Posted by Charles W. Moore on 07/18 at 12:13 AM Press Release Edited By Applelinks Contributing Editor Charles W. Moore SmileOnMyMac has released PageSender 4.0.3, an update to its top-rated fax software for … via Applelinks
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A reader who would prefer to remain nameless finds his iPhone packed with spam. He writes: I read your My First Requests article at iPhone Central and am having the same problem with my iPhone that you’re … via Macworld
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At first glance, Mail seems to be a simple e-mail client, but there is quite a lot of power beneath its Spartan exterior. via InformIT
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What can you do to avoid computer slow down? - Part TwoEven the most experienced computer users find it extremely difficult to control all resource and system settings of their computer.How do they do it? The answer is simpler than one might think and anyone can bring out the tiger that is hidden in your […]
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“We know how necessary it is for people have a secure computer with the growing amount of spam, so we have developed a free version of SPAMfighter, allowing everyone to have an effective spam filter, no matter what economic class they’re in”

Posted by Charles W. Moore on 06/07 at 01:20 AM People who use e-mail privately at home, or for non-commercial reasons are able to use the anti-spam program, SPAMfighter Standard free for as long as they want. via Applelinks
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Java is a highly portable computer programming language. “Portable” is a term used to describe programs that can be run in many different computing environments and on many different “platforms” (MS Windows, Apple’s Mac OS, Solaris, and Linux are all examples of “platforms”)It is Java’s portability that makes it such an intriguing technology. To give […]
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Is your computer acting funny? Are you having trouble surfing the web like you normally would? Is your computer slow, sluggish and unresponsive lately? Than you just might be the victim of adware on your machine.Whats adware? It’s usually some kind of software of free application that has been installed on your computer that either […]
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Symantec on Tuesday warned Mac OS X users in an advisory that one of the open source technologies included in the operating system was vulnerable to an attack. The flaw only affects users that have turned on Windows Sharing — it is off by default on Mac OS X.
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Laser machine welding is the joining of two pieces of material, usually metal, but often these days plastics, using a laser beam. A laser is a single phase, or coherent beam of light often seen in science fiction movies, but the development of the laser beam and its application in laser machine welding allows for […]
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Correspondents inform me that a new bot network has begun spamming. An army of spambots woke up within one ISP starting at 6 pm yesterday, and attempted to send millions of spams through the ISP’s mail server.

This represents a new step in the evolution of spambots. Previously, these bots all tried to transmit directly from port 25, but with the advent of port 25 blocking by ISPs, this has become an obstacle. It was only a matter of time before spambots began trying to relay through mail servers.

The question to be asked — and hopefully someone will analyze the bot responsible — is were the bots specifically crafted for the ISP which was attacked, with knowledge of the correct mail server to use, or were the bots able to extract mail server information from the customers’ machines.

This new spambot capability was inevitable as port 25 blocking came into widespread use. The next generation of spambots will most likely search user files for email account information, including passwords, in order to transmit their spam.

For this reason, I believe that best practices dictate that users never check the “remember this password” box on their mail programs, but instead enter the password each time they fire up their mailers. Note that MacOS is probably immune to this problem thanks to its key manager system.
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