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BootXP in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

There's a new version of the program that can change your boot screens (Windows 2000 and XP). BootXP v2 is here. Download: http://bootxp.net/download.htm

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New stealth attack found against personal firewalls in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

A new technique for defeating personal firewall software has been discovered. But at least one firewall vendor said the trick poses little risk to computer users. Symantec have said that it is an "interesting proof of concept," but poses no risk to users of Norton Internet Security, which includes Norton AntiVirus. The program, named Backstealth, is a demonstration program that bypasses the outbound data filters in firewalls from Symantec, McAfee, and other firms. A

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AOL Instant Messanger Hacked-- Users Presented with Porn in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

AIM users were caught off guard Saturday morning when upon launching AIM Today, they were presented with pornographic images. The following attack is the latest in security holes to be discovered in AIM. Three 17-year-old hackers from Connecticut have claimed responsibility for the latest attack. In addition to the pornographic images the hackers also added sound files to play in the background. When asked why the decided to hack AIM, one responded "If you are using a program

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Hotmail at Risk to Cookie Thieves in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

MSN Hotmail users, guard your cookies. A simple technique for accessing Microsoft's free e-mail service without a password is in the wild and apparently being exploited. The trick involves capturing a copy of the victim's browser cookies file. Once the perpetrator gains two key Hotmail cookies, there's no way to lock him out because at Hotmail, cookies trump even passwords. "What's scary about this is that once they have your cookies, they have your account forever. Even if y

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AMD waves goodbye to Duron in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

AMD is to stop making budget Duron processors at some point towards the end of the year, when it completes the conversion of Fab 25 in Austin, Tx from CPU production to flash memory-only. That's what Jerry Sanders told analysts and press in a conference call yesterday. AMD will concentrate all CPU production - Athlons and upcoming Hammers - at Dresden and in a UMC foundry in Taiwan. Outsourcing Athlon 0.13micron production to UMC will ensure a fast ramp-up for AMD's next

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McAfee launches free security analysis tools in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Those of us that berate Microsoft for pursuing a subscription-based software policy could make the same point to McAfee. McAfee have just launched its SecurityCenter - a suite of free analysis tools aimed at getting users to become more security aware and hopefully plug any gaping holes with yearly licences of McAfee products. Once downloaded and installed, SecurityCenter will scan your PC, giving you a security rating between one and 10 based on the vulnerability of the mach

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