Virus Fears with Skype at The VoIP Weblog

Be careful what you clickThe coolest VoIP out there now has a PR nightmare to overcome. Tuesday saw a security update to correct a serious bug that could allow a Hacker to take over a subscriber's windows PC. The company also advised that Skype could be manipulated when an infected vCard is transferred between users. The other vulnerability that was fixed on Tuesday could only be exploited in a denial-of-service [...] Read More


Skype unveils Skype 2.6 with features exclusive for Mac at The VoIP Weblog

Skype has gone ahead and unveiled Skype for Mac 2.6 which is the latest offering for Mac users. Every time Mac users were given a raw deal in comparison to Windows but this time Mac users will get to taste a new feature before Window users. This is the call transfer feature which lets ongoing call to be transferred to another Skype use on their contact list. Some other new [...] Read More


Free Video Calling. Courtesy Skype for Mac 2.0 at The VoIP Weblog

Please welcome Skype's cross platform support which enables its 113 million to make free video calls world wide by using either the Macintosh or Windows platform. The beta version of the Skype for Mac 2.0 enables Mac user to make free video calls on Skype irrespective of whether they are using the Mac or Windows platform. Now with Skype for Mac relish free one-on-one video calls within the Skype window [...] Read More


Google sends out a virus at I got Spam?!

50000 Google video subscribers received Kama Sutra virus to their inboxes last week, compliments of Google, reports ZDNet: "W32/Kapser.A is better known as the Kama Sutra worm. Some antivirus companies raised an alarm about the threat in February, but it ultimately shriveled. Kama Sutra was designed to overwrite files on infected computers on a specific date. However, the worm, which spread under the guise of pornographic content, caused virtually no damage." So, [...] Read More


More anti-virus tools at HackITLinux

Matt Hartley over at Linux Fanatics gives us a brief update on the available anti-virus tools for Linux. Whilst it is definitely not an exhaustive list, it pays to be familiar with these tools. What is rather interesting is that the Asus Eee PC comes with none of these anti-virus tools but it comes with its own Xandros anti-virus tool. I have yet to use any anti-virus tool on my Linux [...] Read More