Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

At 6AM today, McAfee released an update to its antivirus definitions for corporate customers that had a slight problem. And by “slight problem,” I mean the kind that renders a PC useless until tech support shows up to repair the damage manually. Here’s how the SANS Internet Storm Center describes the screw-up:McAfee’s “DAT” file version [...]

Adobe Issues Workaround for Security Issue

Adobe has issued a security warning in regard to PDF files that have other files attached to them. Security researchers have found new ways for common PDF documents to release malicious code without the knowledge of the person opening them. As Adobe investigates this, you must use the following method to disable this risk. Open up Adobe Reader. Click [...]