Tag: Windows

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1.0 Ratings

It makes so much sense to have ratings like this:

  • Gaming graphics: 3D business and gaming graphics performance – 7.4
  • Graphics: Desktop performance for Windows Aero – 1.0

Thanks Microsoft!

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Java 7 Update 7

Following the revelations of the critical vulnerabilities, Oracle releases Java 7 Update 7 to address the issues.

From Java.com:

Free Java Update
Version 7 Update 7

Your system currently has an older version of Java and you are receiving this update notification because a newer version has been automatically detected.
Install this free update for Java to get the following features:

  • improves performance and stability
  • enhances security

Please install this free Java Update by clicking on the Install button on the Java Update window.

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The Week that kinda never was.

The 4th of July falls on Wednesday this year and that means a lot of people actually taking the whole week off. This certainly affects how things are in the United States. One thing I can say is that this week has not been a busy week.

I managed to get things done here at the office. Reinstalling OS X Lion and Windows 7 on various computers.

I am looking forward to the 4th of July celebration with good friends and my camera. I hope to take a lot of pictures.

Come Thursday, we all will try to get back to our regularly scheduled working life.

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TDSS Rootkit

A client called me because one of the office computer “was not working.”

Well, the problem was much severe than described. It suffered from multiple malware infections. As usual, I used numbers of applications to detect and remove the malware. I also noted that this computer is unable to download any Windows Update.

So, the system is infected with TDSS Rootkit.

The next step is to download Kaspersky Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller.

I made sure to “Change parameters” and select the option to detect TDSS file system.

After a reboot, Windows is able to download and install updates.