Author Archives: Oliver

PuTTY Key Generator

To create a public/private key pair for use in PuTTY (i.e. OpenSSH and so on) use the following method. Get Puttygen Start Puttygen, a dialog like this will be

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DDKWizard and DDKBUILD.CMD updated

The fixes in DDKWizard are minor except for one. This one requires manual fixing in old existing projects that have been created using DDKWizard. The problem is described in section 5.1 “Important change in version 1.1.1b”. As for DDKBUILD there … Continue reading

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Eugene Kaspersky worried about increase of malware

Read the article by yourself on Heise: Kasperskys worry about malware and hit out at Microsoft. I would therefore like to see a kind of internet Interpol. Even the best security software will, on its own, soon no longer be … Continue reading

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Wie jetzt, Borland/Codegear?

Delphi 2007 for Win32 ist also erschienen. Soll ich jetzt also updaten weil das Produkt so cool und endlich wieder schnell ist, verliere dann nur leider die anderen BDS-Produkte, die ich im Moment inklusive habe? Irgendwie fehlt mir da die … Continue reading

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Yay, indeed a nation down the drain …

A two-part video at Youtube ([1], [2]) – and more can be found under the search term “Jesus Camp” – gives a frightening insight into the insanity of evangelicals or Christian fundamentalists as a whole. I wonder whether any one … Continue reading

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Is that an official statement, LS?

I wonder whether this is an official statement on behalf of Lavasoft. Alright, there have been other statements from the PR spokesperson which are not much better, but this one is really frightening (emphasis mine): That being said, we are … Continue reading

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Русский юмор :)

Осторожно 😉 http://karaul.ru/10.11.2006/3 Удалить? http://karaul.ru/15.09.2006/7 Правда жизни http://karaul.ru/12.09.2006/6 Ужосно! Майкрософт, конечно … http://karaul.ru/08.08.2006/14 Американский юмор? http://karaul.ru/01.08.2006/9 Хобби Путина? http://karaul.ru/18.07.2006/2 … не только французского фана 😉 http://karaul.ru/13.07.2006/3 Мечта! http://karaul.ru/12.07.2006/3 Ага http://karaul.ru/30.06.2006/3 Shit happens … http://karaul.ru/28.06.2006/9 Украинский SUV? http://karaul.ru/26.06.2006/10 А где Едгар? … Continue reading

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Three in a row … LS wins!

Just kidding. … but if you didn’t notice, that is the 3rd article in a row dealing with LS. Apparently “defiance” got a job at Lavasoft. Congratulations, “defiance”. However, “defiance”, I think your Swedish is fairly bad for a Swede … Continue reading

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They are begging for PR!

LS is begging for PR it seems. There you go … Strange though … who is that third face from the right half-hidden behind a glass? Looks like I know the person, but she looks completely different than on this … Continue reading

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Who would have thought it?

ME ME ME Until today in the afternoon there was a rating facility in the “Lavasoft Beta Community” which was even used by some users of the community. The latest rating for me I was aware of was 5 out … Continue reading

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Wenn man was sucht …

… geht man normalerweise Pfade die bereits einmal zum Erfolg führten. Meine Suche nach WiX-Material (klingt schlimmer als es ist :mrgreen:) führte mich auch prompt zu einem alten Bekannten. Danke Mathias! // Olli

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Too sad … cannot beta-test my “favorite” application

When trying to register for the public beta of Ad-Aware 2007 I was amazed the server actually told me … quote: Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /downloads/data/www/htdocs/lavasoft/public_html/support/securitycenter/config_beta_application.php on line 3 Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: Access denied for user ‘www’@’localhost’ … Continue reading

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Updates in the IDA SDK 5.1 …

Since it is always exciting to find new features, I thought it would be good to put up a list of the changes introduced into the IDA SDK since version 5.0! This should allow all plugin writers to get a … Continue reading

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American spelling only, please!

Today I had a good laugh when I visited this page and the accompanying list of rules (or “commandments” :mrgreen:). Despite the bias in this so-called “encyclopedia” whose only purpose is to replace the oh-so-biased Wikipedia there are some really … Continue reading

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Where else in the world? (#2) …

Where else in the world would you find web addresses such as myip.is or pen.is … if not in Iceland … It must be the Brennivin which causes this 😉 // Oliver PS: Intentionally not linked.

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Good point(s)

Microsoft Virtualization Licensing and Distribution Terms … from the competitor’s perspective. // Oliver

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Also jetzt reicht’s mir mit dem Saftladen 1blu

Vorweg ein Hinweis! 2007-06-18: Die EDV Beratung Weiss GmbH stellt richtig: Auf Ihrer Seite assarbad.net befindet sich ein Blog-Eintrag, der zu Unrecht unsere Firma in Verbindung mit Mahnungen von 1blu bringt. Wir haben weder mit dem Mahnversand noch mit der … Continue reading

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Eeek, a subtle bug in beta 6 of DDKBUILD.CMD

Sorry fellows, please bear with me. The last version of the DDKBUILD.CMD script misbehaves if you set a variable inside the pre/post-build scripts and expect that variable to propagate beyond the script’s execution. Thanks to my colleague Kristmundur here at … Continue reading

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Please keep foolin’ us – we like it, thanks :)

Last night I commented on the chauffeur of LS and still he didn’t make it into the “hall of fame” of LS’ management as logistics manager. I am one of the lucky ones to know his name and how he … Continue reading

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Where else in the world? …

Where else in the world are all Police motorbikes from Harley Davidson? … must be Iceland again! But for something more serious which fits well under the same heading. A blogger in Egypt has received a prison sentence for: “inciting … Continue reading

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