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June 29, 2011August 12, 2014Desktop

SEP version prior to MR4 MP2 running on Windows Servers can cause Network Issues

The SEP (Symantec Endpoint Protection) version prior to 11.0.4202 (MR4-MP2) running on Windows Servers can cause Network Issues listed below. Microsoft has documented all of the possible issue, symptoms and their causes. The fix proposed is to upgrade your SEP version to the latest possible RU5 or above. KB 961293 Unable to access Shares "The specified network name is no longer available" when Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 11.0.4202 (MR4-MP2) or Symantec Antivirus 10.2 are installed on a Windows 2003, 2008 or 2008 R2 Server KB 961654 A file sharing connection to a Windows Server 2008-based server drops unexpectedly […]

May 1, 2011August 12, 2014Desktop, Financial, Self Management

Securely Managing Your Credentials and Identity Details

With the ever growing internet access facilities, to today’s all critical services, one need to know how effectively and securely they can manage their various credentials and identity details. Here is a simple way of securing your details using a password managing software called KeyPass. KeyPass is an OSI certified, free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager. Using KeyPass: Access to your whole data saved in keyPass file is controlled via master password that you specify while creating your KeyPass file. For ease of verification/confirmation, software allows you to show the password text you entered by clicking […]

April 24, 2011August 12, 2014Desktop

Officially Recognized Platform Names

Here are the major Officially Recognized Platform Names. Short Form Long Form Comments BAT BAT Malware that requires a DOS or Windows command shell interpreter or close clone. Boot Boot Requires MBR and/or system boot sector of IBM PCcompatible hard drive and/or floppy. (Rarely used in practice.) DOS DOS Infects DOS COM and/or EXE (MZ) and/or SYS format files and requires some version of MS-DOS or a closely compatible OS. (Rarely used in practice.) EPOC EPOC Requires the EPOC OS up to version 5. SymbOS SymbianOS Requires Symbian OS (EPOC version 6 and later). Java Java Requires a Java […]