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Deloder worm preys on poor passwords (SearchSecurity.com)
Virus experts are warning enterprises of a new worm called Deloder, which uses a legitimate remote administration tool to spread. It attempts to log on to remote computers as the administrator using a list of common passwords it carries. When executed, it drops a Trojan installer and the remote administration application as part of its attempt to continue to spread.
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Microsoft gaining on Oracle in database race (IDG)
Some new numbers from IDC show that Oracle was the relational and object-relational database champ in 2002, but Microsoft was hardly a DB loser. Oracle owned 39.4% of the pie, while MS grabbed 11.1%. The good news for MS is, it increased its share by 15%. Oracle's share dropped 5%.
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Par for the course
A boot-time device driver that doesn't load correctly will cause Windows 2000 to bluescreen with an error. The best way to remedy this is to:
a. Enter Windows safe mode at startup and assign a new driver
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