| Virus : 2003-June-26 Another W32.Sobig variant is on the loose. Known as "W32.Sobig.E@mm" by Symantec, the virus disguises itself as a legitimate email from support@yahoo.com to lure unsuspecting user to open the attached payload. Once infected, it uses its own SMTP engine to email itself to all the contacts it finds in several known file types. It will also attempts to copy itself to unprotected network resources. The worm deactivates on July 14, 2003, and therefore, the last day on which the worm will spread is July 13, 2003. For our customers, follow is the link to the latest virus definition table for Norton Anti-Virus.
Virus : 2003-May-20 A new virus is spreading rapidly. Known as "Mankx", "Palyh", or "W32.Sobig" by Symantec, the virus disguises itself as a legitimate email from support@microsoft.com to lure unsuspecting user to open the attached payload. Once infected, it uses its own SMTP engine to email itself to all the contacts it finds in several known file types. It will also attempts to copy itself to unprotected network resources. The worm deactivates on May 31, 2003, and therefore, the last day on which the worm will spread is May 30, 2003. Virus definition dated 2003-May-19 and after should detect this virus and prevent your system from being infected. If your system has been infected, follow is the link to download the virus removal tool from Symantec web site.
Virus : 2003-May-12 The "Fizzer" virus, known as "W32.HLLW.Fizzer@mm" by Symantec, is spreading at an alarming rate. First appeared on May 8, W32.HLLW.Fizzer@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all contacts in the Windows Address Book. It contains a backdoor that uses mIRC to communicate with a remote attacker. It also contains a keylogger and attempts to spread through the KaZaA file-sharing network. The worm attempts to terminate the process of various antivirus programs if they are found to be active. Virus definition dated 2003-May-12 and after should detect this virus and prevent your system from being infected.
Security: 2003-Apr-24 Microsoft has released the Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer (813489). It includes the functionality of all previously released patches for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0. In addition, it eliminates the four newly discovered vulnerabilities which allow the attacker to control the user's machine.
Security: 2003-Apr-10 Microsoft has issued a security alert for users of its 32-bit Windows operating systems, older versions of Outlook, Outlook Express, or any version of Internet Explorer which uses the Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM). The Microsoft VM contains a critical vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to gain control of affected machines. Attackers could launch an attack using a Java applet embedded in a Web page or HTML format e-mail message. Once compromised, a vulnerable machine could be used to run the attacker's code, though only with the permission of the active user account. Microsoft issued a patch for the virtual machine, build 3810, and recommended that customers who use earlier builds upgrade.
Security: 2003-Mar-20 Microsoft has issued a security alert for user of all any version of Windows: A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to run programs on a computer running Microsoft® Windows®. The attacker would first have to send you an e-mail message or entice you into visiting a malicious Web site. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft.
Hardware: 2003-Mar-5
For more information, please refer to this IBM press release .
Virus : 2003-Feb-24 "W32.HLLW.Lovgate.C@mm" propagates itself as an attachment to an automatically replied email to any incoming messages. Virus definition dated 2003-FEB-24 and after should detect this virus and prevent your system from being infected.
Hardware: 2003-Feb-21 Please be aware that there is an on going problem with certain type of capacitors, which could result in your computer system failing catastrophically after three to six months in use. Aluminum electrolytic capacitors ... generally serve to smooth out the power supply to chips. Throughout 2002, they have been breaking open and failing in certain desktop PCs. ... because the parts can fail over a period of several months, more such failures are expected. So far, IBM and Abit have acknowledged being affected by this problem.
Security: 2003-Feb-17 If you use Windows XP Professional, please note that: Windows XP, which has been marketed by Microsoft as "the most secure version ever," has been found to have a flaw so bone-headed that it renders passwords ineffective as a means of keeping people out of your PC. You can read the full article here
Virus: 2003-Jan-27 The "W32.SQLExp.Worm" virus, or "Slammer" virus, attacks MS SQL Server and caused Internet to slow down. The attack started on Jan 25, 05:30 GMT and lasted for about 10 hours, during which packet lost across the Internet approached 20 percent. South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore users were the hardest hit. This is not a destructive virus, only a virus that is very aggressive in replicating itself: it spreads itself worldwide in 10 minutes with an infection rate that doubles every 8.5 seconds.
Virus: 2003-Jan-09 The "W32.Lirva.A@mm" virus is very similar to the BugBear virus and spreading fast. If you can not connect to your email server, it may be due to the virus taking over the connectivity for self propagation. For our customers, follows are the links to download the virus removal tool from Symantec web site.
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Norton® Anti Virus Definition Table
IBM
has issued a worldwide recall for some of its G51 or G51t monitors that may pose
a potential fire hazard. The 15 inch monitors were manufactured between 1997 and
1999 by LiteOn Technology International in Malaysia and China. Affected monitors
were manufactured between June and September 1997; about 175,000 were sold worldwide,
of which 56,000 were sold in the US.
Current Alert
147A Jalan Perisai, Taman Sri Tebrau 80050. Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.