Microsoft has warned users of Windows worldwide about a vulnerability in Windows Video ActiveX control. This vulnerability may allow malicious attackers to take over the control of a user’s PC, if they can make the user visit a website having malicious code embedded into it. Minor attacks have already been launched by several attackers on the internet, probably for testing the potential of the exploit. All users of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are vulnerable to these attacks.

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In spite of shutting down most major spam ISPs across the globe, the total amount of spam messages has risen considerably, according to a report created by none other than Google. The search engine giant reported recently that average volume of spam messages was as much as 53% higher in the second quarter of 2009 versus the first quarter.

MX Logic, an e-mail and web security organization produced a more detailed report, stating that the volume of spam had increased by 51% in June 2009, 35% in May 2009, and 40% in April 2009. The organization also stated that e-mail based spam was at its highest point by percentage since 2006, when image based spam had beaten these figures.

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When you work on your PC every day, you probably run several executable files, i.e., .exe files. Have you ever wished to open two executable files simultaneously? Let us suppose that you have to use Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint simultaneously every day. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just double click and open one executable file? This will save considerable time and hassles. But how can that be possible?

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Port scanners are software utilities that can scan your PC, identifying open ports through which your PC can be accessed from outside sources. In case you didn’t know, ports are entry points, using which software utilities installed on your PC can ask for CPU resources from the operating system. It is through those same ports that these utilities can connect to the internet. The problem with the process is that others can also tap into these programs using those same ports, whatever their intentions may be.

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Sony PSP (or PlayStation Portable) is quite a versatile console with support for multiple types of files. It is not just a gaming console, supporting video and audio files in multiple formats as well. You can easily turn it into your very own portable movie player, web browser, PDA device, and even digital walkman.

First off, let’s make this very clear that PSP does not support all types of files. The older versions of PSP do not support any types of music files except those in MP3 format. WMA and WMV files cannot be played on these versions. The support for these files was, however, included in later version of PSP.

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Gamers need high end powerhouse PCs in order to run their games at high frame rates. As such their system resources are much higher than PC users. When gamers are playing games on their own, they may get silky smooth frame rates out of their powerhouse rigs.

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Determining whether your PC has been infected with a virus can be a tricky job. Even experienced PC users can fail to identify the symptoms of virus infection correctly. This is because the symptoms of viruses are often similar to those that are visible in cases of hardware failures or software malfunctions. Also, viruses can often embed themselves within ordinary files, or “pretend” to be ordinary files by themselves. However, there are some standard symptoms that indicate a virus infection of your PC.

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