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Consumer Spending Another Drag on the Economy!
August 11th, 2010. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
Most of the time in American history it’s been a good thing that Americans love to spend, a good thing that consumer spending accounts for 70% of the U.S. economy. Remember the recession of 2001? After the September 11 terrorist attacks drove consumers inside in fear, the consensus was that the recession could not help but
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Billy spells it out to Forest
August 11th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
BILLY Davies has warned Nottingham Forest must be “humble” in their expectations for next season. The Reds manager hopes to forge another challenge that will this time take the club into the top fligh
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But it can be a slippery thing.
August 3rd, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
Trust is an interesting concept. By the time you get to work in the morning, you may have chosen to trust or not trust a dozen people. When you turn on the weather channel, you are choosing to trust t
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Unemployment Extensions Wednesday July 14 2010 HR 4213 HR 5618 – FAITH
July 31st, 2010. Published under Unemployment. No Comments.
*** THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF A TWO PART SERIES *** PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH BOTH… Hello my fellow unemployed, I come to you as ONE of your partners in this, please watch the video. The time for PRAYER is NEEDED not HATE. I TRUST after you watch this video you will leave ARMED with the KEYS to OPEN those doors that have been slammed LOCKED your faces.
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Europe is Jumping the Gun by Removing Stimulus!
July 29th, 2010. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
Last winter, global central banks were in agreement, assuring markets that stimulative policies would remain in place until a durable global economic recovery is secured, that “pre-mature withdrawal of stimulus would be avoided, and when the time arrived the withdrawal will be globally co-operative and undertaken in a coordinated way.” It sounded easy at the time,
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Cap and Trade is Dead: Who’s Really to Blame? – TIME (blog)
July 22nd, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Cap and Trade is Dead: Who's Really to Blame? TIME (blog) The headline has been written countless times, but this time it is true: carbon cap-and-trade of any sort will not come out of this Congress—and perhaps it … and more
Loneliness is a sad companion
July 16th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. men’s softshell I love to be alone. I never found the companio
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Loneliness is a sad companion
Federal Trade Commission Proposals to Reform the Debt Collection Industry
July 14th, 2010. Published under Business Scams, Scams. No Comments.
The Federal Trade Commission has made recommendations to fix the badly broken debt collection industry, especially debt litigation and arbitration. One of the biggest problems is that debt collection attorneys file complaints against consumers and upwards of 90 percent of the time have no physical proof that a debt is owed or that they are suing the proper person(s). These sorts of questionable debt collection lawsuits are exactly why the book “ Stick it To Sue Happy Debt Collectors ” was written. The book levels the playing field and gives consumers a very high chance of beating erroneous and highly questionable lawsuits in court. The book is written in an easy to understand manner and simplified steps on fighting debt collectors and their attorneys.
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June 29th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
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June 23rd, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
Something really extraordinary courage, they have to follow to see that she really any results. Osa went to office, sweaters mine owners often work here to this time. When she walked into the hall whe
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Quick Change Scam Alert – KTVO
June 16th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Quick Change Scam Alert KTVO At the time of the scam , the suspect was wearing white shoes, blue jeans, a plaid shirt and a beige ball cap . The suspect approached a cashier to make a …
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U-Haul and its Parent Company Settle FTC Charges That They Invited Competitors to Fix Prices on Truck Rentals
June 9th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
U-Haul International, Inc. and its parent company today settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the FTC Act by inviting U-Haul’s closest competitor, Avis Budget Group, Inc., to collude on prices for truck rentals. U-Haul and Budget control more than 70 percent of the “do-it-yourself” one-way truck rental business in the United States. If U-Haul had succeeded in its price-fixing plan, the two companies could have imposed higher prices on truck-rental consumers, according to the FTC. “It’s a bedrock principle that you can’t conspire with your competitors to fix prices – and shouldn’t even try. Consumers deserve better. The order announced today will ensure that U-Haul will not try it again,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. The FTC’s complaint alleges that on several occasions between 2006 and 2008, U-Haul tried to increase rates for one-way truck rentals by privately and publicly communicating with Budget, the second-largest truck rental company in the United States. However, the complaint does not allege that U-Haul and Budget actually reached an agreement. As alleged in the complaint, the problems started after U-Haul’s CEO and Chairman Edward J. Shoen discovered in 2006 that competition from Budget was forcing U-Haul to lower prices on its one-way truck rentals. In two company-wide memos in 2006, Shoen acknowledged the problem and provided a solution. For example, Shoen wrote: “Budget continues in some markets to undercut us on One-Way rates. Either get below them or go up to a fair rate. Whatever you do, LET BUDGET KNOW. Contact a large Budget Dealer and tell them. Contact their company store and let the manager know.” At the same time, the FTC charges, Shoen told local U-Haul dealers to talk to their counterparts at both Budget and Penske – another truck rental competitor – and tell them that U-Haul had raised its one-way rates, and that they should now match U-Haul’s higher rates. The complaint alleges that Shoen invited Budget to collude again in 2008 after Budget declined to match U-Haul’s price increases – this time, during a conference call with industry analysts. During the call, Shoen made statements suggesting that U-Haul would raise its rates, and would maintain the new rates so long as Budget did not respond by price cutting in a way that took market share from U-Haul. He added that Budget need not match the U-Haul prices exactly, but could lag behind by three to five percent. The proposed settlement order against U-Haul and its parent company AMERCO bars them from colluding or inviting collusion. Specifically, the companies are prohibited from inviting a competitor to divide markets, allocate customers, or fix prices, as well as participating in, maintaining, organizing, implementing, enforcing, offering, or soliciting any other company to engage in such conduct. The order also includes monitoring and compliance provisions to ensure U-Haul and AMERCO comply with its terms. It will expire in 20 years. The FTC vote approving the complaint and proposed settlement order was 5-0. Commissioners William E. Kovacic, J. Thomas Rosch, and Chairman Leibowitz issued a joint separate statement that can be found at: http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/0810157/100609uhaulstatement.pdf . The statement noted that Congress gave the FTC authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act to stop unfair methods of competition beyond the antitrust laws, but it is not itself an antitrust law and does not on its own terms create treble damages liability. The order will be subject to public comment for 30 days, until July 9, 2010, after which the Commission will decide whether to make it final. Comments should be sent to: FTC, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. To submit a comment electronically, please click on the following link: https//public.commentworks.com/ftc/U-HaulAmerco . NOTE: The Commission issues a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The issuance of a complaint is not a finding or ruling that the respondent has violated the law. A consent agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission of a law violation. When the Commission issues a consent order on a final basis, it carries the force of law with respect to future actions. Each violation of such an order may result in a civil penalty of up to $16,000. Copies of the complaint, consent order, and an analysis to aid in public comment can be found on the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. The FTC’s Bureau of Competition works with the Bureau of Economics to investigate alleged anticompetitive business practices and, when appropriate, recommends that the Commission take law enforcement action. To inform the Bureau about particular business practices, call 202-326-3300, send an e-mail to antitrust@ftc.gov , or write to the Office of Policy and Coordination, Room 383, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. To learn more about the Bureau of Competition, read “Competition Counts” at http://www.ftc.gov/competitioncounts .
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Does Windows 7 Offer Increased Protection Against Brute Force Password Attacks?
May 26th, 2010. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
When you think of attacks on your computer you probably think of the attacks coming from intruders on the outside of your network. But, unless you are on a home network, then there are plenty of forces inside of your corporate network that would love to take it down. The person who tries to take it down may have several issues that are causing this behavior – They may be doing it for the money, meaning someone on the outside is paying them to cause damage to your internal network. Alternatively, they can be upset about the way that they were treated recently. When someone feels that they were wronged, sometimes they can take these types of hostile feelings to the extreme and attempt to retaliate against the company. This may lead them to doing something as boneheaded as trying to take down the company’s network. Even if they are not an advanced black hat hacker, they can find some of the tools that they will need to accomplish this over the internet – you do not need to be a genius hacker to be able to take down a network from the inside – all you need is that one right tool. Does Windows 7 Offer Sufficient Protection In This Area? One of the tools that an attacker from the inside would need is something that would allow them to get your password and username. The username may be a little easier to get than the password but, with the right software tool, the password is not that hard either. An attack that is easy for just the average person to pull off is called a brute force attack . Unfortunately, even though Windows 7 has prepared for a lot of attacks against its software, it is still susceptible to a brute force attack. A brute force attack is when a piece of software just starts to throw out random information in the hopes that it can find the password that an administrator has used to secure their system. It attempts to query the system over and over again until it guesses the right information. Once it does, it then saves the information and uses it at another time. There are different variations of a brute force, such as a dictionary attack , but no matter the variation it can prove to be a very effective attack for someone that is new to hacking. If you have been on the underground scene for a while then you would know that there are quicker ways to get into someone’s computer other than a brute force attack. A brute force attack would be the last option for someone who has had a lot of experience. Microsoft has increased its security a great deal with Windows 7 but a brute force attack may be hard for even them to stop. There are certainly ways to block it, but all a person needs is time and the right time pattern and then they can just make the attempts to guess the password look more natural. Try to make sure that your computer has limited access at work – you do not want anyone trying this with your workstation. Read more on Windows 7 Security Does Windows 7 Offer Increased Protection Against Brute Force Password Attacks? is a post from: Security FAQs
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How Could A New ATM Rootkit Turn The World Of Banking On It’s Head?
May 24th, 2010. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
The world of banking online is a scary place. People hear all of the news on television about the many break-ins that happen so, even though they may still do it, they are nervous about putting their numbers onto the site. Many of these same people have no such apprehension when they use an ATM machine outside. They feel no pressure that they are going to be robbed or that it is even dangerous to use but the fact is that there are more and more attacks being leveled at ATMs all of the time. ATM Rootkits The bad guys have found out that they are not as secured as people think, so they have found ways to bypass the security. But for the average person there is even more disturbing news that is coming out about the safety of these machines – there are hackers that have figured out a way to place a Rootkit inside of an ATM machine . This is bad news for everybody. So far this attack is not in the wild and it was discovered by security researchers. Even though it was only recently discovered it doesn’t mean that bad guys won’t have it soon – Black hat hackers are always trying to find new and creative ways to exploit anything that will make them money – so it is likely only a matter of time before they figure out how to do this as well. Some people reading this story may have heard of a Rootkit but they do not realize how dangerous it really is. A Rootkit allows a program to sit on a computer and not be able to be detected by the operating system or other software programs that normally detect viruses. It takes a special software program to be able to detect a Rootkit so for someone to be able to install a Rootkit inside of an ATM machine is a big deal. The rootkit could hide inside of it, functioning in a way that would allow the program to be able to capture the banking information of the people who are using the ATM machine. It can then take that information and send it to a server that will store it. Since the infection is a Rootkit it may be able to sit there for months at a time before anyone was able to discover it. With that much time to sit there and gather information, it could possibly gather hundreds of thousands of banking credentials. That is a lot of people that can be put at risk. Luckily for us, the technology that goes into being able to detect a Rootkit has improved over the years – we are now able to detect them better than we were ever able to before. Since we know that an ATM machine is now able to be attacked we can use this knowledge to come up with a solution before there is even a major problem. The new ATM rootkit can cause major problems to the banking industry if not handled properly. It also serves as a timely reminder that computer security applies to the real world too , not only the internet. It is a good thing that we have the technology to combat this problem early on. How Could A New ATM Rootkit Turn The World Of Banking On It’s Head? is a post from: Security FAQs
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How Do The Bad Guys Use BitTorrent To Spread Their Malware?
May 23rd, 2010. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
If you are a person that is on the internet a lot then there is a good chance that you have heard of a technology called BitTorrent . You might not know what it does exactly but you have probably seen the name on some of the news sites that you visit. It has been a very controversial technology for a while now and, while its notoriety has been spreading, the software has been becoming ever more popular. While the technology itself, like all other technology, can be used for good and bad purposes by the average user, it is all of the sudden becoming a popular tool in the malware community. In the following article I will tell you what the technology does and why it is being used to spread malware around to unsuspecting computer users. BitTorrent And File Sharing Bittorrent is the name of the software and the protocol that allows you to share files quickly over the internet. Back in the day, you had to us a normal HTTP format to share files. The files would go from one location straight to the next place. With BitTorrent the file is split up and it is intended to be shared by a group of people. This way the file does not have to be downloaded completely by one person for him to share it with another person – they will just get the piece that he downloaded from someone else. There can be one or more seeders (people who have the original file) and a bunch of other people get the pieces from them. They get it piece by piece instead of all at the same time. With this system the file transfer goes quicker and everyone is able to get the most out of the bandwidth that is available. This technology is used for both legal and illegal file sharing which is the exact reason why it has been on the news lately. Spreading Malware Like any other technology, since it is becoming so popular, the bad guys are starting to use it more and more to deliver their malware. There have always been bad guys on the BitTorrent circuit but now there are more than ever. With certain attacks, they change the name of the files so that it confuses you and you download the wrong thing. They also hide the malware in illegally obtained software in the form of keygens or the executable itself. There have even been cases where they hide the malware in .pdf files . There are a lot of web sites that use BitTorrent to share their legal files so the technology is not going away anytime soon. This means that if you want to use the technology to get a file that you want you are going to have to take some precautions. There are certain precautions that you can take and they are the same precautions that you should employ any other time you download an unknown file from the internet. You must have an updated antivirus scanner and run it over everything that you download from BitTorrent sites – I would guess that maybe 99% of the items will come up clean but it is that other 1% that you have to worry about. If you scan everything that you download, you should be able to stop any problem before it is too late How Do The Bad Guys Use BitTorrent To Spread Their Malware? is a post from: Security FAQs
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Can I Limit My Exposure To Malware By Reading Web Site RSS Feeds?
May 18th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
When you think of getting information off of a web page you usually think of it being a simple process – you type the URL of the site that you want to go to in the browser, go to the web page, and then read the content that is on the page. It sounds simple, right? Most of the time it is, but there are times when this is not so simple. Inside of the code that made it possible for you to read the page that you are looking at could be lurking some dangerous malware. Malware can be easily picked up and hidden on a web page. So, unless it is a trusted site, then you are taking a chance that nothing is going to happen to your computer when you actually visit the page. But there are other ways that you can get the information off of the site as well. Subscribe To Your Favourite Sites Via RSS You can use a technology called RSS that will allow you to see the content as well, at least most of the time. Some web pages will limit the amount of lines that the RSS feed shows so that you will be forced to visit the web page itself (this is typically because they are afraid of having their content scraped) . Other RSS feeds will only give you the title of the story that is being discussed – you must, again, visit the web page to get the full details. But by far, most web pages will allow you to read the entire story in the RSS feed itself. They may show little ads in the RSS feed so that they can provide you the content while at the same time they are still able to get paid. RSS Feed Reading May Be Safer If you are reading the information about the web page on an RSS feed then this means that you are less vulnerable to an attack as the majority of attacks happen when you are exposed to the code that is on the actual web page itself. With an RSS feed the actual page is not going to your browser, it is only the content of the site that is being delivered to you. Keep in mind; even though it may be safer to receive the content like this, it is not fool proof. If someone wanted to, they could easily attack the RSS feed as well. The main reason that this is safer at this point is because attackers do not bother with it. There are not that many reported attacks when it comes to the RSS feed. Even though RSS feeds are not one hundred percent safe, they seem to be safer than visiting the actual web page. So if you want to make sure that your computer is not attacked, try subscribing to the RSS feed of a site instead. Can I Limit My Exposure To Malware By Reading Web Site RSS Feeds? is a post from: Security FAQs
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Stop Broadcasting Your SSID To Improve Your Wireless Network Security
May 15th, 2010. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
There are certain features that are put into our computers and the accompanying hardware that are there for the convenience of the average user. A lot of the time, however, these conveniences come at the cost of the safety and security of the device. This is the case when it comes to routers and their ability to be able to broadcast the name of the router over the air. I’m talking about the feature that allows a person that is looking for that particular router to be able to easily find it. For example, anyone that comes into your house with a laptop computer or any other wireless device that connects to the internet, can easily find your router. Unfortunately it also lets the bad guys, including your neighbors that like to leech the internet off of you, to know where your router connection is as well. Stop SSID To keep people off of your wireless connection, you can set the router to stop broadcasting your SSID. SSID stands for Service Set IDentifier and it is the name that you see when you search for networks to connect to. If you go to the admin panel of your router you will see that there is an option to turn it off. If you do this then you will be able to hide your router from anyone on the outside that is physically trying to connect to it. It might be a pain for anyone that visits you to try to connect to it but all you have to do is to let them know the name of the network. Hiding your router is easy enough but it is not the only thing that you want to do to keep people off of your network. You will want to set the encryption layer of your network as well. While not having the SSID broadcasting to your neighbors is very effective, there are still ways for people to find the network. So in case they do, you must secure yourself so that they are still not able to connect to your network even if they do find it. To even be more secured you might also want to allow only certain MAC addresses on your network as well. This will allow only certain computers to connect to the network, even though they know the proper keypass and were able to find the network despite the SSID being hidden. Not showing the SSID of the network is only the beginning when it comes to security measures for your network but is a good start and something that you should really think about. Read more about wireless network security . Stop Broadcasting Your SSID To Improve Your Wireless Network Security is a post from: Security FAQs
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What Do I Need To Know About Computer Data Recovery Software?
May 13th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
There are many reasons why you may want to keep data recovery software to hand. If you mess something up on your computer, and have some knowledge of what you are doing, then such software may give you the opportunity to recover some or all of your files without having to resort to the hassle and expense of employing a professional . Computer data recovery software may also offer an interesting side benefit in that it can recover files lost to fragmentation, thereby improving the speed of your machine. Typically, a single lost fragment of data is all that is necessary to recover a complete file or archive. Potential Problems In The Recovery Process There are several factors that can influence the process of data recovery. There are some factors that you won’t be able to control, but there are others that can be improved if you take the time to take care of the files on your computer system. In any case, owning a good data recovery software package nowadays is a must. Over time, data fragmentation occurs on most computer systems. There may be different fragments of a file, or files, scattered throughout your computer, possibly even on different hard drives. The more fragmented the data on your hard drive is, the more difficult the recovery process will be. This is one reason why it is good practice to regularly defragment your hard drive – its a simple enough process, can often be run in the background, and can be immensely valuable when things go wrong. If you search the internet you will find many examples of disk defragmenting software, though you need to research them as not all are created equal. That said, most data recovery programs have such functionality included anyway. The Fragmentation Process Whenever your system uses related applications or programs the installed operating system will access and load certain pieces of your data to use. When you are finished with that data it will be written back onto your hard drive. The operating system will look for space on your hard drive to write that data too but as your disk fills up those spaces may not necessarily be next to each other on the platter. This means that the data will be written to different areas of the physical disk, leading to fragmentation. Computer data recovery software can help avoid this. There are two main reasons for fragmentation to occur – Through installing and deleting new programs By copying and deleting other files If this is something you do on a frequent basis then you will want to defragment your hard drive at least once a month. If you don’t, big files will be saved across multiple positions on your hard drive, increasing the risk of data loss and quite possibly slowing your system down. Once again, computer data recovery software can improve this problem. What Do I Need To Know About Computer Data Recovery Software? is a post from: Security FAQs
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What Would You Do If Someone Scraped Your Web Site Content?
May 9th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
Normally when I pose a question in the title of my posts I go on to answer it myself. This time, however, I ask a question to which I do not know the answer. Earlier today I found two different sites that were copying my recent posts, in their entirety, word for word. If I had any kind of ego I might feel flattered by this – after all, they do say plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery don’t they? Anyway, I’m not going to name and shame the two sites in this post – methinks theres a good chance this post will appear on those sites anyway. No, instead my point is to see what you guys think is the correct response to having your content stolen? I have a few options – Hotlink Protection Firstly, both sites in question are also displaying my pictures in their posts. This could give me the opportunity to use hotlink protection through my hosting account in such a way that the picture they get is different to the one I display. I could utilise this to send a message about content theft or, alternatively, find something gross involving a woman and a horse for example. RSS Redirection Fun Secondly, I know how they got my content – through the RSS feed from another of my sites which now picks up these posts since I 301 redirected the home page of the old site to point to the home page of this site. Knowing this, I could now change where that original feed points, maybe finding an RSS feed from a DMCA type site to make a point, or some gross type of site as alluded to above. Better yet, I could make my feed redirect to their feed – that way, every time their bot scrapes my feed it will in fact copy their own, leading to a huge amount of duplicate content appearing on their site. My understanding is that this could end up becoming an endless loop which will surely fill them up with so many copies of the same posts that the search engines will quickly spit them out. Digital Millenium Copyright Act A third option would be to contact the webmasters (I’ve tried without success thus far) or the hosts. Failing that, a DMCA takedown notice might just do the trick. Seems like a lot of effort without any fun payback to me though. Speak To My Friends Fourthly, through Twitter and other avenues, I have come to know many great and interesting people in the security arena – not all of these work on the light side. Some of these people have offered to practice their skills in certain ways, if you catch my drift. Interesting, but not really my style. Pepper My Posts With Affiliate Links The fifth option that I thought of was to make a point of writing several posts in a row into which I could insert affiliate links. Doing so would mean that I could, possibly, earn some money from having my hard work copied around the web – if someone found my post in another place and used those links then I might possibly earn from it. Good idea in theory but not good for my own blog if I link to products every single time I write something. Ignorance Isn’t Very Blissful Lastly, I could ignore the problem and just hope neither of these sites would outrank me. Which option would you choose and why?? What Would You Do If Someone Scraped Your Web Site Content? is a post from: Security FAQs
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Should I Have A Formal Security Policy About USB Devices At Work?
May 8th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
The flow of data in and out of the workplace is amazing these days. With all of the wireless networks and tiny storage devices it is hard for an IT manager to keep track of them all. Unfortunately, if you want to keep your data secured , you must be able to keep track of these types of situations. All of the ways that people use to store their data are potential security leaks that must be able to be contained at a moments notice. This is why you must have a formal security policy at the job when it comes to items such as this. Formal Security Policy If a person is able to put whatever data that they would like onto these devices you will never know who will get their hands on them. The problem with most of these devices are that people lose them all of the time. Even if you have an employee that is not being malicious and truly wants to take the data home to work on it there could still be a major security leak waiting in the wings. If they are taking a piece of secret company data home in their pocket and they go to a bar that people in the industry hang out there could be consequences. What if the employee leaves the USB device there? Then a competitor could get a good portion of your companies secrets. That could lead to a huge disaster for future product launches and ideas. This is why you must make sure that an employee has to log in whenever they are in a part of the server that has top secret information. Also you must let them know which kind of data they can and cannot take home with them to work on. If they have forbidden data on the USB drive there would be no way that they could say that they didn’t know it wasn’t allowed. If the person is caught with it or loses it it could serve as a mean to fire them. If there is no formal policy against this kind of activity then the person could simply say that they didn’t know and legally they would be fine. A firm, hard, official company wide stance would leave the person with no wiggle room. Lock Out The USB Ports If you wanted to take the policy to the extreme, you could also eliminate the ability of people to store data from a USB port on their work computer. If they want data at home, then they can log in for it. When they log in, they would leave an IP address and log in credentials. This would help you keep better info on who got what data. If you need workers to have access to data on the server to their job then you should make sure that you have formal policy in place. Especially if it involves USB devices . These tiny little devices can lead to a world of trouble. Should I Have A Formal Security Policy About USB Devices At Work? is a post from: Security FAQs
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Energy Efficiency: What Your Appliances Really Do Behind Your Back (VIDEO) – Huffington Post (blog)
May 7th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Energy Efficiency: What Your Appliances Really Do Behind Your Back (VIDEO) Huffington Post (blog) Cap and trade has proved infeasible. But it remains critical to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions. We need to do it right this time. …
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DNA Choices in Requiem
April 28th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
After getting Flame Shield DNA at highest level currently available in Requiem , get whatever DNA increases the DMG output of your current spells, and that includes swift fire totem. Although the time
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The Next Penny Stock Scam – Motley Fool
April 28th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
The Next Penny Stock Scam Motley Fool Last year at this time, 3967 stocks listed on US exchanges were trading for $5 or less, and worth between $5 million and $1 billion in market cap , … and more
Esquire Mag. Profiles Climate Depot’s Marc Morano – Canada Free Press
March 30th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Esquire Mag. Profiles Climate Depot's Marc Morano Canada Free Press The senator who called cap-and-trade the “most significant revenue-generating proposal of our time”? That's all you need to know. This is an ideology. … and more
Possibility Thinking
March 27th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
Now is the time to recognize the fact of what we truely are and what we are capable of. I feel the task of “fixing” all the problems created by the local, state and federal govenment systems through
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Morning Bell: Obamacare at Any Cost – Heritage.org (blog)
March 12th, 2010. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Reuters Morning Bell: Obamacare at Any Cost Heritage.org (blog) TARP, CAP AND TRADE , STIMULUS, When will we put the brakes on this madness?? I have NEVER in my entire life felt so betrayed as I'm feeling right now. … Pelosi Aborts Stupak Negotiations TIME (blog) all 1,837 news articles
Actual Debt Collectors Violating the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
March 11th, 2010. Published under Business Scams, Fraud. No Comments.
Debt collectors violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDPCA) all the time. It’s time to name and shame a couple of them. Of course I reported these to the Federal Trade Commission ( www.ftc.gov ) but to date the FTC hasn’t done diddle about them. First we have “Agent Washington” of UCB (United Collection Bureau) claiming to be a law enforcement officer, claiming to have paperwork in the Bulloch County State Attorneys Office First off credit card debt is a civil matter, not criminal. Everything about this phone call are multiple violations of the FDCPA. Listen to my conversation with Agent Washington (MP3 format). She even called my next door neighbor while I was talking with the idiot. If I knew then what I knew now I would have owned United Collection Bureau. Next up is West Management claiming Fraud Charges. The caller claims to be
Watch Out For Counterfeit Software Scams
March 2nd, 2010. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
Fraudsters are always looking to make money on the internet and they use a number of different schemes to do just that. One way in which they achieve their nefarious means is through distributing counterfeit software . Typically, these fraudsters will open up online stores from which to sell their warez. They will then advertise the popular software products of the day at a huge discount, often from 50% or even much more. To lend an air of credibility to the deals that they are offering they will also falsely claim that they are authorised sellers for the software on their sites. Should you happen to buy counterfeit software from such a seller it is likely that you will end up extremely disappointed and out of pocket as the programs will most likely come with fraudulent serial keys. Such keys, if not already blocked by the software manufacturer at the time of your purchase, will likely prove to be useless in a short period of time. How Do I Protect Myself From Counterfeit Software Scams? As ever, commonsense is the key here. If a product is priced at a ridiculously low level then alarm bells should ring loudly in your head. Also, you should also be very wary of buying anything from websites you know nothing about. In the case of software, you can always contact the producer of the software you are interested in to check whether the website you’ve seen is indeed an authorised seller of said product. Watch Out For Counterfeit Software Scams is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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Florida Consumer Turns Tables On Debt Collector — Sued For $800.00 Dollars, Consumer Collects $120,000.00 Dollars From Debt Collector – CapitalOne Laywers Screwed
March 1st, 2010. Published under Business Scams. No Comments.
Florida Consumer Turns Tables On Debt Collector — Sued For $800.00 Dollars, Consumer Collects $120,000.00 Dollars From Debt Collector Boca Raton resident Steven J. Pincus incurred legal fees in excess of $100,000.00 dollars defending an alleged credit card debt of $800.00 dollars. Pincus later sued the debt collector in federal court for filing a time-barred lawsuit, a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The debt collector settled the matter for $120,000.00 dollars on February 15, 2010.
The New Economy? That’s Not So Scary
February 27th, 2010. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
We hear it all the time, from all sorts of places. You can’t do that in the new economy. You can’t expect that in the new economy. That just can’t happen in the new economy. So many people are waiting until the new economy turns around, rebounds, transforms into the new new economy. They are afraid to take a
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West Virginia AG Settles With Debt Collectors
February 23rd, 2010. Published under Business Scams, Fraud. No Comments.
According to the State Journal , West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has reached settlements with three companies that used very different approaches to collect debts that were often disputed, sometimes non-existent, and in the case of one company, so old that the time to sue had expired. The three companies – Allied Interstate of Minneapolis, Minn; Jefferson Capital Systems of St. Cloud, Minn; and Wilhelm, West, Kacey & Associates (WWKA), of Canton, Ga. – promised to conform their practices with state and federal debt collection laws in the future. Collectively, they agreed to make restitution, cash refunds, and to cancel debts totaling $404,091.48 for 446 West Virginia consumers. Anyone wishing to file a complaint about a consumer matter or to alert the Attorney General about unfair or deceptive practices may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 800-368-8808. Read the full story on the State Journal .
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UPDATED: Abusive Debt Collection Tactics from 866-354-5387 Freedom Financial of Los Angeles
February 3rd, 2010. Published under Business Scams, Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
I received an email last night from a consumer that claims they are only a reference listed on an account. Supposedly he isn’t a signee at all, yet he and his family are being harassed by a caller (866-354-5387) claiming to be an investigator and stated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) didn’t apply to him. Hi, i have been contacted by a debt collector looking for a person who put me down as a reference, i told the investigator Davis i did not know where the motorcycle was and i had already told that to previous collectors from his firm, i asked him never to call me again, he then stated that he was not a collector rather an investigator, and was not bound by the collection laws, he then went on to call my family members telling them i was in major trouble freaking out my mother , is there anything i can do in this situation? i recorded a call from him. he would not give me a company name but did leave a number 866-354-5387 . What are my options? If it were me, I would temporarily block my caller ID and call the number to see if the number is legitimate. If it is find out who they are and then run to the closest consumer protection you can find. “Investigator” Davis” is not an investigator, he is a debt collector using illegal tactics, that is why he refused to give you the company name, he knows he he is breaking the law by calling the consumers family members and scaring them. If he calls back again ask him for his state investigator license, if he isn’t a debt collector (he probably is though) then remind him that investigators in your state are licensed by the state and he must provide you his investigators license number. What will mostly likely happen is one of the following: (a) he’ll hang up and not call again, (b) Give you some sort of bogus license number. If he does then you can get your state involved by filing a complaint with the state regarding a fraudulent investigator. After all if he gives you a bogus number than he is incriminating himself. If he refuses to give you a license number you bet he is a debt collector that breaks the law. Either way you got him and the company involved by the “cahones”. While I believe it is a debt collector it may be a collection scam, there are quite a few of them making the rounds across the U.S. I would suggest talking to your family and tell them that it is a debt collector using scare tactics. Ask them if possible to record future conversations or at least keep a log with the dates and times that they call each family member. If you do find the company behind the number and sue them, you will need the times/dates for use in court. I did look into the phone number, I didn’t find the company behind the number but did find references to complaints of “Marshalls” and “Investigators” calling from that number. Typical rouge debt collector scare tactics. Until such time that the identity of the company behind the 866-354-5387 is found, a consumer has limited resources in which to fight back. I would start with my states consumer affairs division and file a complaint. You may also want to consider filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), it probably won’t help you personally but there will be a record of the abuse. You could also file a report with the local police regarding the harassing phone numbers and then have the phone company put a trace on the line. The phone company generally won’t put a trace on a line unless a police report has been filed. I once had a debt collection company call me claiming to be an officer of UCB (United Collection Bureau) and she got all kinds of nasty, even told me she would call my neighbors and while on the phone with me she did, and my neighbor called me and told me immediately. I should have sued them, but at the time I didn’t know how (now I do). I did call United Collection Bureau and talked to the vice-president of compliance. After playing back the conversation between myself and the UCB officer, he said measures would be taken and I never go hassled by UCB again. Like I said I had the physical evidence, I just wish I knew then what I know about suing debt collectors for violations of state and federal law. UPDATE: The consumer that was begin harrassed over a debt that wasn’t his, he was merely a reference on the original loan. He finally received a response, Freedom Road Financial in Los Angeles were behind the calls. “I told “agent Marshal Davis” out of “northern CA” that i did not trust that he was a real investigator, and might be a phishing scam. I managed to get him to tell me that he is working on behalf of FreedomRoad Financial www.frf1.com he then gave me his contact at freedom road financial Michelle Peacan and her number to verify that he was working for them, i called her at 775.562.3816 and asked if i could record the call and she said no and that she knew who i was and that she has an agent working the case, i then said i did not trust that she worked for freedom road financial and she gave me the their 866.455.7623 main phone number to verify that she was a company representative, stating that she was the only michelle working there, sure enough dial by name brings you to Michelle Peacan, I told her that i was recording the call, i said that i never signed for anything and was not contractually obligated to them and wanted them to stop calling me, she stated that i was involved because i had once told their collection agent i knew where my friend lived and where their bike may be, i then asked if i was in trouble she said that i was involved with the theft of the bike, again i asked if i was in trouble and she said she was not a lawyer and that she would do what she had to to get the bike back and hung up on me.” Need help in dealing with crazy or sue happy debt collectors? 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The FDCPA Does Not Give Debt Collector the Right to Leave Voice Mail on Answering Machine
January 21st, 2010. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
I am so glad the 11th circuit court ruled properly on this. I am about to rip a big hole out Hollander Law Offices LLC
Maryland Court to Dismiss Thousands of Mann Bracken Debt Collection Lawsuits
January 14th, 2010. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
In a win for consumers, a Maryland court is dismissing tens of thousands of lawsuits filed by the Mann Bracken law firm. Mann Bracken was one of the largest nationwide debt collection law firms until recently. When the state agency that licenses debt collectors investigated, it concluded that the firm no longer met the licensing requirements. On Monday, the licensing board issued a cease-and-desist order directing Mann Bracken to immediately stop collections. Earlier this month, Mann Bracken LLP began sending letters to Maryland District Court clerks saying the firm — which is national but has a major office in Rockville — would shut down at the end of January. – source: The Daily Record Now if the other 49 states would take the same action Mann Bracken will only be an empty shell of the past. Yep, Karma has kicked Mann Bracken square in the ass this time! All I can say it is high time that all involved with Mann Bracken go broke and get harassed by debt collectors. That would be the ultimate irony, wouldn’t it.
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The Conficker Worm Proved To Be The Biggest Problem In 2009
January 14th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
One thing about the year 2009 is that it saw it’s share of online threats. As a matter of fact, there were probably more threats seen in 2009 than in any year prior. There are more and more hackers that are seeing the financial benefits that can be made by introducing new exploits to the average computer user. Also, there are a lot more hacker kits that are available. They allow a person who is not skilled in creating an exploit to have the ability to use one anyway. All of these factors mixed together made 2009 and dangerous year on the Internet. The Conficker Worm None of the threats that were out there caused more problems than the conficker worm. This worm took traction in 2009 and wouldn’t stop. The conficker worm could be easily one of the worse infections that has spread through the Internet for the entire decade, not just 2009. First found in the wild at the end of 2008, this worm quickly spread to users of the Microsoft Windows operating system family. After the worm was first discovered, it was hard to stop the infection on user’s computers because the worm itself kept transforming. The creators of the worm would monitor recent developments that would hopefully help stop the spread of it and they adjusted accordingly. This is part of the reason why the worm goes by so many different names. Besides Conflicker, it also known as Downup and the Kido worm. The worm was able to spread so much and so quick that Microsoft offered a huge bounty on the heads of whoever wrote the worm. They were determined to eliminate the threat if not by technology, then through old fashion police work. They were able to discover what region of the world the worm was originating from, but they were not able to find the person or persons responsible for it. Antivirus Avoidance For a long time, antivirus software was not able to get rid of every variant of the worm. Now they all claim to be able to detect and dispose of the worm on a users system. This seems to be true since the spread of the worm has rapidly decreased in the last couple of months. The worm was so successful that there is no doubt that the creators of it are working on a 2.0 version. Since they haven’t been caught, they get the chance to work on all of the mistakes they made. This time, they can make it even more untraceable. Out of all the malware that was released in the past year, the Conficker worm proved to be the biggest pest. It was able to baffle network administrators and security professionals everywhere. The Conficker Worm Proved To Be The Biggest Problem In 2009 is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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January 13th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
The word is out, the time to act is now, what is stopping us from challenging this in court? The republicans want to on the premise of the sweetheart deal Nebraska is getting, the unfairness to the r
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Marketers of Unproven Weight-Loss Products Bronson Partners LLC Ordered to Pay Nearly $2 Million
January 11th, 2010. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
Court Rules in Favor of FTC in Case of Diet Tea and Bio-Slim Patch A federal district court has ordered the marketers of an herbal tea and a diet patch to pay nearly $2 million to the Federal Trade Commission for making deceptive claims that both products would allow users to lose weight quickly without diet or exercise. For nearly two years before the FTC complaint was filed, Bronson Partners, LLC and its officer, Martin Howard, marketed Chinese Diet Tea, telling consumers they could lose as much as six pounds a week by drinking one cup of the green tea after each meal to “neutralize the absorption of fattening foods.” Advertising in national magazines such as USA Weekend and Clipper Magazine, the marketers charged $24.95 plus shipping and handling for a month’s supply. Also during this time, the marketers sold the Bio-Slim Patch, a diet patch that contained extracts from the fucus, garcinia, and guarana plants. Instructing consumers to wear the patches 24 hours a day for at least three months, the marketers claimed that “repulsive, excess ugly fatty tissue will disappear at a spectacular rate due to the combination and synergy of these three natural ingredients.” The marketers advertised the patch in national magazines and in a company catalog, and consumers paid $24.95 plus shipping and handling for a month’s supply. In addition to ordering the nearly $2 million payment, citing “obvious and widespread” violations of the FTC Act, Judge Stefan R. Underhill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut granted the FTC’s request to prohibit the defendants from selling or advertising any weight-loss products. “Future violations of a similar nature would surely result in financial harm to consumers, and possible physical harm if consumers engage in risky weight-loss techniques in reliance on (the) defendants’ misleading representations,” the judge wrote in his December 2009 ruling and order. He also ordered the defendants to help the FTC identify consumer victims who lost money on the products, so that restitution can be made. The FTC filed its complaint against Bronson Partners, LLC and Martin Howard as part of the “Big Fat Lie” law enforcement sweep in November 2004. The sweep targeted marketers of bogus weight-loss products, such as pills, powders, gels, green teas, and diet patches. In July 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut granted the FTC’s request for summary judgment against Howard and Bronson Partners, LLC – also doing business as New England Diet Center and Bronson Day Spa. Copies of the November 2004 complaint and the December 2009 ruling and order are available on the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTC’s online Complaint Assistant or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 1,700 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTC’s Web site provides free information on a variety of consumer topics .
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Shifting Perspectives – aion gold
January 5th, 2010. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
My main spends most of her time tanking, so I have a little more experience with the gear on this list as opposed to others. Dan O’Halloran will be writing a guide to gearing a Cat Druid next week,
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Luxury Items Decrease in This Bad Economy
December 31st, 2009. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
If there was ever a time that was hard on luxury items from watches to five-star hotels this would be the time. The economy worldwide is seeing a transformation of epic proportions in which all markets are going down. Many times one economy will start decreasing while other countries’ economies start rising which helps mend
Federal Trade Commission: Lower Price Cap for Extra Credit Report Copies and Continued Crackdown on Mortgage Relief Scams
December 24th, 2009. Published under Business Scams, Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is lowering from $11 to $10.50 the maximum amount that consumer reporting agencies are allowed to charge consumers for an extra copy of their credit report. The Commission announced the reduction in the amount from 2009 to 2010 under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which requires the FTC each year to revise the cap originally set by statute based on the change in the Consumer Price Index. The fee is rounded to the nearest 50 cents. During this time of economic distress, the FTC reminds consumers that this charge does not apply to the first free copy of their credit report that consumers are entitled to request from each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – once every 12 months through www.annualcreditreport.com. For details, see “Your Access to Free Credit Reports” at ftc.gov/credit . Consumers are also entitled to a free report when a company takes adverse action against them (such as denying an application for credit, insurance, or employment) within 60 days of receiving notice of the action. In addition, consumers are entitled to one free report a year if they are unemployed and plan to look for a job within 60 days; they are on welfare; or their report is inaccurate because of fraud, including identity theft. The $10.50 charge applies when a consumer who has received a free annual credit report does not otherwise qualify for an additional free report. The Commission vote to publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the reduced cap was 4-0. (File No. P075400; staff contact is Clarke W. Brinckerhoff, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 202-326-3208; or Keith B. Anderson, Bureau of Economics, 202-326-3428.)
Unemployed: Private Insurance or Cobra?
December 23rd, 2009. Published under Unemployment. No Comments.
When you first get your “Pink Slip” papers, termination letter or “lay off” notice, you are given healthcare information that includes COBRA documents. Personally, I didnt look at the COBRA info because at the time, the government assistance didnt exist at the beginning of the recession. Its a little different now. I sat down with Southern California Insurance Agent, Colleen King, to ask her about the different options the newly unemployed have in terms of healthcare. Colleen King blogs at …
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Online scams dominate BBB branch’s Top 10 list – CBC.ca
December 14th, 2009. Published under Political Scams, Scams. No Comments.
CBC.ca Online scams dominate BBB branch's Top 10 list CBC.ca “Some of the scams are just a bit of misleading advertising. A lot of the time, the consumer's credit card information is going from one company that they … and more
In The World Of Online Crime, The Drive By Method Is Most Effective
December 9th, 2009. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
Everything that you do in this world, if you are to have some kind of success, involves hard work and planning. The average person has the misconception that people who do crime are able to wake up in the morning, do a crime, and then receive a lot of money. This may be true for criminals that make a little bit of money in their endeavors but for the criminals that hope to be able to commit the big score, it takes lots of hard work and careful planning. This is the same reality when it comes to online crime. Viruses And Trojans Virus authors have to be very creative when they create a new infection. They also have to be creative when it comes to delivery. Let’s talk about one of those creative methods. One of the best and most creative methods that are available to malware authors today is to create a Trojan package that is able to upload and install on your computer without the victim having to do anything. Usually when a person gets an infection on their computer they must be part of the process to cause the damage. This is usually done by tricking the person to do some sort of activity. This activity usually involves them installing a program on their computer that is not what it pretends to be. It then starts to take shape and does it’s damage. Most of the time the damage is done behind the scenes and unnoticed by the user. Some advanced virus and Trojan writers have found a way to be able to leave you out of the process and upload the infection on its own. Well to be honest you are not completely out of the process. For this attack to work, they will usually need you to go to a web site that will deliver the attack. Once they trick you into going to the web site then your involvement is no longer needed. There is a method of doing this, that is making the rounds among virus authors now. IFrames It involves having you go to a web site with what is called an IFrame embedded in it. An IFrame is the ability of web page to display another web page on the same screen. This IFrame is then pointed to page where they use a corrupted PDF file to deliver the payload. Once the payload is delivered it is able to execute and infect your computer. This is why it is called the drive by method. It requires you to only pass through to the web site and with no other activity needed. You are then infected. This is not an easy to attack to create so it is not as propagated through the Internet as other attacks would be. As you can see the drive by method of delivering a virus or Trojan can be very effective in its execution. This is why you must be very careful when you go to visit a web site. There are attacks such as these that can be performed and cause you to have a very bad day. In The World Of Online Crime, The Drive By Method Is Most Effective is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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Oh no! Another climate scam scandal, this time in Denmark – Washington Examiner
December 4th, 2009. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Oh no! Another climate scam scandal, this time in Denmark Washington Examiner That's Denmark's cap-and-trade system in which companies buy and sell carbon emissions credits. The Obama-Waxman-Markey and Boxer-Kerry global warming … and more
White House wants nothing to do with Climategate – FTO (blog)
December 1st, 2009. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
White House wants nothing to do with Climategate FTO (blog) So as the White House ignores the biggest scandal of our time they will push on for carbon tax, cap and trade and all the other treaties and laws at the … and more
Being Proactive About WLAN Security
November 21st, 2009. Published under Scams. No Comments.
Perhaps the most important defense is to be proactive in securing your WLAN . Don’t wait for threats to emerge before taking action. Now that you know the threats to your WLAN and some ways to deal with them, you can take what you know and put it to work. Each vendor maintains patches and updates on its Web site. You could go to every Web site and search for all the vulnerabilities that affect your devices. You may even find most of what you’re looking for after quite a while. The best place to start is the Security Focus Web site. Security Focus maintains an exhaustive list of vulnerabilities for hardware and software from every vendor. If it’s vulnerable, it’s listed on their site. Often vulnerabilities are listed on Security Focus even before the developers of an application or device know about the problem. In those rare cases when a company refuses to acknowledge an issue, this Web site may be the only place where you’ll find it listed. Make it a habit to check the site regularly for new threats. Many vendors will send you an email warning you of vulnerabilities if you took the time to register your product (and lets face it, most of us don’t). For the 90 percent of users that use a Microsoft operating system, the Windows Update feature will help you keep the operating system patched and save you from becoming a casualty when the next worm surfaces. Most cracker tools exploit holes that have not been patched. If you don’t maintain your systems, you are remaining vulnerable when you should be safe. Taking the time to patch software and update the firmware on devices will minimize your risk and reduce your headaches.
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Qimo – Free And Safe Operating System For Kids
November 16th, 2009. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
This is a guest post from Dwarka at Review Unit , a blog with reviews and the latest NEWS about Gadgets, Software, Hardware, Games, Mobile Phones and useful Web Applications along with freebies, promotional offers. As a parent, there is no doubt that you want to provide your kids with the best facilities available. Whether it would be books, toys or technology, you always look for the best for your children. Qimo is actually a Ubuntu Linux based operating system, which is designed to entertain and teach your kids about computers in the best possible way. If you are looking for a way to allow your kids to make the best possible use of a computer, Qimo is the best solution. Qimo is based on open source Ubuntu Linux which can be installed or run from a Live CD or a flash drive directly. Qimo is a comprehensive operating system for kids . Qimo is designed to be intuitive and easy to use, with big icons and amazing kids games. Designed by a husband and wife in Florida, Qimo can be operated with outdated computers as the minimum system requirements is – 400MHz processor 256MB of RAM 6GB hard drive (if you choose to install it instead of booting directly with the Live CD) There are many applications included in this Operating System which include TuxPaint, Childsplay, eToys, GCompris and many more. It is an amazing way to re-use an old notebook or computer. Booting from Live CD does not require installation, so even if you use them on your computer, you can be assured that it will not break anything. Qimo has got all the features that a parent would look for in a safe and secured operating system for their kids. Qimo does not allow your kids to access any of the administrative tools so it allows you to dust your worries off your head while your kids are enjoying their time on computer. This Linux operating system is designed in such a way that it offers stuff to your kids from 4 or 5 years old till they grow up to 12-13 years. I would love to recommend this amazing operating system, as it is the best way to get you kid get started with the Linux operating system and get them to interact with the computer in the best possible way. Please have a look at PC’s PLACE , which is a blog with Reviews and latest NEWS about Gadgets, Software, Hardware, Games, Mobile Phones and useful Web Applications along with freebies, promotional offers, tips and tricks and tutorials related to technology. Click here to Download Qimo . Qimo – Free And Safe Operating System For Kids is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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What Should I Do If My Website Has Been Hacked?
November 13th, 2009. Published under Scams. No Comments.
If you paid attention to yesterday’s post about website security then you should have already minimised the chances of having your own site hacked . But what if it has already happened? How Would I Know That My Site Has Been Hacked? You may have had your web site hacked if one or more of the following is true – The search engines now says you run an attack site You’ve noticed spam email being sent from your account When you search for your own site (yes, we all do it!) your antivirus program suggests it may be being used for phishing You now have some political statement or graffiti all over your pages Of course there may be other signs but the above are the main ones that I can think of. What now? Change Them There Passwords Do it. Do it now. Assuming you still have any kind of access to your website then you need to change all of your passwords – cPanel, email, admin passwords, etc. Remove Old Scripts Next, go through your hosting space and remove every old script installation that you find. Also, update or remove old plugins too because they are also at risk of being hacked. Check Your Error Logs By checking the Error Logs in cPanel you may be able to discover suspicious requests. Typically, a hacker will give themselves access to your website by adding code or files so look for such within your public_html folder. If you find any code or files then take a note of the details, such as date and time that the file was uploaded, the file name, folder it was in, etc and then inform your web host as they may then be able to offer some assistance. Of course it goes without saying that you should then also delete said codes or files. Minimising Risk Web sites are hacked all the time and all you can do is ensure that you have made it as hard a task as possible and then hope that the hacker moves on to an easier target. By keeping your files up-to-date and secure you will have increased the workload for a potential hacker . You then just need to cross your fingers and hope that encourages them to pass you by.
Job Search 042309
November 11th, 2009. Published under Unemployment. No Comments.
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I’ve Been Infected But My Antivirus Program Isn’t Working – What Do I Do Now?
November 10th, 2009. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
You are up late at night, finishing your latest presentation for the boss. You then decide that you need more information to go with what you already have, so you decide to do a little surfing on the Internet through Google. A site pops up on Google that shows some promise, so you decide to click on it. The next thing that you know, your computer is going crazy and there is a load of pop ups that are now appearing on your pc. Your worst fears have now been realized, you have been infected with a new virus on your system. You try to run your resident antivirus program that is installed on your computer but it is not working. So what do you do? This is what I hope to answer here. Scareware There are certain types of viruses or malware out there that will take control of your computer and not release it until you perform a certain action that they request. It is a scam to make you buy a fake antivirus product or get your credit card number. Most of the time they will not even release your computer even if you do go through with it. The best thing to do at this point is to bypass the system. You can do this with either a live CD or hooking your hard drive to another computer. I will go over both solutions – Use Linux When you use a live CD of what is normally a Linux distro, this allows you to be able to boot up your computer and run an operating system on top of it. (Usually through your CD/DVD player or the USB port of your computer). This operating system, usually Linux, can see your hard drive and other hardware that you may have on your system but the operating system itself is not connected to it. You will have to run a Linux command called ‘mount’ to have access to your hard drive to be able to scan it. Once you mount the disk, there are several antivirus programs that will run on Linux, and will see a virus on a Windows partitions as well. Run this antivirus and disinfect all of the viruses that it sees. There are ways to be able to update and save the antivirus database so that it sees newer viruses but you will have to look that up. It is different in each live CD distro that you may use. This solution is the best solution when you are dealing with a nasty virus on your laptop. Connect Your Hard Drive To Another Computer If you are dealing with a nasty virus that is on your desktop that will not let you access your antivirus program, a good solution is take out the hard drive and connect it to another computer. You can look up several places online that will give you a walk through on how to disconnect your hard drive and then connect it to another computer. Once you have connected this second drive to the other computer you can now look at the files and folders just like you would do on any other drive. You will have to be careful while this second drive is connected to your computer – you do not want to click on any files and infect this second computer! So as soon as you get the second drive working on the computer make sure that you scan it right away. Once all infections have been found and removed you can reconnect the hard drive back to the original computer. Hopefully these tips will help you solve your virus problem on your computer. A nasty bug can ruin your day, especially when it will not let you do anything on your computer and scareware is an altogether different type of annoyance.
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I’ve Been Infected But My Antivirus Program Isn’t Working – What Do I Do Now?