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Notices
Last Updated: May 4, 2008 9:00 AM
The Notices page is the most frequently visited resource by customers
and interested end users.
It provides pertinent information regarding product issues, releases
and information categorized by product. The
newest information will always be displayed in bold print to help
you locate recent changes.
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system to a crawl and jeopardizes your privacy and security. Or if
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We are
amazed at the number of end users who leave their workstations
powered up all day long. With the always on internet through DSL
subscriber lines, and the general lack of protection with inadequate
or non-existent spyware and antivirus products, do you really think
that someone won't take advantage of your invitation to hack
into your computer? At a minimum, turn off the network interface at
the workstation. Many users don't even know how their local routers
with firewalls are set up. No wonder that privacy issues and fraud
are rampant, with little or no exposure for detection, much less
prosecution.
Forensic
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with a variety of security issues. Offering the expertise of Mr.
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appropriate tools to setup audit and control procedures that deal
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0
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of the new version of Microsoft Great Plains directly from Microsoft
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copy.
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Service Pack 1 for 10.0 available for download
Service Pack 3 for v9.0 available for download
Microsoft Small Business Financials 9.0
RealWorld
Classic & Expertise
Unsupported by Microsoft as of September, 2007. Call us directly
for your support. Need to move up - call about migrations to Great
Plains and Small Business Financials.
Realworld posting to wrong year in some instances (1908 instead of
2008). Accounting information may be impacted with transactions
appearing in the wrong years. Call for resolution and workaround
recommendations.
Product
Promotions
Expires
June 20, 2008: all new customers are invited to take advantage of a
special pricing promotion when purchasing Microsoft Dynamics Great
Plains. Purchase a Business Ready License for Business Essentials
and receive a 20% discount per user on the first (5) users.
Horizons International Manufacturing Suite
Starship
Retail Management System (RMS)
Microsoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
FRx Report Writer
Service
Pack 9 available for download.
Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2007
Microsoft Point of Sale (POS)
Miscellaneous
"Looking around the Internet, it appears that users are having
problems with the Dell Support Center 2.0 upgrade. And the new
feature that Dell most enthusiastically touts for the new version is
its "proactive alerts." Users received warnings of dire consequences
of not upgrading, just a sample of how proactive Dell is. It's one
thing for a vendor to take an aggressive approach to helping its
customers, but it's quite another if the aggression is really aimed
at drumming up business for its paid support."
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Dell Neglects Small Biz
System Problems
When
Dell launched its Vostro line of computers for
the small business market, it said it would make it
more attractive for customers by not bundling
any of "trialware" junk. Unfortunately, as one
reader reports, Vostro customers are discovering
that owning the systems can nonetheless be quite a
trial. "Dell's effort to court the small business
market with its new Vostro line of computers may be
foundering. Recent messages
on Dell's Community Forum have complained
about new Vostro 200s that fail to boot. The problem
appears to be related to an error in the current
BIOS or a configuration error in the image used to
install Windows XP. Dell's response has been to
ignore the issue, leaving its small business
customers to fend for themselves in an effort to
come up with a solution. This doesn't seem like a
very promising approach to winning customer
confidence." |
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In
the same category, Microsoft's Windows Live One-Care free
workstation scan seems to be alerting on a Trojan
win32.alureon.gen!c which Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition
isn't aware of, and assures the user that with auto-protect enabled,
the workstation is secure and not infected. Placing a call the
support center, an offshore script-reading customer service
representative finally recommended that the "experts" needed to
remotely diagnose this situation for $99.95. Either Symantec is
calling this particular Trojan something else and is trying to
extract additional support revenues, or Live One-Care is attempting
to coerce users into investing $19.95 for a paid subscription. Using
another anti-virus product from Sunbelt Software, CounterSpy failed
to identify the aforementioned Trojan as being active on the system.
Who do you believe?
Microsoft has been
quoted as intending to release SP3 for Windows XP during the first
half of 2008.
As if Microsoft's Vista problems aren't enough, Microsoft has come
under criticism recently regarding its' Vista Capable labeling on
new computers being sold. One would assume that a Vista Capable
workstation would be capable of running any version of Vista. WRONG
!!! If you plan on purchasing a new Vista computer with the
intention of upgrading to a more capable version of Vista after the
purchase, you may be at risk!
Microsoft's actual position is that for a computer to be labeled
"Vista Capable", it only had to be able to run Vista Home Basic.
That means a computer that can't run Vista Home Premium or Vista
Ultimate could still be labeled "Vista Capable" even though it can't
run many of the features advertised with Vista.
Intel motherboards with the 915 embedded graphics chipset may not be
able to run all versions of Microsoft's newest OS, Vista. The Vista
Capable labeling is currently being litigated as a class action
lawsuit.
Bravo Yahoo !! As many of you are aware, Yahoo has attempted to put
into place additional filters to reduce the amount of spam being
addressed to email users around the world. Not only was there a
major disruption in service, but major ISPs such as AT&T and SBC who
outsourced to Yahoo all outbound mail services, are only willing to
offer a $5.00 credit for the inconvenience caused by poorly tested,
fractionally implemented and wholly uncontrolled updates. Assuming,
one had the patience to endure the total ineptitude of the
developers, the spammers have figured out a way to get around all
the fancy filters, blocks, verifications etc., in a matter of one
week. Behold, my email inbox now contains the familiar Viagra, meet
sexy singles, work from home and the Nigerian scams that I was
finally getting used to. To Yahoo, SBC, AT&T and others involved in
this fiasco, JOB WELL DONE !
Bruce Schneier on Security
A blog covering security and security technology.
April 18, 2008
Oklahoma Data Leak
Usually I don't bother blogging about these, but
this one is particularly bad. Anyone with with basic
SQL knowledge could have registered anyone he wanted as
a sex offender.
One of the cardinal rules of computer programming
is to never trust your input. This holds especially
true when your input comes from users, and even more
so when it comes from the anonymous, general public.
Apparently, the developers at Oklahoma’s Department
of Corrections slept through that day in computer
science class, and even managed to skip all of
Common Sense 101. You see, not only did they trust
anonymous user input on their public-facing website,
but they blindly executed it and displayed whatever
came back.
The result of this negligently bad coding has
some rather serious consequences: the names,
addresses, and social security numbers of tens of
thousands of Oklahoma residents were made available
to the general public for a period of at least three
years. Up until yesterday, April 13 2008, anyone
with a web browser and the knowledge from Chapter
One of SQL For Dummies could have easily accessed
and possibly, changed any data within the DOC’s
databases. It took me all of a minute to figure out
how to download 10,597 records SSNs and all from
their website.
May 2, 2008 Let's Make It Easy
for the Identity Thieves !!
"California's Riverside County Superior
Court's Web site is serving up document images
containing
SSNs and detailed medical records relating to
civil cases, according to a couple of privacy
advocates. All of the documents are free to anyone
who knows where to look for them. 'Searches done on
the
court's Web site turned up various documents
related to civil cases that contained sensitive
information. Included were complete tax filings,
medical reports pertaining to cases handled by the
court, and images of checks complete with signatures
as well as account and bank-routing numbers.'"
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Windows XP SP3 will be available for public download April 29, 2008.
Whoa ! Microsoft pulls release due to last minute issue with Retail
Management System software.
Discontinuance Notices
Payroll Year End Notices
New Customer Promotions
Network Intrusions and Attacks
Throughout the normal business day, our network records and captures many attempts (potential attacks) to sniff out our network
defenses. These logs are reviewed daily and trends are tracked. Most
small businesses are extremely vulnerable to intrusions emanating
from mainland China. They have increased dramatically and the most
obvious offender's ISPs are listed as follows:
| 61.11.0.0
- 60.11.255.255 |
CNCGROUP
Heilongjiang Province Network |
Blacklist Status=Clear |
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61.180.228.224 - 61.180.228.255 |
CNCGROUP Heilongjiang
Province Network |
Blacklist Status=Clear |
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202.99.128.0 - 202.99.191.255 |
CNCGROUP Hebei
Province Network |
Currently Listed |
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221.1.204.224 - 221.1.204.255 |
CNCGROUP
Shandong Province Network |
Blacklist Status=Clear |
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221.1.206.128 - 221.1.206.159 |
CNCGROUP
Shandong Province Network |
Blacklist Status=Clear |
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221.200.0.0 - 221.203.255.255 |
CNCGROUP
Liaoning Province Network |
Blacklist Status=Clear |
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222.134.45.48 - 222.134.45.55 |
CNCGROUP
Shandong Province Network |
Currently Listed |
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If you are connected to the
internet, you need to review the robustness of your firewall, your
anti-virus and your malware and spyware monitors. These represent three distinct
vulnerabilities, and it is very foolish to think that just by having
an antivirus product, you are protected from
those individuals whose agenda doesn't include your best interests. To
remain safe from these intrusions, you
need to address all three areas.
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