Category Archives: EN

Anything that does not fit into other categories …

The day we put Windows under GPL

A few weeks ago some people were trying to convince me (but they didn’t manage to) that any program that loads a library (i.e. binary) which is under GPL has to be under GPL automatically as well. Now, this viral … Continue reading

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The pope

Gefunden im Heise-Forum: The pope arrives in heaven, where St. Peter awaites him. St. Peter asks the pope who he is. The pope: “I am the pope.” St. Peter: “Who? There’s no such name in my book.” The pope: “I … Continue reading

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Hallo aus Wien

Einige werden es bereits aus privaten Konversationen wissen, der Rest weiß es eben jetzt … ich halte mich als einer von sieben Vertretern von FRISK Software in Wien bei der Virus Bulletin Konferenz 2007 auf. Hier trifft man nette Leute … Continue reading

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DDKBUILD.BAT updated

OSR just updated their DDKBUILD.BAT to version 6.11! If you use this version, I recommend to update. As usual either at OSR Online or at the DDKWizard homepage. // Oliver

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comdef.h in the WNET DDK is flawed

#if defined(_COM_SMARTPTR) #if !defined(_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF) #if defined(_COM_SMARTPTR_LEVEL2) The error was: comdef.h(266) : error C2004: expected ‘defined(id)’ comdef.h(266) : error C1012: unmatched parenthesis : missing ‘)’ // Oliver

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Getting the SIDT base address with Delphi

function GetSIDTBaseAddress: DWORD; assembler; asm sub esp, 8 // create stack frame sidt qword ptr [esp] mov eax, dword ptr [esp+2] // write into EAX for return value add esp, 8 // clean up stack end; … or if the … Continue reading

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DDKBUILD.CMD fix for RC2 (makes RC3)

Hey. For those among you, who have actually updated to RC2, here is a little fix, if you like manual patchwork. If you prefer the easy way, just download RC3 here. Apologies! This fix is yet another issue that can … Continue reading

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How to know you are a hacker

… you open the mail which says “New PE patch” without the slightest doubt, that it could be anything but the patch for a PE file.

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“All Americans are stupid!”

Yeah, now that I have your attention, let me make my point. First of all, I hate generalization, thus of course not all Americans are stupid. Secondly, I hate if someone says “Americans”, but actually means “US-Americans”. Check it out … Continue reading

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Patriot Day … so so

A few days ago our Führer proclaimed September the 11th “Patriot Day 2007”. Since this date (2001-09-11) was so redefining for many other Western countries in that politicians are removing one by one our civil liberties and rights, I think … Continue reading

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Two bytes make the difference

… had to update the DDKWizard 1.1.2 setup. It won’t matter for those who downloaded it before. The only difference is, that the version shown in the dialog that allows you to choose the options was changed to 1.1.2 now. … Continue reading

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DDKWizard 1.1.2 released

It has been almost half a year since DDKWizard got updated last time. But now it’s time for an update. Some accumulated reports of glitches and issues – especially those that bugged me most in daily use – got me … Continue reading

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Farewell, Pavarotti!

Luciano Pavarotti died yesterday at an age of 71 years. Since I enjoy(ed) his music, I just want to pay tribute to his work with this blog entry. Most of all I liked the way he reached out to other … Continue reading

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DDKBUILD release candidate 2 (update #1)

This release fixes minor issues found to cause DDKBUILD.CMD to fail under certain conditions, especially when either the DDK/WDK or the project was located in a folder that contained spaces or that had long (folder/file) names without spaces. One common … Continue reading

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NO, I WILL NOT COMPLY! PERIOD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbNIU2KEz4g

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Cool, LS at Virus Bulletin Conference

… although LS is not quite in the AV-business (yet? ), they promise – i.e. their CEO, Jason King, promises – that LS will show up at the Virus Bulletin Conference in Vienna in September. What a lucky occasion. So … Continue reading

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More reasons not to visit the US :)

One of the comments to the article is also hilarious: A US citizen was once asked,”If you hate this country so much why don’t you live somewhere else?” to which he replied, “Because I don’t want to be a victim … Continue reading

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Moan my IP

www.moanmyip.com made my day!

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Worth a look (or two)

http://research.microsoft.com/invisible/

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WTF?

The terms and conditions of the air carrier where I just booked a flight states: The taxes and charges the air carrier currently has to pay to governments, authorities, airports and others, are: Overflight charges Passenger taxes Navigation levy Landing … Continue reading

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