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  • More on UrgeMS.exe

    UrgeMS.exe seems to be causing issues for a lot of people. I mentioned previously that you can disable the process via security policy, and someone pointed out a registry setting to disable it a little cleaner. I was hoping they'd fix this in the future, but it looks like all they did was make it worse...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-01-2007

  • The Prevalence and Danger of SQL Injection

    Michael Sutton looks at the prevalence of SQL injection vulnerabilities ( via Bruce Schneier ). He tested 708 different servers and found verbose SQL errors on 80 of them (11.3%) - numbers that are not, as Michael says, surprising but are certainly sobering. Michael acknowledges that his method is imperfect...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 10-12-2006

  • Misbehaving Software: Zinio Reader

    Zinio Reader is a application that allows you to download digital magazines and view them in a magazine-like presentation, complete with turning pages. It is especially cool on the Tablet PC platform (indeed, it is preinstalled on many Tablets now). The only problem is that Zinio misbehaves when it comes...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-16-2006

  • Microsoft's Genuine Advantage: WGA Phones Home

    Windows Genuine Advantage phones home , sending the product key, manufacturer, operating system version, BIOS information and user locale setting and language back to Microsoft servers. WGA phones home even after the particular copy has been validated. Microsoft defended this , saying its intentions...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-15-2006
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