=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Security Administration Tip February 3, 2004
Essential tools and advice for the security-focused administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - Free Product Evaluation: iHateSpam Server http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,24009,00.htm?track=NL-122&freeproducteval =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SECURITY TIPS - Interesting times in your e-mail inbox - Prevent internal abuse with RMTSHARE.exe - Two ways to update MS Office for security - Ask Roberta Bragg: Can you change a former admin's password? 2. WHAT'S NEW! - Opinion: A week of gloom and Mydoom - Article: The top Windows products of the year - Featured Topic: All about AD OUs - Tip Contest: Submit your tip and win a Digital Audio Player! ____________________________________________________________________ *******************SPONSORED BY: Sunbelt Software****************** Award-winning, Affordable Spam Filtering for Microsoft Exchange! Robust spam detection and filtering for E2K and E2K3! With a 95% spam detection rate right out of the box, iHateSpam Server will save -you- the administrator -- time and money. A powerful enterprise-wide Exchange spam filter at a great price. See why over 2,500 customers are using iHateSpam Server and love it! Click here for free eval: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,24009,00.htm?track=NL-122&freeproducteval ____________________________________________________________________ INTERESTING TIMES IN YOUR E-MAIL INBOX | By Tom Lancaster Recently, numerous new mass mailing viruses -- including Beagle.A, Novarg.A, and MyDoom.B -- have been discovered. These viruses harvest e-mail addresses from e-mail address books and other files likely to contain e-mail addresses to identify designated message recipients. But what makes them so powerful and such great potential sources of infection is that they also use harvested addresses to identify the sender as well. Why is this significant, you may ask? This tip will explain why. >> CLICK for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci948209,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PREVENT INTERNAL ABUSE WITH RMTSHARE.EXE | By Carol Miller Savvy users can create a hidden share on a file server within their own personal storage or on their local machines. Administrators are prevented from seeing these shares if the users set the 'Hide' attribute to 'On' at the file server. So then, how does the administrator prevent undesirable items from being stored on the company computer? >> CLICK for the full member-submitted tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci945956,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TWO WAYS TO UPDATE MS OFFICE FOR SECURITY | By Tom Lancaster Windows itself gets plenty of attention when it comes to stressing the importance of security updates, patches and maintenance. Windows applications, however, rarely get the attention or respect they deserve. Nevertheless, packages like Microsoft Office need regular checks to see if they're current and up-to-date, just like the operating system does. >> CLICK for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci943149,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW CAN YOU CHANGE A FORMER ADMIN'S PASSWORD? | Ask Roberta Bragg Dear Roberta, I am an administrator of a small network in our company. We don't know the password of the previous administrator that was here before me. Is it possible to change the password for a new administrator? >> CLICK to read Roberta Bragg's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid568641_tax285120,00.html?track=NL-122 Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?track=NL-122 __________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A WEEK OF GLOOM AND MYDOOM | Opinion Sobig.F doesn't look so big now. Last summer, that worm infected systems worldwide within a matter of days and, in the process, blazed a path to infamy as the Internet's most virulent e-mail worm. Last week, Mydoom-A eclipsed that record. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci947146,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE TOP WINDOWS PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR | Article The editors of SearchWin2000.com recently assessed the 2003 crop of enterprise Windows products, with an eye toward helping users choose those must-have tools to keep their desktops, servers and Exchange applications up and running. We've reviewed more than 80 products in five major categories. Click here to find out the results! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci946613,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ALL ABOUT AD OUs | Featured Topic How difficult or intricate should you get when creating forests, trees, domain and OUs? Learn about the rationale for using OUs in your AD infrastructure and the finer technical aspects of managing and manipulating OU permissions and properties. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci947074,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT YOUR TIP AND WIN A DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER! | Tip Contest Are our members running out of tips or just too busy trying to keep their New Year's resolutions? We didn't receive enough tips in January to give away our super duper contest prize, so we're giving you another chance to win an iRiver iFP-190T 256 MB Digital Audio Player. 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