August 2004 Blog Posts

Looks like XP SP2 might be working

It looks like the spyware manufacturers (in this case windupdate) are worried about service pack 2 for XP. The new controls on ActiveX won't allow their crap to install, so what do they do? Lie. (Click the thumbnail to see a larger 110k, 1024x734 screenshot). Of course when you protected your parents' machine, you didn't give them administration rights did you? This does...

posted @ Sunday, August 29, 2004 6:30 PM | Feedback (0)

Debugging emails via telnet

Sometimes however you may need to send emails without using Outlook, Agent or whatever else you use. This is how your mail software works behind the scenes, using SMTP. ...

posted @ Monday, August 23, 2004 7:10 AM | Feedback (0)