Mini Review - Norton Internet Security

Success! NIS and NAV 2003 are out and 2005 is installed.

However, after the agony of installing NIS 2005, I almost regret the upgrade. Since I already have spam controls, that feature is redundant. And who on earth wants those Parental Controls? Parents, I guess. But most of them probably have AOL accounts.

Also irritating is the inability to schedule routine virus scans. Once every two weeks is no where near often enough.

Then to top it off, NIS doesn't play well with gmails POP features. Very inconvenient.

I almost switched to Trend Micro this year. Next year will be the clincher unless Symantec improves a great deal between now and then.

On the positive side, Symantec still has the best documentation in the business. You don't have to be a geek to use their knowledge base. And the lovely support people in India try very hard to be helpful.

;-p

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA05-102A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Components

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA05-102A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Components

And , yet, more problems.

Fake Microsoft security updates circulate By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com

Published on ZDNet News: April 8, 2005, 7:40 AM PT

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.

Read the full story on ZDNet

April 1, 2005

Is it or isn't it an April Fools joke?

Infinity + 1GB of mail storage from Gmail!

For Answers Read the Google Blog

World Wind by NASA

NASA has open source software called World Wind, the newest version of which is now available. Not only can you glimpse every corner of the globe from incredibly close or incredibly far away - but it's easily navigable and you can execute screen captures and download them to your computer as JPEGs. It's a lot of fun, and best of all - it's free.

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

"World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.

Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara."

Hurricane Warnings

This is an excellent article about building for hurricanes. It refers to the mistakes found after Hurricane Andrew.'

Also take a look at "Venting". You do need a place for the air to escape (old school wins this one).

AND, for those who have generators, there is a safety tip to avoid backwash to power workers.

The article appears in The Taunton Press: Hurricane Warnings