juking
join:2006-03-11
New York, NY
|  Pic of a blue disc (cd) where my cursor / pointer is?
I've had this pc for two years, and this is the first time that I've ever noticed a tiny blue cartoon pic of a cd/disc where my pointer/curser is, on the screen..it goes away after a couple of seconds..it's not always there, either..I've noticed it twice now..hmm |
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JohnQPublic
Premium
join:2002-03-22
Xanadu | If you insert a CD/DVD in one of your drives you will see this temporarily. Is that when you notice it? |
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juking
join:2006-03-11
New York, NY | i checked that first, but no cd is in there..i've seen this icon before, but can't remember where.. |
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juking
join:2006-03-11
New York, NY
| Microsoft Patches Windows Vulnerabily
Apr 3, 5:27 PM (ET)
By JESSICA MINTZ
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) released an emergency security patch Tuesday to plug a hole in several versions of Windows - including Vista, which the software maker has touted as its most secure operating system ever.
Microsoft was so worried about the hole - which allowed hackers to break into personal computers and install malicious software - that it pushed out the critical security fix a week ahead of a regularly scheduled update.
The Redmond-based software company told customers last Thursday about a vulnerability in ".ani" files, which are used to change the cursor into an hourglass while a program works, or into a dancing animal or other animation on specially designed Web sites. Security experts said the hole was actively being exploited by hackers to install keystroke-logging programs.
Ken Dunham, director of the rapid response team at iDefense, the research division of VeriSign Inc., said a group of Chinese hackers was using the security hole to steal and sell log-ins to the popular "World of Warcraft" multiplayer computer game.
Microsoft said it has known about the vulnerability since December.
Users surfing the Web were the first targets, security experts said.
The Microsoft patch "will be a significant milestone in this attack," Dunham said. However, as businesses take time to test and implement the patch, and consumers delay downloading it, hackers will still be at work.
Customers whose Windows computers aren't set to automatically install critical patches can download the security update, MS07-017, from Microsoft's Web site.
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nickal78
join:2001-12-20
Philadelphia, PA | My cursor has been acting funny lately. I don't play warcraft though. Since I'm using zonelabs with antivirus I hope no one stole anything from me. |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
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 ·Vonage
| said by nickal78  :My cursor has been acting funny lately. I don't play warcraft though. Since I'm using zonelabs with antivirus I hope no one stole anything from me. It's NOT just WOW users, it's much more serious than that:
»Microsoft Security Advisory (935423) Vulnerability in Window
Hope you got the MS patch released today.
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