Smadav 2009 Rev. 6.0

Smadav 2009 Rev. 6 akhirnya dirilis ke publik setelah disempurnakan dan dites selama sebulan lebih di lab Smadav. Revisi kali ini adalah revisi terbesar yang pernah dilakukan di Smadav. Bisa dikatakan ini adalah versi terbaik Smadav yang pernah ada. Sangat banyak penyempurnaan yang dilakukan, penyempurnaan utamanya adalah pada engine scanner, fitur karantina, proteksi registration key, penanganan error, dan masih banyak lagi. Untuk yang lebih lengkap silakan lihat di daftar paling bawah.

Pada Rev. 6 kali ini telah ditambahkan pendeteksi dan pembersih tuntas 100 virus lokal terbaru, diantaranya yang sedang banyak menyebar adalah Virus AlbumBokep, Yuyun, Deadlock, Fullhouse, dll. Mulai saat ini Smadav akan lebih akurat dalam penghapusan/pembersihan file, file document (doc atau xls) sekarang sudah dapat dibersihkan dari infeksi virus tanpa perlu mengkarantinanya. Rev. 6 menggunakan Teknik scanning dan heuristik baru yang lebih cepat dan akurat baik untuk mendeteksi virus yang sudah ada di database maupun virus varian baru.

Berikut ini adalah daftar lengkap Penyempurnaan Smadav 2009 Rev. 6 :


[General]

* Karantina jauh lebih sempurna dan ditambah fitur Enkripsi
* Penyempurnaan proteksi Registration Key untuk mencegah pembajakan
* Penambahan tombol fix all pada form minimize
* Posisi koordinat form/window Smadav akan tersimpan ketika exit
* Bug/gagal melakukan restore file karantina jika path asal file sudah digunakan file lain
* Bug/gagal melakukan explore folder jika nama folder memiliki karakter koma (,)
* Bug/crash pada beberapa keadaan saat Smadav aktif sebagai guest di Windows XP
* Tidak lagi terlalu banyak mengakses floppy
* Penyempurnaan tampilan form pada beberapa bagian
* Penyempurnaan fitur message dan exit pada form minimize
* Dapat menampilkan MessageBox Unicode


[Scanner]

* Smadav akan menyarankan Anda untuk melakukan Full Scanning setelah pembersihan infeksi
* Tombol untuk menampilkan smadav.log setelah scanning
* Smadav sudah dapat menulis Smadav.log dalam teks Unicode atau ANSI
* Perbaikan bug/gagal menampilkan dan menghilangkan beberapa tombol di Scanner pada keadaan tertentu


[Scanner-Engine]

* Penambahan database dan pembersihan tuntas 100 virus lokal terbaru
* Engine utama telah disempurnakan sehingga jauh lebih stabil, cepat, dan akurat
* Teknik Heuristik baru untuk mendeteksi virus VBS tanpa perlu database
* Teknik Heuristik baru untuk mendeteksi shortcut virus
* Pembersih file doc dan xls yang terinfeksi virus
* Pembersihan tuntas Virus Lokal baru : Virus AlbumBokep, Deadlock, Fullhouse
* Pendeteksi Virus Alman, Conficker dan Fusion Virus
* Pendeteksian File Test Eicar (Standar pengetesan virus internasional)
* Pembersih file host
* Perbaikan False Positive pada heuristik VBS
* Kode (API) lebih cepat untuk pembacaan command line proses virus VBS

[SmaRTP]

* SmaRTP jauh lebih stabil dan lebih ringan
* Fitur Uninstall untuk meng-uninstall proteksi Smadav dari sistem
* Flashdisk yang baru dicolok akan langsung di-scan Smadav
* SmaRTP akan mengunci file virus ketika terdeteksi sehingga file tidak bisa diakses
* Penyempurnaan proses penghapusan SmaRTP lama kemudian meng-update-nya dengan SmaRTP terbaru
* Perbaikan bug pada Vista, Scanner gagal dibuka dari tray icon Smartp.
* Klik kanan "Scan with Smadav" hanya dipasang ketika SmaRTP di-install
* [Smadav Pro] Password hanya ditanya ketika exit SmaRTP, pengubahan setting, dan penggunaan tools.
* Perubahan struktur folder Smad-Lock
* Tidak melakukan scanning system/registry ketika Auto-Scan Flashdisk (Choi)

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Microsoft offers open source link for PHP,

San Francisco - Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism Interoperability team is introducing on Friday an open source project to bridge PHP and Microsoft's .Net programming model, Microsoft representatives said.

The company's PHP Toolkit for ADO.Net Data Services uses REST as a bridge between Microsoft's software platform and the popular PHP scripting language, said Peter Galli, Microsoft open source community manager, in a blog entry. With the kit, developed by Persistent Systems, PHP developers can more easily take advantage of ADO.Net Data Services, which are a set of features in the .Net Framework for building and consuming data services from the Web. The services previously were referred to as Project Astoria.

[ Earlier this week, another Microsoft executive detailed plans for dynamic scripting languages accommodations in Visual Studio 2010. ]

The services "expose a wide range of data sources through a RESTful service interface," Galli said. Full support for ADO.NET Data Services is offered in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 platform.

At design time, the PHP toolkit generates proxy classes based on metadata exposed by ADO.Net Data Services. Developers can call from their code these classes at runtime, for programming against ADO.Net Data Services using local PHP classes.

"Using RESTful services over HTTP, the communication between the PHP application and ADO.Net Data Services is taken care of by the PHP proxy classes and the toolkit libraries, but of course you can look at (or edit) this code," said Claudio Caldato, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft's Interoperability Technical Strategy team, also in a blog.

Funded by Microsoft, the PHP toolkit is available the Microsoft CodePlex site for open source projects. Microsoft also has partnered with PHP tools vendor Zend Technologies to accommodate PHP within the Windows platform. (Choi)

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Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal

SAN FRANCISCO - The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the library.

Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are joining a coalition that hopes to rally opposition to Google's digital book ambitions and ultimately persuade a federal judge to block or revise the Internet search leader's plans.

The group, to be called the Open Book Alliance, is being put together by the Internet Archive, a longtime critic of Google's crusade to make digital copies of as many printed books as possible. A growing number of critics already have filed objections to Google's book settlement, but none have the clout that the Open Book Alliance figures to wield with three of the world's best-known technology companies on board.

Peter Brantley, the Internet Archive's director of access, provided some of the details about the alliance's members and objectives in a Thursday interview. Both Microsoft and Yahoo have confirmed their intention to join the alliance. Amazon declined to comment because the group hasn't been formally announced yet. The Open Book Alliance also will include an assortment of nonprofit groups.

Among other things, the alliance will try to persuade the U.S. Justice Department that Google's broad settlement with authors and publishers could undermine competition in the digital book market just as more consumers are gravitating toward electronic readers like Amazon.com's Kindle.

In a bit of irony, the alliance is working closely with Gary Reback, a Silicon Valley lawyer who helped convince the Justice Department to file an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft that tormented the software maker during the late 1990s. Reback didn't respond to a message left late Thursday.

The Justice Department already is assessing the possible fallout from Google's book settlement, which is scheduled to be reviewed by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in an Oct. 7 court hearing in New York.

Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon all have financial reasons for objecting to the class-action lawsuit settlement that Google reached with authors and publishers 10 months ago. Amazon may have the most at stake, given that it's a major book seller and is mining the Kindle for even more sales.

Google plans to offer free access to some books through its search engine and sell others as part of a registry that will share revenue with authors and publishers if the class-action settlement is approved.

Opponents of the deal believe it will give Google too much pricing power, and have raised concerns about the company's ability to stockpile more personal data about the users of its search engines by tracking what they're reading.

"We see many disadvantages in this settlement," the Internet Archive's Brantley said.

Others see tremendous benefits. A wide cross-section of libraries, colleges and authors have endorsed Google's book settlement.

Mountain View-based Google argues that the settlement will be a boon for consumers, who will have easier access to potentially valuable information now gathering dust in remote library shelves. And, Google says, authors and publishers will be able to make more money from out-of-print books.

"The Google Books settlement is injecting more competition into the digital books space, so it's understandable why our competitors might fight hard to prevent more competition," Google spokesman Gabriel Stricker said. "That said, it's ironic that some of these complaints are coming from a company that abandoned its book digitization effort because it lacked 'commercial intent'."

Stricker was taking a stab at Microsoft, which abandoned its efforts to make digital book copies to focus on more profitable online opportunities.

Microsoft and Yahoo could be hurt if Google's expanded index of digital books propels even more traffic to its search engine. If that were to happen, Google might process even more search requests than it already does, allowing the company to show more of the text ads alongside search results that generate most of its revenue.

Hoping to siphon advertising away from Google, Microsoft and Yahoo last month announced a planned partnership in search. The proposal, which still must be approved by the Justice Department, calls for Microsoft to run the search engine on Yahoo's web site in return for 12 percent of the revenue generated by accompanying ad sales. (Choi)

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Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone

SEATTLE - Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device — yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.

"Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it," Apple said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission.

The FCC is looking into Apple's block on the Google Voice app as part of a bigger examination of the consumer implications of practices in the wireless industry. It sent questions to Apple, Google and AT&T Inc., the only wireless carrier to offer the iPhone in the U.S.

AT&T and Google also responded with letters to regulators Friday. AT&T said Apple did not consult with the company before turning Google's program down. Google kept confidential the parts of its letter describing Apple's reasons for rejecting Google Voice.

Google Voice gives people an additional phone number that's not tied to any one phone line. People can program the service to direct incoming calls first to a cell phone, then a work number and finally a home number, for example. Users can set up voicemail and have Google Voice e-mail transcripts of their messages. It can also be used to send text messages and place calls — even international ones — at low rates paid to Google, not the carriers. Those calls do burn regular cell phone plan minutes, but the idea has still prompted widespread speculation that Apple and AT&T saw a Google Voice app for the iPhone as a potential competitor to their monthly mobile plans.

Apple said it rejected the program because it replaces the iPhone's own interface for making calls and sending text messages with a Google version. The company said it blocked three other developers' phone programs for the same reasons.

Apple said it also was concerned that the app would send the contents of people's iPhone contact lists to Google's servers.

"We have yet to obtain any assurances from Google that this data will only be used in appropriate ways," Apple said. "These factors present several new issues and questions to us that we are still pondering at this time."

The Google Voice snafu comes as competition between onetime allies Apple and Google is heating up. Google has its own cell phone operating software, called Android, and it recently announced plans for a computer operating system that could challenge Apple and its Macs. Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, resigned from Apple's board in early August, after regulators from the Federal Trade Commission began questioning whether his dual role would make it easier for the two to collude in ways that would diminish competition.

In its response, AT&T told federal regulators Friday that it's not privy to Apple's iPhone application vetting process and played no part in blocking Google Voice. AT&T said the two companies have discussed a handful of programs but not Google's.

Apple's iPhone apps store on iTunes set off a wave of similar digital shops from competitors including Microsoft Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. Outside software developers sign up to get the programming tools necessary for building the apps, then submit them for review and sale on a central site.

Apple has been quiet about the details of its vetting system, which has been criticized as a black box by developers whose apps have been rejected. Some say they submitted apps and waited months, only to be rejected without much of a reason why.

The backlash has grown as some programs have slipped onto the app store that have raised eyebrows — including one game that mimicked a wailing baby and required users to shake the iPhone to extinguish the cries.

In its letter to the FCC, Apple disclosed some aspects of the review process. The company said it gets about 8,500 app submissions a week, some brand new and some updates to existing programs. Apple said more than 40 people work full-time to review the apps, and that at least two look at each one. The team reviews 95 percent of them within two weeks, and about 20 percent are not approved on the first try.

Apple said most of the rejections are due to glitches in the application itself, but that it also rejects programs that "degrade the core experience of the iPhone."

Google told the FCC that iPhone owners can use a Web browser version of Google Voice, but its features are limited. Google's response was redacted to cloak Apple's explanation for the rejection, and Google had no immediate comment on Apple's claim that it is still considering the program.

Apple and AT&T's letters also laid out their agreements regarding Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, programs for the iPhone. Such services let people make calls using Wi-Fi or the cell phone data network instead of using up calling minutes.

AT&T said that under their agreement, Apple would not approve a VoIP app without AT&T's consent. As time went on, AT&T said it told Apple that it does not object to VoIP programs that use Wi-Fi. Apple has approved VoIP applications from eBay Inc.'s Skype, among others, that work over Wi-Fi. (Choi)

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Microsoft Perkenalkan Era baru WebCam

Jakarta - Kini Microsoft memulai langkah baru. Sebuah sejarah baru bagi divisi hardware Microsoft. Pasalnya mereka luncurkan produk web-cam terbaru, yang mampu menampilkan kualitas video hingga resolusi 720p secara wide-screen. Nantinya pengguna bisa menikmati layanan ini pada Windows 7 dan Windows Live Movie Maker, yang didesign hingga resolusi HD 1080p.

" Kita telah memulai bekerja dengan LifeCam Cinema sekitar setahun yang lalu. Seiring dengan trend penggunaan widescreen pada monitor, kini situs jejaring sosial pun telah menggunakan fitur wide-creen, pada live chatnya."

Ia menambahkan bahwa nantinya LifeCam Cinema akan menjadi era baru bagi penggunaan WebCam. Pasalnya pengguna dapat mengupload foto-foto kualitas HD secara wide-screen, kemudian saling berbagai foto tersebut di internet.

Microsoft nampaknya tidak 'pelit' terkait produk barunya tersebut. LifeCam pun kabarnya juga dapat digunakan pengguna yang melakukan sharing video via YouTube ataupun Facebook. Lebih jauh lagi produk baru Microsoft ini konon juga didesign bagi kondisi minim cahaya, dengan frame-rate mencapai 30fps.

Microsoft juga perkenalkan LifeChat LX-1000 headset, yang mampu menampilkan audio kualitas tinggi, dan memiliki Microphone yang mampu mereduksi noise. LifeCam Cinema akan menyambangi pasar September mendatang, dengan kisaran harga US $ 79.95. Sementara LifeChat LX-1000 berharga sekitar US $ 24.95. (Choi)

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Penampakan: Grafis AMD Pertama Dengan DirectX 11

Jakarta - Mungkin kabar yang paling ditunggu dari AMD adalah mengenai peluncuran kartu grafis pertama mereka, dengan DirectX 11, yang dikabarkan bakal segera dirilis kuartal empat tahun ini. Sayang hingga kini belum ada berita resmi dari AMD terkait hal ini.

Kini 'penampakan' dari produk misterius terbaru AMD tersebut telah bocor di internet. Berdasar sebuah artikel yang bersumber dari chiphell, sebuah foto kartu grafis misterius tersebut kini marak menyebar di dunia maya. Sayang belum ada data yang menyebutkan spesifikasi dari kartu grafis tersebut, sehingga menimbulkan keraguan apakah kabar ini benar atau tidak.

Dari gambar yang diperoleh detikINET, sekilas kartu grafis misterius ini mirip dengan Radeon HD 4770 ber-arsitektur 40nm, yang diluncurkan AMD sekitar awal tahun ini. Kartu tersebut seperti dengan dual-slot cooling solution, serta memiliki banyak slot. Jika diperhatikan sebuah slot DVI, HDMI, serta DisplayPort output telah ada, dengan 1GB GDDR5 VRAM. Sementara itu 6-pin PCIe plug nampak pada bagian bawah kartu tersebut.

Jika benar ini adalah kartu grafis pertama AMD yang siap dengan DirectX 11, kita tentu berharap bahwa AMD segera meluncurkan produk ini seiring dengan peluncuran Windows 7. Hingga kini belum ada konfirmasi lebih lanjut dari AMD terkait hal ini. (Choi)

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ASUS Segera Luncurkan Nettop Berbasis Ion

Jakarta - ASUS dikabarkan akan meluncurkan PC mungil Eee Box dan Eee Top all-in-one berbasis grafis NVIDIA Ion, September mendatang.

Nettop terbaru dari ASUS tersebut memang akan memulai debutnya pada bulan depan, seiring dengan hadirnya 2 jenis netbook tipis seri U/UX.

Berdasar sumber data digitimes, Eee Top tersebut disebut bakal memiliki ukuran sebesar 20 inchi. Sementara untuk prosesornya sendiri menggunakan prosesor Intel dual-core Atom, yang performanya melebihi single-core Atom N270.

Diperkirakan Eee Top tersebut akan menyambangi pasar dengan kisaran harga US $ 668, sementara untuk Eee Box berkisar US $ 304. Di lain pihak HP juga dikabarkan telah mendekati vendor PC yang terletak di Palo Alto, California, untuk bergabung dengan grup NVIDIA Ion bandwagon. Rumornya HP juga akan meluncurkan netbook berbasis Ion, September mendatang. (Choi)

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