I have stopped counting the number of times I have played that game: Removing malware on a windows box without killing the system. The first step is identifying the malware. This is normally done by a virus scanner. If there is none avaliable, you might try some online scanner. If this is not possible or the scanner fails, […]
Author: ToeiRei
No matter of east or west…
…in your own bed, you sleep best. This old and roughly translated proverb has something true in it.
Botnet diet
It was a wonderful Xmas – not only from a PC resellers point of view. Old computers were exchanged and brand new preinfected preinstalled PCs were installed. As Windows XP now comes with at least SP2 and the mandatory firewall, those boxes are slightly more secure. A nice side effect is, that the new (unpatched) computers replaced the […]
SPF made easy
42 is one of the wrong answers if you are dealing with spam. SPF, which means Sender Policy Framework seems to be a better solution. SPF is a list of authorized mail sending hosts for your domain. But how does it work? The implementation takes place at your nameserver by adding a TXT entry to an existing domain. […]
Crack of dawn
The wafts of mist are about to clear and the cold of the night fades to morning. No, this is no horror film – it’s a start of a new work day. Xmas now is one of the events that passed by and the expected malware flood didn’t really come. But the attacks got more specific as there […]
HeadlineAnimator, my WordPress PlugIn
Since the FeedBurner Problem still has Problems accessing my feed, I decided to do the feedburner stuff myself. The result is a WordPress Plugin which renders an headline animator like Feedburner does. That’s what it looks like: Configuration takes place at the administrative backend.