Tag: FIX

PC World has put together a round-up of ideas to save you from the worst things that could happen to you. These end-game scenarios include: Your computer won't boot You just told off the CEO in an e-mail and instantly regret it No PCs show on the network Your identity has been stolen! Your Net connection is dead You're being sued by the RIAA/MPAA Your device just got doused ...

Mozilla has released a security update to Firefox, version 1.5.0.5. TechWeb is reporting that this update fixes 13 vulnerabilities, including 8 that have been deemed critical by Mozilla. For those keeping score: all 8 of these critical bugs are errors or vulnerabilities that have been found in JavaScript. Firefox 1.5.x should automatically download this update, but users can still manually obtain ...

Symantec moved quickly to squash a security vulnerability in its AntiVirus Corporate Edition which was disclosed by eEye Digital Security last week, and according to CRN Australia an official fix is now being rolled out in the form of an IPS signature update. An unnamed executive from another security vendor, however, says they are "scratching their heads in disbelief" regarding the choice, ...

A minor peeve of mine is the way Firefox tries to protect you from yourself, i.e. not letting you choose the "Open With" option when downloading certain files, and instead making you save it to your hard drive first. Usually this only applies to executable files, but Firefox's definition of executable is pretty broad, so sometimes this restriction kicks in even when opening, say, JavaScript files. ...

I was sure we wouldn't see a fix for this one until May's Patch Tuesday, but Microsoft has announced that the fix for the troublesome patch released two weeks ago will be available tomorrow, April 25, halfway through its usual patch cycle. Microsoft also has a knowledgebase article on the issue which basically says "it's the fault of this old third party software" and gives a few ...

Rather than wait two more weeks until Patch Tuesday as Microsoft has opted to do, two companies have released their own unofficial patches for the newly-disclosed Internet Explorer vulnerability that is rapidly being exploited in the wild. Security firms eEye and Determina have both announced the availability of unofficial hotfixes that they're touting as temporary solutions until Microsoft gets ...

Whenever a new version of Firefox comes out there's always some grumblings about it deciding that certain extensions are now incompatible. It seems especially needless with so minor a version change as 1.5 to 1.5.0.1. The fix is not new but not widely known, so it's worth posting here: In the address bar type about:config. Use the Filter field to find app.extensions.version (if it's not present, ...

Back in November I posted about how much I was enjoying a WordPress 2.0 beta, and today I'm happy to say it has fortunately gone official. WordPress 2.0 is now available for your blogging pleasure, but there's just one problem for those of you who use external blogging clients like Ecto: WordPress 2.0 breaks file uploads. A post at Ecto's blog explains the whole situation, including good news for ...