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Microsoft's security response regarding the "Mydoom" virus ...
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W32/Mydoom@MM spreads through e-mail. This worm can disguise the sender's address, a tactic known as spoofing, and may generate e-mails that appear to have been sent by Microsoft. Many of the addresses Mydoom uses are valid addresses that are being spoofed for malicious purposes.
What to Do:
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Treat all e-mail attachments with caution, particularly .zip files in the case of this virus, even if they appear to be from a trusted source. Learn what to do about virus infections.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp
Microsoft Offers $250K Reward for Virus http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1474589,00.asp
MyDoom Lessons: Failures of Education, Antivirus Vendors : http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1472793,00.asp
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Microsoft Win32 to Microsoft .NET Framework API Map ...
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This article identifies the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1 APIs that provide similar functionality to Microsoft Win32 functions. One or more relevant .NET Framework APIs are shown for each Win32 function listed. The intended audience for this article is experienced Win32 developers who are creating applications or libraries based on the Microsoft .NET Framework, but anyone looking for a managed counterpart for a Win32 function could find this document useful.
Catch the complete MSDN article ...
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All about Pi ...
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Pi is a number that has been fascinating people all around the word ... And I just landed to this site that talks about the various facts about Pi ... Look at http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~roy/upi/pi.html for more info. The site contains :
First 50,000 Digits of this number ...
A progie in C to do the computation ...
A numerical facts section about Pi ... Very interesting section too ...
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MSN Toolbar Beta ...
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From John Porcaro ... Check out from http://toolbar.msn.com/. Looks more like the google toolbar idea ...
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Versioning Controlled Build ... Code project article ...
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Add-in for VS .NET that lets you set all project versions in a solution from one interface. Catch the article ...
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IIT-KGP Annual online programming contest ...
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Bitwise, the annual online programming contest organized by the Computer Science & Engg. Department Society, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, is being conducted this year on Sunday, the 8th of February. Bitwise is an algorithm intensive programming contest which aims to provide programmers across the globe, a platform to compete, testing their ability to develop efficient algorithms to problems within a given time constraint.
It is a non-profit competition organized by 4th year undergraduate students of CSE, IIT Kharagpur.
Over the last three years, the contest has become extremely popular around the world. In Bitwise 2K3, over 900 teams participated, with a team from Singapore bagging the first prize.
The registration is free and open to all. Contestants solve a set of problems posted on a site using C or C++. The solutions are evaluated, not only on the basis of correctness, but also on execution time and space complexity. The top 50 contesting teams will receive prizes worth Rs. 60,000!!
REGISTRATION STARTS : 20th Jan, 2004.
For registration and more information please visit our website at: http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/bitwise
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TheServerSide.NET ...
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A cool neat site from MS, DevelopMentor and others ... Articles and tech talks from Scott on ASP.NET, Don Box on Indigo etc ... Keep watching threads on this site ...
Scott Guthrie on ASP.NET "Whidbey"
Don Box on Indigo
A Lesson In Forms Authentication for ASP.NET Application Subdirectories
Many more ... Just visit the site ... Amazing stuffs to expect ...
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Microsoft vs. Mikerowesoft ... Interesting thread ...
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Mike Rowe knew he needed a catchy name for his Web site design company. "Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it" said Rowe, a 17-year-old computer geek and Grade 12 student in Victoria, British Columbia. But the folks at the world's biggest software company are not amused. They've demanded that he give up his domain name. Interesting story surely ...
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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer v1.2 (for IT Professionals)
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MBSA runs on Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems and will scan for common security misconfigurations in the following products:
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0
- SQL Server 7.0 and 2000
- Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later
- Office 2000, 2002 and 2003.
MBSA also scans for missing security updates for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, IIS, SQL, Exchange, IE, Windows Media Player, MDAC, MSXML, Microsoft VM, Office, Content Management Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, and BizTalk Server.
A complete host of products are covered in this updated version ... Catch it from MS Downloads ...