Russia to try to clean-up it’s .ru TLD. I mean – file this under “about time” – that top level domain has become synonymous with malware, spam and criminal activity. It’s a great concept if put into action and enforced, so we will have to wait and see. read the article
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tasklist and Taskkill – Windows util double-play
Want to know what processes are running on a remote host on your domain? First, find your way to the command prompt (START -> RUN -> cmd) tasklist -s hostname Something look suspicious – a process either from an application the user should not be running, a frozen app or a piece of malware doing …
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sometimes testing can be so embarrassing…
A Diatribe on Dilution
Some have voiced concerns that having AppliedUsers as well as ASCnet threatens to dilute either the pool of knowledge or ASCnet membership and will have a negative impact on the support system for Applied products. I do not buy into that line of thinking, AppliedUsers may provide some friendly competition (OK perhaps the friendly is …
Dot Sea Eh?
…and just like that we’re a .ca domain now. Got some fancy redirects going to keep y’all pointed in the right direction for now, but you should update your bookmarks post haste.
Taking down the botnets
Botnet, by and large, are responsible either directly or indirectly, for most of the malicious activity on the internet. When it’s spam, viruses, drive-by downloaded, rogueware, scareware or all-out DDoS attacks, these large, distributed networks of zombie computers are usually behind it. Recently a couple of the big ones have been taken down (or at …