Software protection required?

I know that they are good but are they THAT good.
What do people use to protect Macs. For PC I use Kaspersky and have no complaints but I don't use anything for my Mac.
Now my email account has been hacked and so I am trying to find out what the world wide community is useing.
Thanks
DaveCoo

Hi Dave ...
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Open System Preferences / Preferences then select the Network tab. Click the Advanced tab then click the DNS tab.
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Enter these addresses exactly as you see them here.
208.67.222.222
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Then click OK.
More about OpenDNS here.
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As far as anti virus software goes, both ClamXav and Sophos are recommended on these forums and they are both free.
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Now my email account has been hacked
Changing your email password on a timely basis can help prevent that from happening.

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Software protection for Mac OS X

Reading discussion on http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/041709-first-mac-os-x-botnet.html?page=1 makes me believe that I need to have a software protection.
Can somebody indicate me a software to keep my MBP protected (OS X, Snow Leopard).
Thanks

I understand that is usefull have an A/V installed, even though there is no viruses for Mac. Is that correct?
Depends on your situation. I haven't run, or even installed AV software on any Mac I've owned for the past 11 years. I'll try to explain why.
1) There are a few Mac viruses out there. BUT, they died with OS 9. More specifically, they died with OS X, 10.5.x Leopard when it was no longer possible to run OS 9 as Classic within OS X. Even then, if you managed to pick up one of those few, and not even very harmful viruses, they would only affect OS 9 running within the Classic environment since they can't run in OS X.
No one has successfully created a virus which can run in OS X in the over 10 years it's been around.
2) Doesn't mean someone won't eventually succeed. Until then though, you're wasting a lot of CPU time guarding against nothing. And when a virus does come out that works in OS X, your AV software will still be useless against the initial attack since all AV software works by finding known threats. It can't protect against something it's never seen before.
Heuristics are no help, either. AV software uses this technique to help identify new, previously unknown threats by recognizing similarities to known malware. Since there are no viruses for OS X, there's also nothing for heuristics to compare against, so it will still miss the first viruses.
3) Your biggest defense is between your ears. Don't download illegal software. It's intentionally loaded with malware. If an admin box pops up asking you to confirm something when you haven't done anything to prompt such a request in the first place, DENY.
It kind of takes the fun out of surfing the web, but infected and purposely malicious sites have killed casual use of the web. Even known, "safe" sites aren't necessarily safe. Look at Google Images. You can bet they aren't happy about all of those infected images that prompt the automatic Javascript download of the current Trojan apps pretending to be Mac AV software. Someone managed to hack into and infect a large part of their servers.
4) Where you may not have a choice is in a business. Most require AV software on each and every station. Being on a Mac doesn't give you special dispensation. While there are no viruses for the Mac, you could easily forward a Windows virus attached to an email you received to someone else running Windows. That user and your IT department would not be happy with you.
So in my personal opinion, AV software is a complete waste of disk space and system resources at this time. Especially for a Mac in your own home. Just watch out for the few known Trojans.

Software Protection Code

What to do when you entered all the require info JDE System Values screen and when try to log in received a Code 4- Software protection code invalid (SPC or Maximum users).
I enter on the web site to generate my key but keep getting the same error. The SPC is the one generated from the website and the Max users=20.

I am not sure if there is a place to download a software protection code. So much has changed since JD Edwards was bought by Peoplesoft, and Peoplesoft was then bought by Oracle, and I have not needed to deal with SPC in many years. You definitely need a support agreement for JDE World to even be able to get a software protection code generated. You would need your AS/400 serial number and other processor information. You definitely want to contact Oracle support (JDE World portion) to find out how to get the software protection code. Oh, doesn't your install instructions have instructions on how to obtain and install the Software Protection Code. It should have that information.
By the way, when you say standalone on your machine, are you talking about a PC? If you are, then you might be in the wrong forum. JDE World can ONLY be installed on an IBM AS/400 computer. It cannot run on a PC. So you may be working with JDE Enterprise One (One World). If you are trying to install JDE Enterprise One, there is actually a separate forum for that. If you go back to the forum home and scroll down past JDE World, you will then find the JDE Enterprise One forum. So you would want to post this item there if you truly are trying to install Enterprise One on a PC.
Technically there is a large difference between World and Enterprise One.
John Dickey
Edited by: John Dickey, McCarthy on Apr 28, 2010 9:12 AM

Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application - multiple copies of Office 2013 x32 failing to start, Software Protection Service timing out

We're experiencing a growing problem with our users in several different domains running in to Microsoft Office 2013 x32 'activation' issues. We use KMS for licensing, which works properly, but some of the machines (~20-30 out of 1000+) sporadically
throw the following error:
'Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application. Microsoft Office will now exit.'
We know it's not an issue with the licenses per se, since they work on and off and we can force KMS activation correctly / talk to the KMS servers.
It appears to be an issue with the Software Protection service not starting properly. In Event Viewer, we see the following:
'Software protection service failed to start due to the following error- the service did not respond in a timely fashion.
Event 7000'
This is occurring on a variety of machines in a variety of environments, all fully patched with the latest Office updates. It's inconsistent, and the 'manually restart the Software Protection Service' solution is not viable as it's occurring on many
different workstations. Office repairs have also been unsuccessful.
Has anyone else come across this? Or have any idea why the Software Protection Service might be sporadically failing? Maybe an Office update in the last 2-3 months?
Thanks for any info.

We're experiencing a growing problem with our users in several different domains running in to Microsoft Office 2013 x32 'activation' issues. We use KMS for licensing, which works properly, but some of the machines (~20-30 out of 1000+) sporadically
throw the following error:
'Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application. Microsoft Office will now exit.'
We know it's not an issue with the licenses per se, since they work on and off and we can force KMS activation correctly / talk to the KMS servers.
It appears to be an issue with the Software Protection service not starting properly. In Event Viewer, we see the following:
'Software protection service failed to start due to the following error- the service did not respond in a timely fashion.
Event 7000'
This is occurring on a variety of machines in a variety of environments, all fully patched with the latest Office updates. It's inconsistent, and the 'manually restart the Software Protection Service' solution is not viable as it's occurring on many
different workstations. Office repairs have also been unsuccessful.
Has anyone else come across this? Or have any idea why the Software Protection Service might be sporadically failing? Maybe an Office update in the last 2-3 months?
Thanks for any info.

Unable to restart the Microsoft Software Protection Platform service from command line - Win81 MS Office 2013 SP1

I'm unable to restart the Microsoft Software Protection Platform service on a Windows 8.1 laptop for MS Office 2013 SP1 (32-bit) using the following command:
cscript ospp.vbs /osppsvcrestart (issued from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15)
When this is run, a window appears with the title ospp.vbs and the text "Error: The Software Protection Platform service is not installed"
I verified that the service is installed in services.msc, and was able to manually stop and restart the SPP service in the Services console without issue.
The command runs correctly when restarting the MS Office 2013 SPP on Windows 7 devices.
Has anyone else seen this or have a solution for it?
The reason that I am attempting to restart the service from the command line is because this command is part of a script to change the KMS server IP Address used by OSPP prior to software activation.
The only other options that I have at this time is to ask the users to reboot, or manually force a reboot. This is both time consuming and disruptive to the users.
The Fix It tool to remove MS Office 2013 was run, and the MS Office 2013 software was successfully reinstalled after a reboot. The software was successfully activated. When the command was run, it produced the same exact error.

Hi,
I am able to reproduce this on my own machine, but in my case, I don't see the specific service running in the Services console.
I would like first confirm that whether you've the right service running on your Windows 8.1 system. The display name of this service should be "Office Software Protection Platform", service name is "osppsvc".
You can also check this by going to below path where you should see the executable file (OSPPSVC.EXE) if the service is installed on your system (in my case, the folder is empty):
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform
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Excel Crashes every time Software Protection Service initialises.

Hello,
I was wondering if I could get some help. I have an issue whereby Excel 2013 seems to crash what seems like randomly, however when I look in the event log it seems to be every time the Software Protection Service initialises while Excel is running.
I have never seen this happen myself, as it's one of my clients machines, but can confirm each time he says it happens in the event viewer.
If you look in the event logs, you have events in this order:
Information 21/01/2015 08:41:25 Windows Error Reporting 1001 None
Error 21/01/2015 08:41:16 Application Error 1000 (100)
Information 21/01/2015 08:26:42 Office Software Protection Platform Service 903 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:24:09 gupdate 0 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:41 Office Software Protection Platform Service 1003 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 1003 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 902 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 1066 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 900 None
(apologies, I can't add screenshots until my account is verified)
As a test, I disabled Software Protection Service temporarily and this seemed to resolve the issue, until we reactivated windows and the service resumed it's duty.
The Application Error is
Faulting application name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4675.1001, time stamp: 0x546b48ea
Faulting module name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4675.1001, time stamp: 0x546b48ea
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x01048117
Faulting process id: 0x16dc
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0355348958758
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE
Report Id: 43277be8-a149-11e4-a4e8-54cf862e3812
Windows Error Reporting
Fault bucket 723233751, type 17
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: EXCEL.EXE
P2: 15.0.4675.1001
P3: 546b48ea
P4: EXCEL.EXE
P5: 15.0.4675.1001
P6: 546b48ea
P7: c0000005
P8: 01048117
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\166375830.cvr
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Parts Front Counter Margin Review\Parts Front Counter Margin Review 2014 - 2015.xlsx
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Parts Front Counter Margin Review\Daily Parts Front Counter Review - January 2015.xlsx
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Service Hours Review\Daily Service Hours Review - January 2015.xlsx
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRC0D2.tmp.cvr
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\WERB271.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
These files may be available here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_EXCEL.EXE_b5544b4064a603f11dd95207c57fc6dc7418de9_2c0ad29d
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 43277be8-a149-11e4-a4e8-54cf862e3812
Report Status: 0
I have tried reinstalling Office, I have tried running with addons disabled. Does anyone have any ideas about what I can try next?
Thanks in advance for your time.
Kind Regards,
Jamie

Hi Jamie,
Does this only happen to Excel 2013? What about other Office applications?
Office Software Protection Platform Service is responsible for the verification of your Office licensce, please first check the activation status of your Office installation.
Since you've mentioned that "disabled Software Protection Service temporarily and this seemed to resolve the issue", I would also suggest we first try below steps and see if issue persists:
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform and rename
tokens.dat to tokens.old.
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\Cache
and rename cache.dat to cache.old
Restart your computer, then launch excel and check again.
Please feel free to post back with any findings.
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TechNet Community Support
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I need to upgrade my first generation Macbook Air to Lion OS x10. I need to install software that requires 10.7 also a java update that requires 10.7. I am currently on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and my macbook Air 1.1 will not go up to Mountain Lion. The lion s

I need to upgrade my first generation Macbook Air 1,1 to Lion OS x10. I need to install other software that requires 10.7 also a java update that requires 10.7. I am currently on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and my macbook Air 1.1 will not go up to Mountain Lion. The Lion software update 10.7 is no longer available from the store or downloads.
Where do I get this?
It was only released a couple of months ago.
I really feel disinfranchised already by not being able to upgrade and keep up with other software needs but to not allow me to update to my full capacity is really ridiculous.

@Jennacide wrote:
It was only released a couple of months ago.
OS Lion was released 16 months ago... in July 2011.
Lion Tech Specs > http://support.apple.com/kb/SP629
To upgrade to Lion...
Contact Apple in your Country to Purchase a Snow Leopard Disc...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
In the US...
1-800-MY-APPLE or 1-800-676-2775
After the Successful Install, run Software Update to get the latest updates...
Be sure to make a Backup of your Current System Before Upgrading...
Also... Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

Software Protection service broken

Out of the blue today a Server 2012 R2 Standard became un-activated. When I try to activate it it says it cannot at this time. Looking at event viewer I see error 7000 and 7009 mentioning Software Protection as failing to start due to the following: The
service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. Manually starting the service results in the same error 1053, service did not respond to the start or control request etc.
Rebooted multiple times, all windows updates installed, sfc scanned twice the system to no errors found etc. At this point I cannot find any cause for this problem and no solution ive implemented works. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi Nexworks,
Did you installed anti-virus software in the server ?
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Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

I'm trying to install Microsoft Office 2010 Professional. I am running on Windows 7 Home Edition 64-bit. I have previously installed the Microsoft Office 2010 Professional trial version, but later uninstalled it when the trial ran out.
I have tried changing the permissions in Office software Protection Platform. I've also tried running a bat file (it didn't run) and I also tried giving the system all network controls as MS has insisted. Nothing has worked yet. Please help.

Hi tronixmart, the problem is not a bad key. . .
First of all, if you are using Win 7 Home Premium (as I am), Home Basic, or Starter, you will not have a Local Users and Groups option. It is only for Win 7 Ultimate, Professional, or Enterprise.
Jennifer Zhan's second suggestion regarding the changing of 'This account' to 'Local system account' under the "Log on" tab in the properties window of Office Software Protection Platform is better, but still not adequate. If you try this, as I
did, and then manually start Office Software Protection Platform before continuing the Office 2010 installation from the point of error, you will receive a new surprise. The Error 1920 message goes away, but then it is replaced with an oh-so-descriptive dialogue
box telling you that "Microsoft Office 2010 installation encountered an error." Nice.
Changing 'This account' to 'Local system account' is useless, because after the error described above, the system somehow reverts the log on selection for Office Software Protection Platform back to 'This account,' with 'Network service' selected by default.
The better solution is to give the user account called 'Network service' full permissions for the appropriate folders and registry entries. Simply follow these instructions I found on another forum:
In Windows Explorer:
Right Click on the folder OfficeSoftwareProtection Platform
from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared and Microsoft from
C:Program data(hidden folder) Properties > Security > Edit > Add > Type Network Service > OK > Check the Full control box > Apply and OK.
In Registry Editor (regedit.exe):
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID registry >Right Click on the folder > Permissions > Add > TypeNETWORK SERVICE > OK > Check Full Control > Apply > OK
This worked for me and many others with the same problem, and took mere minutes to do.

What additional software is required to make Itunes player work on Windows 7?

What additional software is required to make Itunes player work on Windows 7? I don’t have Java installed
I can not fill out the form fields when singing up, I had to use I.E. 11 to get the apple ID. I couldn’t enter my credit or debit card number in the field or any other info in any of the fields.
Is there a program I can download from apple, to see if my computer can run itunes?
Is there any windows security software that may block itunes inadvertently?
Thank you in advance

What additional software is required to make Itunes player work on Windows 7? I don’t have Java installed
I can not fill out the form fields when singing up, I had to use I.E. 11 to get the apple ID. I couldn’t enter my credit or debit card number in the field or any other info in any of the fields.
Is there a program I can download from apple, to see if my computer can run itunes?
Is there any windows security software that may block itunes inadvertently?
Thank you in advance

CRM ISA Software Components required for Netweaver CE 7.1

Hi Experts
We are planning to migrate CRM ISA Application to Netweaver CE 7.1 environment. Currently we are in Netweaver 7.0 portal in which our CRM ISA 5.0 component is running.
What are the Software components required for CRM ISA to be compatable for Netweaver CE 7.1 environment.
Basically we need to know the SCA versions for CRM ISA compatable for Netweaver CE 7.1
Any kind of documentation which describes SCA's and installation steps are very much helpful
Thanks,
cnu

Hi cnu,
Information about CRM Java component should be described in master guide, for example CRM 7.0 , these components are
SAP Shared Java Applications 7.0
SAP Java Data Dictionary 7.0
SAP CRM Java Applications 7.0
SAP Shared Java Components 7.0
SAP Shared Web Components 7.0
SAP CRM Java Components 7.0
SAP CRM Web Components 7.0
SAP IPC Mobile 7.0
TeaLeaf 4.5
you should be able to find the SCA files in service market place using these component name.
Interesting to know why would you migrate from 7.0 to 7.1? or you just want to PoC? I don't think SAP will you support you unless you have made a very good deal with them.
I also heard the version of web channel will bring some really good feature though it's still based on NW 7.0 with ehp, are you going to "migrate" it once again?
good luck,
Denny

Pop up message: Norton Confidential cannot protect you while you use this version of Firefox(18.0 current). Phishing Protection requires Firefox 1.5 or later(?

I am currently using Firefox version 18.0 yet when I open Firefox, I always get this pop up message:
“This version of Firefox is not supported by Norton Confidential. You will not be protected while browsing the Web.
Norton Confidential cannot protect you while you use this version of Firefox. Phishing Protection requires Firefox 1.5 or later.”
Do you know what is causing this? This started when I updated to Firefox 16.0.2. Am I at risk?

You may find information on Norton's own forums about this.
I am not sure that any protection against phishing provided by Norton is going to be better than the protection that Firefox offers by default.
* see http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/
I can not recommend that you downgrade to an earlier unsupported and insecure version of Firefox,because that WILL increase the security risks.
* [[Install an older version of Firefox |do not]] Install an older version of Firefox

Software Protection Serive Stops running

Hi
I am having an issue with the "Software Protection Service" on a number of our Windows 2012 R2 RDS Servers
Basically the following happens, after a reboot the service fails to start with a Timeout error (A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Software Protection service to connect.) (The Software Protection service failed to start
due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.)
Our System Info:
Windows 2012 R2 - fully patched (from windows updates)
Various Applications installed (Office 2013 on some and Office 2010 on others)
All Licensing done via KMS
All servers have similar GPO's applied (not all exactly the same but similar)
Current Work Around
1) Uninstall KB2928680 and reboot
2) If service does not start again (test via services.msc) - at this point it generally restarts - re-install KB2928680 and reboot
Wait till next occurrence of issue
Any Ideas ?
Anyone had a similar issue ?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks in advanced

I never meet this issue, but i found the simlar problem.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6f986797-0db9-454d-9979-dbc625f09b82/failed-to-schedule-software-protection-service?forum=winservergen

Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start

Hi,
We're seeing an error in the event log and it seems that the permissions are okay. Also, drilled down to the task and got a popup message: Task SVCRestartTask: The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP
Date: 3/9/2015 6:21:28 PM
Event ID: 16385
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: server1
Description:
Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at 2015-03-16T18:15:28Z. Error Code: 0x80041321.
Event Xml:

Hi Nostar,
It seems the scheduled task "SvcRestartTask" has been corrupted, and please try to replace this task and follow the steps below:
1. Export the "SvcRestartTask" task in task scheduler, and save this .xml file as "oldSvcRestartTask", this steps is used to backup the current task.
2. Delete the SvcRestartTask task under the path Microsoft|Windows|SoftwareProtectionPlatform in Task Scheduler .
3. Make sure the SvcRestartTask file was removed from C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform folder.
4. Export the "SvcRestartTask" task from other running server with the same Operating System Version, and copy the exported .xml file to current Server with the name "SvcRestartTask".
5. Select the SoftwareProtectionPlatform branch of Task Scheduler (Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > SoftwareProtectionPlatform). Right click on it and select "Import Task", and import the "SvcRestartTask.xml"
file.
6. Check the Evnet Viewer.
To export and import Task in task scheduler, please refer to these articles:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709661.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722156.aspx
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Unacceptable behavior from software protection service

I was using computer with windows 8.1 and everything shuts down and reboots. I look at system logs and it states System unexpectedly shut down. Also Computer was improperly shut down. I go to application and find entry Successfully scheduled
Software Protection service for restart at 2114-06-12T18:34:09Z. Reason Rules Engine. If user has administrative rights there should be override of this since it did not show an error state. Are they trying to make the OS less and Less useful?
I have a temperature sensor running and cpu was 60 degrees below max temperature.
PS last update broke my combo plug headset. System has forgotten how to set the single combo plug for input and output. I have a feeling it involves RealTek drivers again. It also affected Intel audio too.

Hi,
Many reasons could caused the computer shutdown expectedly.
Was this behavior regular?
Please check if there any schedule task is configured to carry out this operation.
Run this command:
schtasks /query /v /fo LIST
If there is no clue, perform a Clean Boot to see if there is any third-party software conflicts.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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