The PWS-Zbot.gen.ab trojan is your standard, generic trojan that infects your computer and then uses your machine as a host to connect to other machines on the Internet. PWS-Zbot.gen.ab specifically targets common Windows executables like: explorer.exe, taskhost.exe and ctfmon.exe.

You’ll typically become infected with a trojan like PWS-Zbot.gen.ab through spam email or accidentally running a program that contains the virus. PWS-Zbot.gen.ab can easily be removed from an infected computer by running most of the popular antivirus applications. Specifically, McAfee’s antivirus software has a known fix for PWS-Zbot.gen.ab removal so installing and scanning with their program should solve almost all PWS-Zbot.gen.ab problems.

The newest release of WordPress, version 2.7.1, is available for download at WordPress.org. For those of you using version 2.7 currently the update to 2.7.1 is a breeze. Simply click on the link at the top of the admin and WordPress will upgrade itself automatically.

This is without a doubt the greatest new feature in the 2.7 version of the WordPress software. Previous versions has the ability to automatically upgrade plugins from within the admin but the ability to upgrade the core software was missing. This meant each time there was a new release people with multiple WordPress blogs had to FTP up the new files to each of their sites.

Automatic updating of the WordPress core has saved bloggers a ton of time in keeping their software current. This ease of upgrading also does great things for WordPress security because any means to make patching holes in the code easier helps prevent the spread of security leaks and problems.