NAV Corp. 7.6 Quarantine Fails

After I logged in as the local administrator, Norton AntiVirus Repair Wizard reports that a virus was detected. I step through the wizard and attempt to quarantine the infected items, but this fails.

1. Updates installed
2. Repair quarantined items?
3. Repair fails

Resolution

I ran a full virus scan, manually, and when it came up clean I cleared out Quarantine. See my next posting for details.

Screen Shots

Updates installed

Repair quarantined items?

Repair fails

Checking Up On Infected Files

In NAV Corporate 7.6, I tried to remove one of the infected files from today's scan results:

1. Right-click on a file name in the Virus History listing
2. Select Move to Quarantine... Quarantine fails ambiguously
3. Select Delete Permanently... Removal fails ambiguously

See the screen shot below for a sample ambiguous message. Resolution: Run a complete scan, after ensuring the definition files are current. No viruses discovered, so I cleared out the Quarantine: View > Quarantine, select all, delete. Screen Shot Removal fails ambiguously

Yarden: wireless network security deserves more scrutiny

In his article, Find out why wireless network security deserves more scrutiny. J. Yarden suggests: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) or Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) and enforcing access controls with usernames and passwords or some other authentication method

Fake Microsoft security updates circulate

An e-mail campaign designed to lure people to a bogus Microsoft Web site is making the rounds as part of an attempt to install a Trojan horse, antivirus company Sophos said Friday.

The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN

The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN by ZDNet's George Ou -- by describing the worst way to secure your WLAN, Mr. Ou illuminates the best practices. He has recently posted quite a few good articles on the many security issues involved in using Wi-Fi networking. From the article:

For the last three years, I've been meaning to put to rest once and for all the urban legends and myths on wireless LAN security. Every time I write an article or blog on wireless LAN security, someone has to come along and regurgitate one of these myths. If that weren't bad enough, many "so called" security experts propagated these myths through speaking engagements and publications and many continue to this day.

Free Malware removal tools for Windows

Jonathan Yarden describes his favorite free malware & spyware removal and protection tools in today's article, Get rid of malware with these free tools. Mr. Yarden's writing addresses computer system administrators, but his style is non-technical and accessible, and his recommendations are quite good.

Critical flaws in IE and Outlook discovered

Here we go again!

The vulnerabilities allow for remote code execution with no actions from the computer user ... there is the potential of attackers installing backdoor Trojans without a person's knowledge.

Remember, surf safe! Friends don't let friends use Microsoft.

CERT

From the home page: "Established in 1988, the CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise, located at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University."