Conficker - Why you little #@$*!

Dr. James Lyne examines Conficker from a technology perspective, reviews the various methods by which Conficker can spread, and explains what IT managers can do to protect themselves from future iterations.



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Speed Up Firefox Browsing

Want to speed up your Firefox browsing?! Of course you do... Who wouldn't!?!? Check out this video from TechRepublic for a few quick tips.



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Internet traffic - like Michigan x-ways... SLOWWW!!

As I am sure most of you were - I found myself online investigating the news of Michael Jackson's passing last week. The immediacy of news medium today still amazes me and how quickly word travels around the world. Especially in the realm of IT security, we come across instances of system/network attacks (eg. DoS, etc.) where systems are brought to their "knees" but we don't really see un-intentional situations of this magnitude very often. This is mainly because of strategic monitoring, configuration, and load balancing performed by IT professionals. Yet, the Internet traffic spurred by this one news story can demand such resources that it causes major interruption and difficulties for large [technology based] companies such as AOL and Google - among others. Very interesting...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/

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Trick: Run Programs @ Shutdown

The start command allows you to run DOS and Windows programs from a batch file. The "/w" switch allows the program to finish running before the next program starts running.

For example, if you want to run scandisk before shutting down, you need the following batch file:

"@echo off start /w c:\windows\scandskw.exe /a /n start c:\windows\rundll32.exe c:\windows\system\shell32.dll, shexitwindowsex 1"

Create a shortcut to your batch file, then click it when you want to shutdown.

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Trick: On Screen Keyboard (Windows XP)

This might seem like a silly trick or even a useless function, but I've found a use for it in the past and I'm sure that you'll be able to use it at some point. Windows XP comes with a built in on screen keyboard. Basically a graphic of a keyboard comes up and acts like your keyboard - you can use your mouse or touch screen to type.

Here is how you launch it:

* Open the 'Start' menu
* Select 'Run' and type "OSK"
* Click the 'OK' button


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New Blog

Today we have launched our new Escape Technology Group blog!

Read about great topics and highlights that we think are important and may impact you. We also welcome discussions and questions related to any of the subjects...

Please check back often to read our Escape tips and tricks posts.

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