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[Ozzie]

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta - Five Language Standalone (KB948465)
Brief Description
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta is an update to Windows Server and Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers.

[Ozzie]

Say No to Internet Censorship for Australia
Alex McKenzie | 27th October 2008

If the current Labor Government has its way, we will all be surfing the Internet like our friends in China - behind a massive filter.

The filter will be mandatory for all Australians blocking both LEGAL and illegal content, and tests conducted by the ACMA showed that the Internet will be on average 30% slower.

Please help take action and support the No Clean Feed effort. more...

[Ozzie]

- A worm program that has been tricking Facebook users into downloading malicious software since July has resurfaced.

Criminals have released a new variation of the worm, known as Koobface, Facebook said Friday. The program is spreading via Facebook messages that look as if they're videos. Often they say something like "you look funny." When the user clicks to see the video, he is taken to a new Web site and asked to download special software in order to see the video. That software is malicious.

"Only a very small percentage of Facebook users have been affected and we're working quickly to update our security systems to minimize any further impact, including resetting passwords on infected accounts, removing the spam messages, and coordinating with third parties to remove redirects to malicious content elsewhere on the web," Facebook said. "Users with up-to-date anti-virus software are generally well protected from this and similar viruses."

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