BlogEngine.NET 1.6 got released. You can download it here
For those who receive a steady dose of comment spam (and who doesn’t!), a new powerful Comment Management and Comment Spam Filtering infrastruture has been added in version 1.6. Comments across all posts can be viewed, edited, deleted or approved in one convenient area. Comments can still be manually moderated, but now moderation can be automated by running comments thru remote or local comment spam validation services. Anyone can easily build new comment spam filters and plug them into BlogEngine.NET. It’s just as simple as adding custom Extensions and Widgets is.

The other notable feature in version 1.6 is support for multiple widget zones. You can now place widgets anywhere on your site, and even move widgets from one zone to another.
he following new features and changes are in version 1.6.

* Centralized Comment Management
* Automated Comment Spam Filtering with ability to plug-in custom Filtering modules
* Multiple Widget Zones (details)
* Referrers data and Blogroll items now stored in Database when using the DB blog provider.
* Unsubscribe Link in Comment Notification Emails
* Referrer Data can be Stored for more than 7 days.
* Blogroll items can now be Ordered.
* Newsletter Widget more Intelligent - Emails sent when a post is going from an Unpublished to Published state.
* Twitter Widget - New options and improvements
* Page Slugs now saved in Database.
* New Logging system to Track events and errors.
* Unhandled Exception Handling
* Fixes to Comment Notification Emails not being sent out correctly in some cases.
* Outgoing Email improvements
* Many other improvements and fixes

Now a days it is very important that all machines disable their auto play feature to stop the spreading of virus from portable disks. If auto play is enabled, the virus scan spread as soon as the drive is plugged into the system, if the drive is infected. Follow the below mentioned steps to disable auto play in XP Pro machines.

1. Win dows XP Pro users: Click Start and then click Run. Type gpedit.msc and click OK. The Group Policy window will open. In the left pane, double-click Administrative Templates
2. In the right pane, double-click System, scroll down the list and double-click Turn Off Autoplay
3. In the Turn Off Autoplay Properties window, select Enabled. From the dropdown next to Turn Off Autoplay on, select All drives and then click OK. Exit Group Policy by selecting File, then choosing Exit from the menu.

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