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The FBI and Justice Department have shut down a network of infected Windows machines used for stealing money. The 'Coreflood' botnet was one of the largest and most longstanding networks of its type. Despite the network shutdown, the malicious ... software used to infect PCs remains in the wild. Over 2 Million PCs Infected with Malicious Software The botnet at one point held control over two million PCs which were infected by malicious software, often downloaded unknowingly by users online the Internet. The malicious software (also known as "malware") easily penetrated Windows defenses ... (view more)

Windows users are being targeted by a new scam that extorts money through long-distance telephone calls, racking up heavy charges. After a victim mistakenly downloads and installs a Trojan onto their PC, the following message is displayed on a ... Windows PC: "This copy of Windows is locked. You may be a victim of fraud or there may be an internal error". While similar messages have appeared before and related to scareware and ransomware scams, the fact that the Windows operating system will not reboot (either in normal mode or safe mode) adds validity to the alleged crisis situation. Victims ... (view more)

More information about Windows 8 continues to emerge, though the details aren't coming from Microsoft. Instead, the recent information has been passed down by a pre-release version of Windows 8 leaked onto the Internet. The plethora of Windows 8 ... screenshots reveal a startling amount of information about the upcoming operating system, which is rumored for release sometime in 2014. Windows 8 Ribbon Could Change Windows Navigation Forever The most striking difference between Windows 7 and Vista and their successors is Windows 8's widespread use of the Ribbon interface. This navigation system, ... (view more)

UNetbootin 5.49 UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many ... distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .ISO file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list. http://sourceforge.net LEGO Digital Designer for Windows 4.1.6 LEGO Digital Designer is a program that lets you build with LEGO bricks on your computer. Learn more about LDD and how you get ... (view more)

Microsoft has announced that it won't be sending out Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) by automated update until the end of June this year. Originally, the plan was to send the Internet Explorer 9 update as an automatic download, providing the Windows ... Automatic Updates feature was enabled. The timeline for the automated update was to be scheduled for March 21, but that has since changed because Microsoft says the delay is a necessity due to its widespread corporate use. (Source: zdnet.com ) Internet Explorer 9 Rollout Cause of Delay Two-Fold There are two reasons being given for the June timetable. ... (view more)

JD's Auto SpeedTester 15.3 With this free program you can do Internet speed tests in the background. It logs all your data and enables you to see at a glance what your speeds are doing over the course of the hour / day / week / month etc. It will ... test your download and upload speeds your ping times, packet loss and jitter. http://dl.broadbandhelper.co.uk Seagate SeaTools for Windows 1.2.0.5 SeaTools is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine the condition of the hard disk drive. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your ... (view more)

The European Union (EU) has come under harsh criticism of late for upgrading its computer networks to Windows 7 without first considering other operating systems. It's just emerged that at a "secret meeting" last December, the European Commission ... (which is the administrative wing of the EU, responsible for applying the laws produced by elected politicians) decided to upgrade computers across the European political system to run Windows 7. (Source: pcworld.com ) Controversial Decision Gives MS Big Boost The controversial element of the decision was that it was made without putting the ... (view more)

Windows Firewall Control 2.4 Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 already have built-in firewalls which helps to keep your PC protected from hackers, however, they lack a simple interface to define your own firewall rules and can be difficult ... sometimes to configure them the right way. Windows Firewall Control is a small, intuitive and easy to use program that runs in taskbar, next to the system clock, and provides quick access to the most frequent options used from Windows Firewall. http://binisoft.net Kantaris Media Player Lite 0.7 This is a free and open-source media player that plays ... (view more)

Microsoft looks to be working on an interactive television product, likely in the form of a set-top box. That would put it in direct competition with rivals Apple and Google. Speculation about the move has been spurred by the fact that a Microsoft ... executive's company bio has been revised. Tom Gibbons, who'd previously worked in Microsoft's general hardware and mobile devices divisions, is now listed as the company's "corporate vice president of TV & Service Business". Given his background, it does seem logical that he'd be working on physical devices in the new role. According ... (view more)

Self-proclaimed cranky technology and business journalist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (whose articles have also appeared in the Washington Post, PC World and ZDNet) recently put together a list of five reasons not to upgrade to Microsoft's newest web ... browser, Internet Explorer 9 . Topping the list of reasons are operating system incompatibilities and performance issues. We've known for some time that Internet Explorer wouldn't be compatible with Windows XP, but that doesn't make it any easier for Vaughan-Nichols to swallow. Even though Windows XP is slowly declining in market share, it remains ... (view more)