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Just installed Firefox 3.5

Yes, I got it 😉 PRO: it is better in rendering, it is faster. Zooming a page works perfectly this time. CONS: I think it eats more RAM than its predecessors. One single TAB requires 100 MB RAM and 78 MB VM. Firefox 3.0.11 needed about 80MB RAM with the same plugins and theme.

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When marketing doesn’t read what they send via email

I am subscribed to the TAROM (Romanian Airlines) Newsletter which is sent approximately once a month. Each month I receive the same corrupted email which looks like the one in the picture: Why is this happening ? Simply because they add some newlines in the wrong places. Actually, it is enough only the first one […]

News Spam & Phishing

First time in a German news

After writing the article in the Avira Techblog, Dirk Knopp, Avira’s Technical Editor, showed me the link below: http://www.channelpartner.de/knowledgecenter/security/277691/index.html There is an omission, I hope not intentional: I wrote in the blog: Our statistics show that 14.43% from the Phishing and 15.04% from the Malware URLs (for which we have geo IP information) The article […]

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A Field Guide to Genetic Programming

From : http://www.lulu.com/content/2167025 Description: Genetic programming (GP) is a systematic, domain-independent method for getting computers to solve problems automatically starting from a high-level statement of what needs to be done. Using ideas from natural evolution, GP starts from an ooze of random computer programs, and progressively refines them through processes of mutation and sexual recombination, […]

News Spam & Phishing

Police in Romania detain 20 alleged hackers

Good News: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29633353/ TIMISOARA, Romania – Police in Romania on Wednesday detained 20 people suspected of cloning the Web sites of banks in other countries to deplete customers’ bank accounts. So, this IS possible ! Keep up the good work guys ! Click here to see Timisoara on the map.

News Spam & Phishing

What to do if your site has been hacked by Phishers

APWG has published an advisory document called “What to do if your site has been hacked by Phishers”. This document gives website owners specific actions they can take when they have been notified that their website or webserver has been infiltrated and used for Phishing. Going forward, if you are a brand owner, takedown provider, […]