For those users keen on installing Firefox Add-Ons (I have to agree that I am one... I love installing different add-ons and testing them... Not the beta ones though. They crash... Often.), think again about installing that new ultra shiny plugin.
Mozilla warns on the 7th of May that a Firefox Add-On that has a malicious adware code in it has been downloaded thousands of times over the past few months.
That particular add-on was the Vietnamese Language Pack for Firefox 2. The Mozilla Security Chief states that users that have downloaded the Vietnamese Language Pack from February 18, 2008 and above had the certain malicious code in the language pack. She also said: "Mozilla does virus scans at upload time but the virus scanner did not catch this issue until several months after the upload. Mozilla is now going to add additional scans of its software to prevent this kind of thing from happening in the future."
The adware that was in the language pack was the Trojan Xorer but just displays annoying banners.
The language pack is very popular among users and has been downloaded 16K+ since the release of the add-on in November.
Users that have downloaded this particular plug-in in the certain time frame should disable this immediately.
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Contributing Author
Source: NetworksAsia
May 8, 2008
Firefox AddOn Comes with Adware...
May 2, 2008
Product Review- Avira AntiVir Personal
Product Review-Avira AntiVir Personal
Vendor: Avira GmbH
Type: Antivirus
Platform: Windows XP/Vista
Download Link: Free-AV.Com
Rating: 4.5/5
Avira AntiVir Personal from Avira GmbH comes back with a faster scanning speed and a new look. Best of all, it's free of charge.
Avira has it's well known "umbrella" logo and simple but unique interface. Now it has been upgraded to a sleek, silverish look. The upgrade comes free, as always, to users using the (Free) Avira AntiVir Personal. Existing users can upgrade to it by right clicking the antivirus icon and clicking "Start Update".
The whole new interface has been applied to most (I think all) of the Avira windows-The control panel, the updater, the scanner, ...
As announced on the website, the scanning speed has been improved by quite a lot. I can now see that the bar is moving faster than the old version of Avira.
Unlike some free trials that disable updating after a certain time (Usually 30 days), the "Avira Guard" and the update system remain intact (If you download the Avira AntiVir Personal). Some setbacks are that the Updater has low piority (Premium and paying users get higher piority) and that an advertisement (No viruses, adware, or other such. The advertisements only try to convince you to upgrade to Avira AntiVir Premium...)
Avira's scanning options are very flexible, with the options of scanning the Local Drives, Local Hard Drives, Removable Drives (CD, USB, things that are plugged in to the computer that is a storage area and can be pulled out), Windows System Directory, Complete System Scan, My Documents, Active Processes (This scan is very useful if you don't want to slow down your computer that much but want to see if theres any viruses running, although full system scan is more effective.), Rootkit Search, and Manual Selection (You select the drives that are to be scanned.)
Avira comes with it's own "AntiVir Guard", which scans on demand. Avira also comes with a quarantine area where infected files are stored and cannot do harm while in quarantine.
You can schedule scanning times and there is a section set aside that features the scanning reports.
Overall, Avira is very good but the looks make it go down. The full scan scanning is very powerful but takes a while to sift through your files.
Avira's interface is very easy to work about and the options for Avira is customizable.
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Contributing Author
Byzone V2.0
Byzone is now out of it's beta stages and is at V2.0. A new layout has been made and hopefully it shouldn't load that slow. I tested it and got a 13.33 seconds fully loaded time.
I'm going to post more often now... I hope.
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Contributing Author
April 28, 2008
MillionBloglist
Hey Guys,
Check out the MillionBloglist. This is a cool experiment to see how long it takes to put a million links to blogs on this website. Go and submit your blog there. :) (This is in Wiki format so you can add/edit your/the page. Just don't vandalize it though.)
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Contributing Author
April 26, 2008
Service Review-Piczo
Service Review-Piczo
Type: Free
Platform: Should work on all Platforms that have a browser and internet connectivity.
Format: Browser Based/Javascript
Notes: May need flash, javascript plugins and cookies enabled to use/view this site/service.
URL: www.piczo.com
Piczo was one of the first websites that I used a couple of years ago to build my first website. This website is quite good for beginner bloggers and website makers, but this is not flexible enough. It is moderately hard to organize but beginners will find it really easy to use because each section of the website can be moved to anywhere onto the website.
This website has a good community and there are extras such as a button where you could rate the Piczo site that you are at, built in hit counters, and more.
The design has been upgraded since the last time I used it and is quite pleasant to use if you are a beginner.
The web builder features a text based window where you can add functions to the website and supports some HTML and Javascript.
Unfortunately unlike Blogger, this does not have a RSS feed system so bloggers may like to steer away from this.
The good thing about this service is that it has a simple picture upload area and you can easily make your own albums online and share it with your friends and family.
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and CEO
April 25, 2008
Minor Updates/Adjustments
I'm currently using the time today to make some minor adjustments to the website and fixing some dead links that I just found. The Tribal Wars review is currently on hold right now because Lucario, a Tribal Wars player is currently busy and so is Leez Shadowing. I'll be posting other tech-related subjects instead.
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Contributing Author
April 23, 2008
Game Review-Travian
"Hello LeezShadows, what was your first impression of Travian?"
LeezShadows says: "Well, Travian was a simple impressive game," "The gameplay was quite good but the graphics could be improved."
FyreVortex then asked: "What do you think about Travian's overall loading speed? After all, Byzone considers Travian as one of the lightweight online browser RTSes."
"It's quite fast but it's a bit slow in loading." Says LeezShadowing. "It can be improved by downloading a graphic pack onto your computer and loading graphics through that instead. By doing that, it'll boost the speed up."
We then talked about the gameplay. "Yes, it's very good for business people who are bored," Leez chats, "The buildings will build by themselves and the resources will drain in even if you're logged off."
Well, we've taken enough time from LeezShadowing the RTS "Specialist" now.
Travian, overall is a good game if you want a simple but straight forward game and fast loading graphics, but if you want to start wars "early", then you should read our next Byzone Game Review... Tribal Wars.
This is from FyreVortex, Byzone Founder and Contributing Author.
April 22, 2008
Game Review-N Ninja
Game Review-N Ninja
Type: Free
Platform: Windows XP (Tested on SP2). There are versions for Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard.
Format: Online-Flash
Download-Application
N The Way of The Ninja (Usually called N Ninja, N, N The Ninja, ...) is a simple, yet mind puzzling and strategy game. This game uses basic platforms but do not be fooled... These are not easy (Unless... 1)You're a Pro 2)You cheat 3)You use the "Practice Mode", which lets you skip levels.) levels...
The story starts like this: (I'm going to summarize it for you) A Ninja is following the way of N and each episode it has a certain amount of lifespan. It's ultimate goal is to reincarnate and beat past all the episodes...
... Well, that's my summary of the story. You can download N The Way of the Ninja here.
(This link should work, but to take some precautions, please have your antivirus and antispyware turned on.)
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Author
April 21, 2008
Game Review-Air Assault
Game Review-Air Assault
Type: Free
Air Assault is a captivating game where you can pilot a helicopter and go on missions. You have the option to either play solo or go in co-op mode with your friends. (Co-Op may go slow and lag for some computers that have low tech specs.)
As you go between the levels you can unlock special helicopters, missiles, and even more! You can download it at GameTop.com.
-FyreVortex
-Byzone Founder and Author
