ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0 have been released.
Version 4.0 is a free upgrade to licensed users.
This release has many new features, including support for new mail clients, scanning of SSL-encrypted traffic, a new driver based-cleaning model, enhanced self-protection, integrated ESET SysInspector, the ability to create a bootable recovery CD, a text mode for improved compatibility with screen readers and other technologies.
For detailed information, please view the changelog.
For more information please visit ESET’s website www.eset.com.
The long awaited release of WordPress 2.7 has finally happened. WordPress 2.7 brings numerous changes to the admin interface which are designed to make content creation even faster, easier and more enjoyable.
The list of enhancements to the WordPress 2.7 admin interface is quite comprehensive. Here are just a few that certainly make upgrading worthwhile.
Drag and drop “dashboard”. You can now move things around the dashboard making it flow the way you prefer.
Easier upgrading. WordPress 2.7 now uses a built in easy upgrade feature.
Sticky Posts. Need a post to stay at the top of the page, now you can easily make it “stick” there.
The WordPress Team have made an introductory video available to coincide with the release of WordPress 2.7.
Do you use Google Gmail? Is so, you can now change the default Gmail display theme to one of many new variations. Changing the theme from the default allows you to customize the look and feel of your Gmail account.
For novelty value, some themes even change their look depending on if it’s day or night or even differing weather conditions. This is controlled by the location you set when you select the theme.
Changing themes is very simple. Just click a thumbnail on the themes tab the settings page, then save your settings.
Google is rolling out these new theme over the next few days to all their servers. It you don’t see the themes tab on your settings tab just yet, it wont be long.
Here are a few screen shots of some of the new themes.
U.S. based hosting company McColo has had its internet connectivity cut off. Security experts around the globe allege that McColo Corp from San Jose, California has of recent times been responsible for providing hosting space and internet connectivity for more than half of the global junk email which gets sent out daily.
Brian Krebs from the Washington Post wrote articles detailing that McColo has been allowing their web servers to be used for various types of illegal activities. These activities include the sending of billions of daily junk emails and hosting the command and control of huge botnets. These botnet control servers connect to compromised zombie computers and instruct them to send out billions of daily junk emails and deploy malware.
McColo’s upstream providers were Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, however, “were” is the key word. Upon being presented with evidence showing the types of activities that McColo was participating in, these two providers severed the connection thereby disabling the ability of spammers.
This “disconnection” of McColo’s servers instantly showed a massive decline in spam levels globally. Likely this is only a temporary decline as the spammers will move on to other hosts, but at least the next few days or weeks we can all enjoy this decrease in spam.
VMware Virtual Appliances are a great way to try an alternative operating system like Ubuntu Linux without the installation difficulties. And all from within Windows. You simply download and install the free VMware player along with a VMware Virtual Appliance. Then run it like a normal application.
ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0 have been released.
