Category Archives: EN

Anything that does not fit into other categories …

DDK BUILD utility and delay loads

Just found it out, although it’s not hard to find if you know where to look. If you put a line such as the following into your SOURCES file, you will be able to make use of the delay-load-feature that … Continue reading

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Hope for deliverance

… although LS managed to lure another professional into working for them … let me guess, 6 months notice period and a fairly good wage? … there is hope for deliverance. One of my former colleagues and friends, Faik, has … Continue reading

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British humo(u)r

Jihad the Musical

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Dawkins’ “God Delusion”

Although I read through the book already a few weeks ago, some of the theses of Dawkins still keep me thinking. Despite being very witty and despite the good metaphors used in his book, the purpose is clear – consciousness-raising, … Continue reading

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Joanna Rutkowska gets serious ;)

She and a partner, Alexander Tereshkin, have published the source to BluePill, or rather a rewrite called New BluePill (NBP), since Rutkowska’s previous employer owns the rights to the original one: http://www.bluepillproject.org The source is a little flawed, at least … Continue reading

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Confession of a Windows developer

… I’ve been a Debian fan for a while and after managing different machines as well as the server on which this blog runs, it’s only natural that I installed Debian on my primary machine now as secondary operating system. … Continue reading

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I’d be worried, I suppose. Are you?

Does this sound familiar to anyone who had history lessons in school? (b) “Catastrophic Emergency” means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, … Continue reading

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Gute Neuigkeiten

Heise meldet: unter dem Titel “GDatas Antivirenlösungen für Unternehmen ohne Kaspersky-Scanner” … “[…] Stattdessen setzen die Produkte für Unternehmen in den aktuellen Versionen auf die F-Prot-Engine von Frisk […]”. Ich wußte es ja schon ein Weilchen, aber da es jetzt … Continue reading

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Good morning buggers …

… it’s System Administrator Appreciation Day again. How about thanking your sysadmins today with a cake, or a beer, or some really geeky presents? Well, you get the idea. Don’t miss it – an administrator that feels neglected may quickly … Continue reading

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From Dusk Till Dawn

One of my favorite movie characters, Ambrose Bierce (played by Michael Parks) in “The Hangman’s Daughter” about the bible: Ambrose Bierce: My singular critique of the good book … is, that its covers are too far apart. Mary Newlie: Excuse … Continue reading

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Mr. Hilter’s hike to Stalingrad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jONlvmr1ESE

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Everyone knows it, right?

Corrine knows it, LS – of course – knows it and I’ve been told by a mail through my webinterface a few days ago. Ann-Christine Åkerlund, CEO of LS, is leaving the company and retiring in the beautiful homeland of … Continue reading

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Hostility … ehrm … hospitality of Bavarians

Hilarious Monty Python sketch! PS: The German is not perfect, but perfectly understandable and the accent of Cleese is ->

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Little correction required!

As reported earlier, LS claimed here that the “free AAW” was just a “preview”. Nice PR gag, only a few questions left, such as why the users had to find out about this easter-egg (no announcements until after it was … Continue reading

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Incredible – Germany made it back into the “axis”

Is this true? 😯 Ukraine, Uganda, UK, USA, UAE … // Oliver

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The “Punch and Judy show” continues …

Laughing is a healthy thing to do, right? But thanks to LS I can’t stop laughing anymore now. This whole story with the “preview” which was never actually announced, but then got “updated” (or “fixed”) is so sad that you … Continue reading

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“Fiascos Continue in LavaLand”

Corrine, over at her Security Garden has posted a nice blog entry called “Fiascos Continue in LavaLand” concerning the current crisis. I like the last part best: However, based on the number and type of job openings now appearing on … Continue reading

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Confirmed: it was only a “preview”!

Alright, a buggy “preview”, but it was “a preview” of Ad-Watch as LS Tobias tells us in this reply. So that’s what it was all about, just an ordinary preview. The preview has now been fixed 😆 … if you … Continue reading

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“Is There Any Reason For Users Of Free Version To Download Ad-watch Update?”

Yes, dear lee88. In fact this update might fix the problem that the freeware was fully functional. I have to take it on me, because my blog entry was likely one reason for them to publish this fix or even … Continue reading

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Get Pro or Plus? Why bother?! (Update)

Earlier today I posted some info about the new enhanced “free” Ad-Aware 2007. Since some claims surfaced that this doesn’t work after reboot, I have to set it straight. I started Ad-Watch straight after installation from the desktop icon! Next … Continue reading

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