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mac353
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mac353Popular Voice
posted in Community 101
Hello I am from....

I'm mac353 and I'm from Georgia!  Born and Raised in Michigan.

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shorTcircuiT
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11 years ago
mac353
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mac353Popular Voice
posted in Water Cooler
Getting to know You!

Take and introduce yourself and let us know where you are from! I'll start.   I'm mac353, from Georgia in the US. Born and raised in Michigan originally. Hope to hear from many different people and different places. Peace, Love and happiness to one and all !!!!

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JimM
11 years ago
jgouverneur
Community Leader
jgouverneurCommunity Leader
posted in Security Industry News
Skype with care – Microsoft is reading everything you write

Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. [b]The H[/b]'s associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary does in fact make use of this privilege in practice. Shortly after sending HTTPS URLs over the instant messaging service, those URLs receive an unannounced visit from Microsoft HQ in Redmond.   [url=http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-Microsoft-is-reading-everything-you-write-1862870.html]Full Article[/url]

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JimM
11 years ago
pegas
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pegasGold VIP
posted in Tech Talk
Microsoft ahead of BlackBerry, Android mobile platforms still reigns

Android operating systems remains the leader among mobile OS. In the first quarter, Google's platform have been run on three out of every four sales of smartphones. The number of Android devices increased by more than 80% to 162 million distributed copies. iOS follows with a large distance of 17% share, the other platforms do not have together 10% of the market. It is clear from the latest analysis of IDC company.   The largest annual increase of 133%, however, has seen Microsoft's platform. The number of activated Windows Phone devices increased from three to seven million and Microsoft deposed from the third place Canadian BlackBerry. Customers during the first quarter were looking for the path to the new BlackBerry cross-platform 10, the number of sold equipment with blackberry in the logo, therefore, compared with the same period of last year, decreased by roughly one-third to 6.3 million.   Samsung retains the dominance within the operating system Android. According to t

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shorTcircuiT
Gold VIP
11 years ago
JimM
JimMRetired Webrooter
posted in Security Industry News
New Android Threat Found - Android.RoidSec

[b]Threat alert![/b]  A new Android threat has been identified by Webroot threat researchers.   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/3460i5EC8036AAA2D221B.png[/img]   From the [url=http://blog.webroot.com/?utm_source=community&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog]Webroot Threat Blog[/url]: [i]Android.RoidSec has the package name “cn.phoneSync”, but an application name of “wifi signal Fix”. From a ‘Malware 101? standpoint, you would think the creators would have a descriptive package name that matches the application name. Not so, in this case. So what is Android.RoidSec? It’s a nasty, malicious app that sits in the background (and avoids installing any launcher icon) while collecting all sorts of info-stealing goodness.[/i] Check out this ridiculous list of functions the malware would be able to call on an infected device:   SendSmsMes – Sends SMS messages acquireWakeLock – Forces the phone to stay on getCallLogs – Collect call

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pegas
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11 years ago
shorTcircuiT
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shorTcircuiTGold VIP
posted in Tech Talk
US Feds Crack Down on BitCoin

Look out if you are a "BitCoiner".. the US is taking a closer look and taking over account funds.   "The crackdown comes less than two months after the U.S. government issued new rules saying that virtual currency exchanges will be subject to the same kinds of anti-money laundering rules that banks have to follow."   [url=http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/16/technology/bitcoin-mt-gox/index.html]Full Article[/url]    

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shorTcircuiT
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11 years ago
mac353
Popular Voice
mac353Popular Voice
posted in Tech Talk
Comments directly to a post

I was wondering if it would be to hard to make it possible to add a comment right to a post?   For instance, someone post's a helpful tip or response. It would be nice to add a thank you right to that post. They Have it in Maxthons forum, and it's really a nice feature. Just a thought, mac353

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RetiredTripleHelix
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11 years ago
pegas
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pegasGold VIP
posted in Tech Talk
Ferrari launch F138

As a big fan of Prancing Horse from Maranello I am pleased to inform you that Scuderia Ferrari unveiled today their F138 contender for the Formula 1 2013 Championship. More to read and see [url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-teams/1/ferrari/]here[/url]   Tell, isn't beautiful :D   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/1672iBE48100A6FDB5211.gif[/img]   There's only one flaw to the beauty ... Kaspersky on display :8  So Webroot folks rise your game and for the next year F1 Championship we all want to see Webroot ;)   I know that the most Community members are from America and there's the NASCAR what matters them. However I wanted to show you how sleek and sexy a racing car can look here in Europe :p No flames please :D

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pegas
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11 years ago
shorTcircuiT
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shorTcircuiTGold VIP
posted in Tech Talk
Going to Vegas? Leave your Google Glass at home!

Interesting read, and really it isn't much of a surprise.  Vegas Casino's, shows, and other businesses are taking a close look at the Google Glass, and some are already making it clear that they do not welcome the device.   [i]"Caesars Palace has already moved on the glasses, banning them from its casino floor. MGM Resorts International may follow suit."[/i] [i] [/i] [i][url=http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/22252804/las-vegas-busineses?hpt=us_bn10]Full Article[/url][/i]

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pegas
Gold VIP
11 years ago
YegorP
YegorPRetired Webrooter
posted in Tech Talk
Samsung Galaxy [Nexus] S4

Now that the [url=https://community.webroot.com/t5/Techie/Samsung-s-new-Galaxy-S4-The-Specs/m-p/30644#M551]successor[/url] to the most popular Android phone of all time is out, here's a bit of unexpected S4 news for you all. According to numerous reports (including [url=http://tcrn.ch/144yBOV]this one[/url] from TechCrunch), come June 26th, Google will start to offer an unlocked version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with stock Android. "The S4 is not only carrier unlocked, but it also has a fully unlocked bootloader. That means that owners of the device can load their own software on to the device, including things like CyanogenMod, which allows for extremely deep device software customization options. In other words, this new unlocked S4 will essentially be the ultimate developer plaything, but again it's likely to have more or less niche appeal because of the high price tag."   That price tag? $649, available on both AT&T and T-Mobile. I'll throw this question out to all of you

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JimM
11 years ago
JimM
JimMRetired Webrooter
posted in Events & Conferences
Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference 2013

Webroot is pleased to announce we'll be attending the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference this year!  We'll have a booth set up on site, and Webroot's Security Intelligence Director, Grayson Milbourne, will be there answering questions about our security software offerings.   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/3454i168AEBBD032EDA9B.jpg[/img]   The conference is being held May 22 and 23 at the Colorado Convention Center.  Registration is still open, and it's a pretty cheap fee:   From [url=http://rmisc.squarespace.com/]http://rmisc.squarespace.com/[/url]: [b][b][b]Registration Fees[/b][/b][/b]   [b]By April 20[/b] [b]After April 20 [/b]  ISSA or ISACA Member $140$190  Non-Member$240 $290  Government Employee* $140 $140  Full Time Student*$95 $95 [i] [/i][i]The Annual Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) is the only conference of its kind in the

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JimM
11 years ago
MikeR
MikeRRetired Webrooter
posted in Water Cooler
Zombie Apocalypse: Serious Question

The social team had an interesting question arise this morning: "[b]Would vegetarian/vegan zombies only eat vegetarian/vegan people?[/b]".   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/2950i820E2191C8FEDE47.jpg[/img](Source: veganserenity.com)

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Administrator
11 years ago
RetiredTripleHelix
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RetiredTripleHelixGold VIP
posted in Security Industry News
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013

[h3]Bulletin Information[/h3]Executive SummariesThis advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier. The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity. For details on affected software, see the next section, [b]Affected Software[/b]. Bulletin IDMaximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability ImpactRestart RequirementAffected Software Bulletin 1[url=http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21140]Critical[/url]  Remote Code ExecutionRequires restartMicrosoft Windows, Internet Explorer Bulletin 2[url=http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21140]Critical[/url]  Remote Code ExecutionRequires restartMicrosoft Windows, Internet Explorer Bulletin 3[url=http://go.microsoft.com/fw

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pegas
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11 years ago
RetiredTripleHelix
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RetiredTripleHelixGold VIP
posted in Security Industry News
Internet Explorer 8 Specific Attack!

[h1]Microsoft Security Advisory (2847140)[/h1][h2]Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution[/h2]Published: Friday, May 03, 2013 [b]Version:[/b] 1.0 [h3]General Information[/h3]Executive SummaryMicrosoft is investigating public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft is aware of attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability. Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 9, and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. This is a remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer. An attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convin

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RetiredTripleHelix
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11 years ago
RetiredTripleHelix
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RetiredTripleHelixGold VIP
posted in Security Industry News
Mozilla Firefox 21.0 Released

Available via Internal Updater.   Release Notes: [url=http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/21.0/releasenotes/]http://www.mozilla.o...0/releasenotes/[/url]   Download you're Language: [url=http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/]http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/[/url]   [i][b]TH[/b][/i]

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RetiredTripleHelix
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11 years ago
RetiredTripleHelix
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RetiredTripleHelixGold VIP
posted in Security Industry News
Adobe Reader 11.0.0.3 & Adobe Air 3.7.0.1860 Updated

Here to Download Adobe Reader: [url=http://get.adobe.com/reader/]http://get.adobe.com/reader/[/url]   Here to Download Adobe Air: [url=http://get.adobe.com/air/]http://get.adobe.com/air/[/url]   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/3432i5858B7D796E0AE39.jpg[/img]   [b]Be sure to uncheck any unwanted add-ons.[/b] [b] [/b] [b][i]TH[/i] [/b]

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RetiredTripleHelix
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11 years ago
RetiredTripleHelix
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RetiredTripleHelixGold VIP
posted in Security Industry News
Adobe Flash Player 11.7.700.202

New Adobe Flash build has been released today. May 15, 2013   [url=http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/]Click here to check your version[/url] and [url=http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/]Here to Download[/url] and here is an [url=http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html]Alternate Download[/url] make sure you uncheck any unwanted add-ons and download both the one for IE and the other for other Browsers such as Firefox & Opera plugins!   [b]Be sure to uncheck any unwanted add-ons.[/b]   [i][b]TH[/b][/i]

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shorTcircuiT
Gold VIP
11 years ago
cohbraz
Community Leader
cohbrazCommunity Leader
posted in Security Industry News
Spyware used by governments poses as Firefox

[i]Mozilla has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a company that sells spyware allegedly disguised as the Firefox browser to governments. The action follows a report by Citizen Lab, which identifies 36 countries (including the US) hosting command and control servers for FinFisher, a type of surveillance software. Also known as FinSpy, the software is sold by UK-based Gamma International to governments, which use it in criminal investigations and allegedly for spying on dissidents.[/i]   Read more [url=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/spyware-used-by-governments-poses-as-firefox-and-mozilla-is-angry/]here[/url].

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JimM
11 years ago
D
Fresh Face
DittoDanFresh Face
asked in Tech Talk
Is Yontoo Good or Bad?

Somehow an add-on on my IE started showing up, it is called yontoo. I am not sure if it is bad or innocuous? I suspect it installed from some other program I installed in the last month. I did find it in the control panel and I did un-install it. I went to yontoo.com and it looked legit, but I am not sure.   Has anyone heard of it?   Thanks, Dan

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RetiredTripleHelix
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11 years ago
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ams963Bronze VIP
posted in Water Cooler
The pictures that make you look twice

These clever photos, by accident or design, have become more than meets the eye. They merge apparently mundane elements into incredible juxtapositions which have a mind-bending hint of the fairytale about them.   With cameras often believed to reflect the real state of things, to create a facsimile of the true state of the world, when photographs show something wildly chimerical it delights the imagination.   Many of the incredible images in this set play with our sense of perspective by bringing side by side two elements that are, in fact, distant from each other in depth.   See [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2318140/The-real-unedited-photographs-appear-world-wildest-imaginations.html]here[/url].   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/3188i3B8CE6E69E91CE40.jpg[/img]   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/3190i9C9BC226253E0640.jpg[/img]   [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/webroot-en/attachment/3192i16A7B

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mac353
Popular Voice
11 years ago
R
rootweb
posted in Community 101
Hi

I am new to [url=http://community.webroot.com]http://community.webroot.com[/url] and very happy to be here.

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RetiredTripleHelix
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11 years ago
pegas
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pegasGold VIP
posted in Tech Talk
International Space Station to boldly go with Linux over Windows

[b]Computers aboard the International Space Station are to be switched from Windows XP to the Linux operating system in an attempt to improve stability and reliability.[/b]   Dozens of laptops on the ISS's 'opsLAN' network - which provides the ship's crew with vital capabilities for day-to-day operations, from telling the astronauts where they are to interfacing with onboard cameras - will be switched, removing Windows entirely from the ISS.   “We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could," said Keith Chuvala of the United Space Alliance, which runs opsLAN for NASA.   [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10049444/International-Space-Station-to-boldly-go-with-Linux-over-Windows.html]Full article[/url]   I am quite surprised of the move to an open source OS. Yes Linux is famous as stable and rel

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jgouverneur
Community Leader
11 years ago
mac353
Popular Voice
mac353Popular Voice
posted in Community 101
Hello

Hello, I am mac353 and i'm new to the community. Can't wait to hear from you folks.

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pegas
Gold VIP
11 years ago
cohbraz
Community Leader
cohbrazCommunity Leader
posted in Water Cooler
Happy Mothers Day!

To all of the moms out there:   [b]Happy Mothers Day! :D[/b]

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mac353
Popular Voice
11 years ago
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Isthy
posted in Community 101
hi everybody, I'm Isthy. I need some help :)

hi ..my galaxy notecan't unlock, because I do not know the password. when I bought it, I do not know anything about webroot in my galaxy. I've tried to open it via the "forgot you password" link as suggested, but still can't unlock. Can you help me? thanks before :)

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MikeR
11 years ago

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