line of "Virus ALERT!!!" that appears as though it's an email message from Symantec tech support.

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/310/tr.cgi?news1


     

ILOVEYOU variations

  • Mother's Day

    Speaking of which, by now everyone not living in a cave without electricity will have heard about the Love bug worm/virus. There are numerous variants appearing. Watch out for messages with "Mother's Day Order Confirmation" or "Susitikim shivakara kavos puodukui..." in the subject line. And never, ever, double-click on an attachment if you don't know what it is, or where it came from (especially .vbs--visual basic script--files). Even if it's from someone you know, confirm with that person what the file is; even then save it to disk and scan it for viruses before you open it. If you need to update your antivirus software check out this article:

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/310/tr.cgi?news2


     

Microsoft's new OEM policy

  • no distributed media

    Microsoft is quietly implementing a media-less OEM policy wherein computer makers will no longer ship a copy of the Windows CD with their systems. Instead, users receive one of two options for disaster recovery: a "recovery CD" that is locked into the type of system it's going to run on or a hard-drive-based approach where a "recovery image" of the OS can be loaded on a separate partition. If you've ever had to set up a computer running an OEM version of Windows you know this is very bad news for users.

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/310/tr.cgi?news3


     

Internet Fraud

  • FBI and Justice Department

    The Justice Department and FBI have launched a World Wide Web site on which consumers and businesses can report suspected Internet frauds. If you feel you've been stung give a shout to the Feds.

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/310/tr.cgi?news4


     

Office 2000 SR-1

  • SR-1a

    Microsoft is set to release the fix to the fix for Office 2000 that will be known as SR-1a. This version supposedly addresses the numerous complaints about SR1, which was reported as being buggy or even uninstallable, especially on NT 4 systems that had to be upgraded to Windows 2000.

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/310/tr.cgi?news5


     
  • KB article on SR-1 fix

    If you couldn't wait and have already installed the SR-1 patch for Office 2000 and are having problems with applications refusing to run, check out this article in the MS Knowledgebase: "OFF2000: Program Quits Immediately After Starting When SR-1 Update Is Applied".

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/310/tr.cgi?news6