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Windows 7 SP1 Is Now Available.

Windows 7 SP1 can be now downloaded. However, there is nothing urgent about getting the update, I think.
In Japan, Windows Update offers this package, but it isn't checked by default.

Two Windows Security Patches from This Month Blocked VMware Software

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According to VMware knowledge Base, after installing one or both these Microsoft patches 2482017 or 2467023, unable to connect from the View Client on Windows 7 to the View Connection Server.

VMware offers following solutions

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If you have already installed these patches, you can install VMware View Client (build 353760) or uninstall the Microsoft patches.


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If you have not installed these patches, delay the installation of the Microsoft patches until you have installed VMware View Client (build 353760).

Sophos Urged Users to Update to Adobe Reader X

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As you know, Adobe Reader has a lot of vulnerabilities. According to Sophos NakedSecurity, Adobe Reader X stopped malicious PDF spam campaign dead in its tracks.

I took a look at one sample of this family of malware (sha1:ef175336502a0216b4d0830944bc36e8155e0475) in order to see what would happen if I opened it with different versions of Adobe Reader.

When opened by Adobe Reader 8, the PDF displayed nothing, but does attempts to download and run malicious code from a Colombian TLD.

However, when I opened the same file with Adobe Reader X no attack occurs and an error message is displayed:



To download Adobe Reader X, access here.

Microsoft Security Advisory (2501696)

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Microsoft released their security advisory(2501696) on 29 Jan, 2011. This new vulnerability affects all suported Windows version and unsuported Windows version.

There is a problem where a specially crafted web page might be able to get information from you. This security advisory also contains of a "fix it for me”tool. This tool will change registry for you.

However, Microsoft does advise that a side effect may be a lot of pop-up warnings on some sites. If you want to decrease the pop-up warnings, try to add trusted sites to the trusted zone in Internet Explorer.

Note that the side effects only talk about Internet Explorer.

Opera 11.01 Is Now Available

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Opera 11.01 closed the critical hole that was reported my article below.

According to The H :

The updates for all operating systems also correct a browser configuration click-jacking vulnerability and a another that allows web pages to read out local files.

The only new feature included in the update is the support of the window.DOMStringList DOM object. The update also offers various minor improvements and further bug fixes.



Opera 11.01 is now available to download for all supported platforms.

Critical Vulnerability in Opera

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Acording to The H,


French security services provider VUPEN appears to have succeeded in developing an exploit to inject and execute code and has therefore classified the problem as critical.

The problem is said to be caused by a bug in opera.dll when processing HTML files containing selected elements that have a large number of child elements.

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The bug has been confirmed in Opera 11.00 and earlier and 10.63 and earlier for Windows 7 and XP SP3. At present there's no patch or update for the problem.



I think we should visit only reliable sites until Opera releases its new version.

Autumn in Kyoto

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I and my wife went to Kyoto to see the autumn leaves on 29 November,2010.

First we each purchased a one day ticket (\600) of the Kyoto subway. We took the subway from Kyoto to Keage(蹴上).



Keage is a subway station closed to the Nanzenji temple(南禅寺). It was about 10 minutes walk from Keage(A) to the Nanzenji(B).



The Nanzenji is one of the most famous temples in Japan. And it is famous for the beautiful colored leaves in Kyoto.There were a lot of scarlet leaves and a few golden leaves in the Nanzenji. I took many pictures there. Let me show you some of them.











Next, we left for the Zenrinji temple(禅林寺), generally known as the Eikando(永観堂). It is about 10 minutes walk from the Nanzenji(A) to the Eikando(B).



The Eikando is the most famous temple for the beautiful leaves in Kyoto. It is not too much to say that there are all Japanese maples and no other trees. In autumn, the Eikando is always crowded with visitors to see the autumn leaves. I took photographs and let me show you some of them.









We left for the Shokokuji temple(相国寺) because we wanted a hush. We took the subway from Keage to Kuramaguchi(鞍馬口). It is about 8 minutes walk from Kuramaguchi(A) to the Shokokuji(B).



The Shokokuji is one of the famous temples in Kyoto but there is a hush in the Shokokuji because of a few autumn leaves. Let me show you some pictures.











When we arrived at Kyoto station in the evening, there were a Christmas tree that was shining brightly.



Thank you.
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