Articles by Jim Freund

Net Tip: Keep Those Settings!

Transient workers and guests come and go, and can change machines in unwanted ways. There …

Net Tip: Reveal Hidden File Extensions

One exploit that several creators of viruses and other forms of malevolent code try is to …

Is Yarner a Yawner?

Yarner, the latest viral threat to span the ether, is rated by some as a low threat, and …

What To Do About SNMP Vulnerabilities

Given the information that there have been security vulnerabilities in SNMP has gone out …

Microsoft's Telnet Server Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service Attack

A buffer-overflow vulnerability has been determined to exist within Win2K's Telnet …

Review: PestPatrol 3.0

Anti-virus programs largely protect you from viruses, but what about other forms of …

Net Tip: Using pathping

The pathping command is a relatively obscure, yet simple and powerful tool for tracing …

...And I'll Cry if I Want To

It's MyParty -- the first pervasive virus written in the new year to make the rounds. …

Could NAS = Novell As Storage?

The premise behind Novell's NetDevice NAS is that with one CD, you can take pretty much …

Nasty New Year Virus

Another New Year's, another virus. (For that matter, another week, another virus.) In …

Two New Malicious E-Mails: One Stings, the Other Doesn't

Once again, two virus-related e-mails are making the rounds. The good news is that …

KVM Switching Steps Back to Move Ahead

The simple concept of sharing keyboards, monitors, and mice with multiple CPUs has evolved …

Virus Update(r)

There's yet another mass-mailer on the loose called Updater -- It seems as if we need to …

Going, Going, Goner

The latest viral threat can use ICQ and mIRC to propagate itself, and can delete some …

BadTrans Redux

BadTrans is back with a bit more vengeance -- but still controllable if you know how to …