Tuesday, January 29, 2008

More News - Late Jan 29\Early Jan 30

Storm Worm, IE7\Vista Fix, Jetpack

In an article published last week, it was inferred the proper people know who is behind the Storm Worm and maybe even the RBN itself.
Storm Worm: We Know Who

Popular blogger posts a fix for IE7\Vista users to prevent common crash.
IE7 For Vista Crash Tweak

And for those wanting to fly like 007 did in Thunderball with a jet pack, that dream just got a little closer.
Jetpack Dreams Come True

Latest News & Info

Sorry kids, but I've been busy with the new software upgrade, tweaking things here and there along with MysteryFCM, who has been an invaluable help. If not for him I'd be struggling over at phpBB forum support.

Here are the latest links from the forum, no commentary today tho.


Monday, January 28, 2008

Threads From The Weekend

The site will reach well over 1 million hits this month....thanks!
Monthly Site Stats [UPDATED Jan 27 '08]

New software installed, tweaking things now, read about some of the new additions
Forum Software Upgrade This Weekend..Jan 25-27

A poll to see what sort of links you have in your RSS feed reader
What's In Your Wallet....Errrrr.... I Mean RSS Reader?

BillP fights piracy to keep his PLUS users always connected.
WinPatrol: Online Activation is the Future

And it looks like another security vendor may bundle something no one ever wants with their free software.
Lavasoft confirms negotiations to bundle Ask Toolbar

Friday, January 25, 2008

New Forum Software Upgrade Completed

New forum location here

Forum bug thread here

UPDATE: Redirect....from old path will be up shortly....is now operational.

Tweaks and things will be ongoing thru the weekend, thanks for being patient.

Forum Upgrade Under Way....

Please be patient as I upgrade the forum software from phpBB v2.xx to the latest v3.xx.

Hope to have it done as quickly as possible, so if forums unavailable, that may be why.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

BillP Gets Support From Users & New Scotty Jan 25

Well BillP has gotten a ton of support from all the users after his decision to not bundle WP with any 'extras'. He's very thankful and now we're getting a new Scotty!
BillP Gets The Love & New WinPatrol Jan 25

Fake MySpace Program, Windows Live Phish, Busted!, Writers Strike

PG finds a fake program on MySpace that leads to.....drum roll........trojan download! Fake MySpace Program

Donna @ COU gets not one, but two phish emails using Windows Live. Windows Live Phish

Some guy in Japan writes a virus, but that's ok, because over there it's not llegal. So they nab him for copyright infringment instead. BUSTED: Virus Writer In Japan

And with the writers strike going on users are turning to the Net in droves. Survey: Writers Sending Viewers To Net

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Latest Hot Links In forum

PG finds some open direcories and gets him a boatload of inf about the scum behind MySpace fake profiles.
MySpace: Fake Profiles, How It's Done

Researchers gets sites shut down via collaborative effort. The power of the Web as a collective.
Google, eBay Thwart Phishing Schemes

Virus List's latest threats.
Malware Miscellany

Mac users will now begin to see malware aimed at them. But don't expect it to reach epic levels....yet.
Cybercrime Moves Beyond Windows

China shuts down over 44K porn related sites. Big deal.
File Under: Drop In The Bucket

MS drops some info about the next gen IE.

MS Confirms IE8 = 3 Render Modes

Another teacher accused of some sort of sexual contact with a minor.
Louisiana Teacher Facing PC Sex Charges

I don't know why they need a study for this. Anyone with half a wit knows ads suck
Web Ads Face Growing Opposition

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

BillP Takes The High Road

Chalk one up to integrity and ethics.

Ask.com, owned by IAC approached the WinPatrol developer about including a toolbar in with the product we all have come to love using and recommending. Would Bill be tempted by the $ signs dancing in front of him? Will he think more of the bottom line and less of his users?

Do I have to really answer that?

Storm Worm IPs

List of latest Storm Worm, with some 'Subject' lines as well

  • 92.80.105.5/
    92.81.116.188/
    92.80.105.5/
    24.210.161.135
    80.74.59.103
    75.36.203.254/
    99.165.13.64/
    Our Love Nest - 65.185.86.166/
    Dream of You - <same as above>
    Hugging My Pillow - 24.88.247.128/
    76.252.189.167
    72.40.18.255/
    69.236.21.121/
    92.81.116.188/
    92.80.105.5/
    24.210.161.135
    80.74.59.103
    75.36.203.254/
    99.165.13.64/
    72.224.23.148/
    123.140.200.190/
    A Toasty My Love - 24.23.163.181
    Our Love Will Last - 64.126.47.223/

More subject lines here as well

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Teen Site Update.. Storm Worm Tracker

On the teen dating site mentioned earlier, it appears someone may have found some child pr0n on it. The sites been reported. Updates as received.

I also posted about the latest Storm worm variant, but neglected to say there iis also a new link to keep track of these variants located on the Secure Computing website. Nothing like collaboration between researchers to maintain an ever present vigil eh?

Storm Worm: Valentines Version

Check out the latest Valentines Day related Storm email!

Zango, Spam, Routers, FCC, Fires, UFOs!!

Got some action this morning already, so lets get to them.

First up is a disturbing new incarnation for a site which PG had previously written about, but this time its turned itself into a teen date site. Teens meaning 13 year olds!! Oh and Zango is involved. Can you say you're surprised? I can't.

Then a security vendor is claiming that in a corporate environment over 90% of emails received are spam. I'm glad I don't work in an corporate environment.
Or any 'work' environment actually. LOL

There is a report that most home routers are vulnerable to remote take over. So you better read up and make sure you're protected.

Comcast is being investigated by the FCC about its Internet filters. With lots of users complaining I guess it makes sense to see wtf is going on.

PC vendors Dell and HP are sued over fire damage claims by a couple of different people. One case disfigured a daughter of a complainant. Another burned down a business. Not exactly the kind of 'hot' press you wanna see if your the PR guy eh?

Live in Texas? If so did you see the UFOs??? Did ya, did ya??