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Je vais rédiger cet article en Français, vu que le message et la cible sont francophones... :) J'ai reçu un message, et j'avoue que moi le premier j'ai failli me faire prendre. Heureusement, je me suis souvenu que j'avais résilié il y a quelques mois...
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Once again, I did not expect I could write an article about that while I was updating my Firefox. The issue appears to be the same on 2 different configurations: - Win XP 32 SP3, - Win7 64 On Win 7, I launch Firefox to check for updates. I have to do...
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Quite surprisingly, I was not even thinking about writing an article when I set up my Thunderbird for a MS Live mail account. One day, without any notice, I had the following warning: Because I use a 64 bits version (Shredder), there is no locale version...
Lire la suiteCet article s'adresse aux Chefs de projets et/ou responsables techniques / opérationnels, notamment lorsqu'ils cherchent un hébergement web indépendant. Prenons le cas d'un des gros hébergeurs francophones : OVH. Tout d'abord, rappelons qu'OVH est régulièrement...
Lire la suiteWell that was not expected once again to find such an issue... Here is the configuration I'm gonna talk about : - Win 7 Ultimate - full patched - Google Chrome 5.0.375.125 I let this laptop running when I went to bed. During the night, the last Windows...
Lire la suiteJ'ai pu dire, et continue de le faire, beaucoup de bien sur Avira Antivir. Cependant, cela ne m'empêche pas de vouloir rester objectif et signaler ici une pratique que je trouve douteuse. Voici l'histoire : Ayant rencontré des problèmes avec mon antivirus...
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I had recently to deal with a compromised computer. It was though supposed to be protected by a up to date antivirus with real policies. The file has been detected using Spybot S&D: ZBot. It's been a long time ago since I did not find a malware which...
Lire la suiteVoici un échantillon tout frais de hameçonnage ciblant SFR. Cher client Sfr. Ce mail vous a ete envoye suite a une faut comptable qui s est produite lors de nos factur mensuel . En effet le 19 juillet 2010 la somme de (154,00) cent cinquante quatre Euros...
Lire la suiteJust for once (again?), I'm gonna deal with linux / Unix system administration., and in particular, migration. This may be related to scurity, as you may say that integrity does concern system configuration, when it's about renewing a server or transfering...
Lire la suiteMost of the time I would say and repeat: people should review their security systems and probably harden their configurations and system settings. This time, my post is gonna deal with the contrary: how a hardened URL filtering system can impact productivity...
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