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Finally HP buys 3Com for 2.7 billion.

HP will burst into the world networking.

HP tries to challenge Cisco with its ProCurve & by buying 3Com it will enhance their tech on netoworking gear.

Last week was the slowest internet connection i have ever had at my work place. Seems there was some intermitance in the network.

After days of thinking how to solve the problem. Finally the issue was a hub connected to a switch & the hub got a looping connection..WTF..such a tiny winny problem causing such a havoc around the campus. All users kept asking why internet are so damn slow…bla..bla..bla..

Basics steps that you need to do is :

• block IPs that are caught have a virus or worm.
• check all network port and make sure that there are no looping.

Thats all from a beginner=)

You might as well not bothering powerinf up that Windows PC 0f yours on Monday 24 November as that day is set to see a peak of malware.

IT security company PC Tools said that after analysing information on more than 500,000 computers worldwide and comparing data from the same period in 2007 it found that the worst day for worms and trojans was the Monday before Thanksgiving in the US. The company said was because of the increased online activity at this time of the year before Christmas and on the day after Thanksgiving, when many US shops start their sales. Read more »

Brad Pitt, Beyonce and Justin Timberlake top list of celebrities which their names are being abuse by malware writers. McAfee have issue a list of celebrities this week that are being abuse by those peddling crimeware. As far as the celebrity names that have been most abused and exploited this year to create dangerous Web sites, malware downloads and spam, the top three names, according to McAfee, are:

1. Brad Pitt. When “Brad Pitt screensavers” was searched, more than half of the reporting Web sites were identified as containing malicious downloads with spyware, adware and potential viruses, according to McAfee.

2. Beyonce. Inputting “Beyonce ringtones” into a search engine yields risky Web sites that promote misleading offers to gather consumers’ personal information, according to McAfee.

3. Justin Timberlake. Spammer and hackers exploit interest in his high-profile relationships, and a search for “Justin Timberlake downloads” was flagged as leading to spam, spyware and adware.

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