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Why has it taken six years for someone to take a contract out on my life? Or, more accurately, for a scammer to send me an email demanding payment of a bribe in order for him to cancel a supposed contract. The first hitman scam was spotted almost exactly six …

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A recent survey, conducted by IT risk management specialists nCircle, suggests that as many as 50% of IT security professionals think that the organisations they work for are a potential target for state-sponsored hackers. A number that Tim Keanini, nCircle Chief Research officer, thinks is rather on the low side …

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I have an Office 365 account (Hosted MS Exchange). I deleted a few accidentally created calendars in my MS Exchange account. Everything is synced just fine (with the one remaining calendar) in Outlook 2013, my iPhone, and on the Office 365 website. However, the Windows 8 calendar app refuses to …

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Think of spam and chances are your mind immediately turns to China or Russia and messages about sexual dysfunction or a financial deal you cannot believe. Maybe, though, your thoughts should be closer to home. Especially if home is in the United States. [ATTACH=RIGHT]22797[/ATTACH]According to the latest research from security …

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At the risk of being somewhat obsessed by hitmen after [one recent news story](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/441025/dont-be-fooled-by-the-fake-hitman-scam) here at DaniWeb, I'm running another. This time though, it's cybercriminals and hackers who would hold your computer and data to ransom that are the target of a contract killer. The killer in question being the …

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Hey guys, I am having a problem where i want to print a image and a simple string. i would want that when i print i get this on paper : [Click Here For Image](http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9308/wiw.png) I looked up printDocument, printDialog and printPreviewControl from MSDN and got a few examples but …

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You might not have heard about Dirt Jumper yet, but the bad guys have. In fact, the high-risk and highly-effective DDoS toolkit is probably the most aggressive of the malware tools being employed by DDoS attackers at the moment, and the situation is set to get much worse very quickly …

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The latest VIPRE report, detailing the ten most prevalent malware threat detections spotted by [GFI Labs](http://malwareprotectioncenter.com/) and the ThreatNet Detection System, reveals that Google, LinkedIn, Skype and Mass Effect 3 were amongst the big brands being exploited by cybercriminals in order to leverage trust whilst distributing malware-laden emails. As a …

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China may be odds-on to top the medal table at the London 2012 Olympic Games, with less than a week to go, but according to a new report South Korea has the Chinese well and truly beaten as far as malware infected PCs are concerned. And unlike at the Olympic …

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Hi everyone, I wonder if you could help me since a couple of days ago i tried downloading a program and all it has gave me since is a pop up survey that wont go way ive tried clicking the 'x' but it will not shift it wont let me …

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Hi all, does anybody know a good guide (step by step perhaps) that could help me to take apart my dell xps17? COuldn't find that much on google. I have to get to the back and have a look at the power connector thanks

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Whichever browser I have installed (set as my preferred browser) will open a browser window without user input (and one is not open), will reset to the home page if a browser is open, and open another tab or window at random. There are no pop ups, no specific sites …

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I have a HP Pavilion g6 laptop. Currently using Windows 7 32 bit. The problem is I cannot go to Sleep Mode. The 'Sleep' icon is showing Disabled. I want to activate Sleep Mode how do I enable it? Also there is no Sleep icon n my Laptop. In most …

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Hi chaps, I have a problem with my dell xps 17 lappy, the connector for the main is really dodgy inside the laptop itself therefore charging it is a nightmare. I was wondering if there is such a thing as a USB main charger that can be plugged in to …

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Hi techies, I have two problems for which I seek your advise. The first is that Windows is not updating (Automatic Update is on). I also tried to do it manually. Nada. I got this error message "The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are …

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New research shows that hackers are becoming increasingly lazy in their search for online exploits, with 98% of Remote File Inclusion and 88% of SQL injection attacks now being fully automated. It comes as no surprise whatsoever to DaniWeb administrators and moderators that your average cybercriminal is looking for the …

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My company uses a single server to host 3 virtual servers. This post probably sounds like it should be in the servers board, but I believe my question could apply to any standard Windows system. Anyway, the 'virtual' servers data and OS are all stored on a drive on the …

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I have a .txt file and it contains a word and it's meaning. The word and the meaning are separated by a tab. I am noticing different tab sizes for the words i.e. the no. of white spaces separating the word and the meaning are not same for every entry. …

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hi l wanted to ask if it is possible to view multiple MsWord documents in single page (), like what you are able to do with PDF Complete were you are able to open multiple pdfs and they appear in one page/ document as TABS.

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Hi. After part 1 off installing Windows 8 it asks me to remove installation media (USB stick) and it re-starts. when its at the windows logo it starts prepering the unit, at 75% the monitor shows this message (no signal detected) I've tried safe mode, but windows cant complet installing …

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Reports are coming in thick and fast about 'state-sponsored' zero-day exploits hitting business websites in the UK. The latest, disclosed yesterday by [SophosLabs](http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/06/20/aeronautical-state-sponsored-exploit/), involves an as yet unnamed European aeronautical parts supplier and follows on from another the day before involving a European medical company site. In both cases the …

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I'm trying to run a game in Sandboxie and i used to be able to with no problem Upon closer inspection of the sandboxie window and seeing what exactly is being opened up. I see a dllhost.exe appear and then a second one right afterwards. The only way the game …

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something weird has happen; tried to access a file in excel, window pops up says file does not exist..... restart the machine, get blue screen... asks to reinstal from original disk ie repair. Done, machine starts up. Load execel, go to folder...window pops up "short cut to folder missing..." run …

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Hello Daniweb, My name is Peter. I need ur professional help in solving this problem since 3 weeks now. I have been asking same question from one forum to another. Now i am here and i will like to believe that this might be my last bus stop on how …

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I have an XP client connected to our network that appears to be missing random xls files. I have gone through the servers redirected folders for that user and can only find their current files that reside on their laptop. It looks like the files have gone missing from both …

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This is a reoccuring BSOD that I get on occasion. Seems to happen when I'm on the internet, but then again, that's usually why I'm on the computer. Doesn't seem to be a particular site, just seems random. I'm usually typing something on a forum and in the middle of …

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Hello everyone. I would like to know if it is possible to double buffer a .png image using GDI+ Can anyone help me? Below is the code I used to display a png image with alpha transparency, however, I do not know how to double buffer it! Please help. DrawPng …

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I'm having intermittent problems with scrolling via the wheel on my Logitech Anywhere MX mouse. I have been spending a lot of time editing old DaniWeb posts to correct formatting errors so this is where I tend to see the problem as it requires a lot of scrolling. After a …

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