Firefox: Version 2.0.0.11 of the browser has numerous security loopholes. These include a data leak that allows attackers to read user's surfing history and a buffer overflow that could allow dangerous code to be executed.
Solution: Version 2.0.0.12 was released to patch these holes. Update your browser immediately.
Adobe reader: Since January, pdf files that infect victims with a trojan using a security loophole have been circulating around the internet.
Solution: Click on 'Help-Search for updates..' to patch the program.
Microsoft Word: Hackers could target Word 2000-2007 because of a security hole in a common database component. This doesn't apply to Vista users.
Solution: For now, it remains unpatched. Be wary of random executable email attachments.
Eee PC: The cheap and compact Eee PC from Asus has a few security loopholes, including vulnerabilities in the Samba network service for Windows. The errors in the customised Xandros Linux OS were discovered more than a year ago.
Solution: So far, Asus has not issued any updates.
Solution: Version 2.0.0.12 was released to patch these holes. Update your browser immediately.
Adobe reader: Since January, pdf files that infect victims with a trojan using a security loophole have been circulating around the internet.
Solution: Click on 'Help-Search for updates..' to patch the program.
Microsoft Word: Hackers could target Word 2000-2007 because of a security hole in a common database component. This doesn't apply to Vista users.
Solution: For now, it remains unpatched. Be wary of random executable email attachments.
Eee PC: The cheap and compact Eee PC from Asus has a few security loopholes, including vulnerabilities in the Samba network service for Windows. The errors in the customised Xandros Linux OS were discovered more than a year ago.
Solution: So far, Asus has not issued any updates.
