“These guys are in business, and they’re going to do the amount of work necessary to stay in business”

Spammers have begun using come-ons such as stock-pushing images as e-mail stationery backgrounds to evade antispam technology and shovel their unwanted messages into your inbox. via PC World
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“The majority of victims are not even aware that their computer has been compromised or their personal information exploited”

The vast majority of hijacked computers are Windows PCs The FBI is contacting more than one million PC owners who have had their computers hijacked by cyber criminals. via BBC News
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More on this issue in today’s Globe and Mail.

It’s actually quite unusual for bail to be denied to non-violent offenders, and there has been much speculation as to what was behind the judge’s reasoning.

In this case, there were a number of factors mentioned by the judge, the primary one being that Soloway has family in Sweden and minimal ties to the Seattle area. The judge noted that it’s as easy to spam from Sweden as from the U.S.

In addition, the judge noted that Soloway was known for ignoring court orders as shown by his failure to pay the judgements against him obtained by Microsoft and an Oklahoma ISP, combined with the fact that he continued spamming afterwards.

In an old post to a spammer’s bulletin board, someone claiming to be Soloway bragged that he was never going to pay any judgement against him. This may have come back to haunt him.
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The Jerusalem Post just sent me an interesting apology today. Here is how I would summarize it:“We sold the email you gave us to a third party so that they can send you advertisements. Unfortunately they forgot to mark it clearly as spam - no idea how that happened and we’ll ask future spammers to […]
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Instant Attention Popups, Just Add Common Sense by Robert PlankThere’s a very easy way to create instant attention, unblockable “popups” that aren’t popups that don’t look like popups and technically aren’t popups at all. They don’t even require JavaScript. They also don’t require an obscene monthly fee.This is what they look like: http://www.salespagetactics.com/ImagePopupAll you have […]
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Human beings are scaling new heights day by day. Markets are becoming more and more complex and competitive. Companies launch new products, market them, but even then are not sure if their product will match the taste, need and pocket of the consumer. This is because numerous brands are associated with a single commodity. Some […]
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Hard drives - Hard drives are a little more complicated. First off, you have to know what you want to do with the hard drive. By this, I mean either you want it set to either SLAVE or MASTER. If you want to boot from the hard drive (load windows or whatever other OS off […]
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What to do once your PC is infected with spyware, ad-ware or virusesSo you’ve been running a virus program. Or you haven’t. (Check my previous article on keeping your computer at top speed by using Avast). Either way, your PC is now infected by spyware/ad-ware, or even worse, a virus. What DO you do?The easiest […]
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The Jerusalem Post just sent me an interesting apology today. Here is how I would summarize it:“We sold the email you gave us to a third party so that they can send you advertisements. Unfortunately they forgot to mark it clearly as spam - no idea how that happened and we’ll ask future […]
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The FBI is contacting more than one million PC owners who have had their computers hijacked by criminals as part of an ongoing project to thwart the use of hijacked home computers, or zombies, as launch platforms for hi-tech crimes.
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The Department of Justice and FBI announced the results of an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle botherders and elevate the publics cyber security awareness of botnets. OPERATION BOT ROAST is a national initiative and ongoing investigations have identified over 1 million victim computer IP addresses.
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This is the first step to servicing, upgrading or removing PC hardware from your PC. Refer to my other articles on adding, upgading or removing just about any piece of hardware.First things first, get that case off your PC. This is usually done by removing the screws on the back. Don’t remove the ones near […]
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Computer Video With No ScreenScience-Fiction meets reality with this new video display technology.The Heliodisplay includes patented and patent pending technology to transform normal ambient air and display video images into free-space. Some Heliodisplay models are interactive allowing a finger or hand to move images around in the air as if one were grabbing a tangible […]
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Nucleus Kernel for FAT recovers data from deleted, formatted, damaged, or corrupted partitions where FAT based operating systems, such as Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 are installed on the hard disk or data storage media. During recovery process a complete scan of the damaged drive or data […]
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How to tell you have spyware, ad-ware or virusesUsually, the easiest way to tell you have spyware is because your PC is running at a reduced speed. The other way to check is to hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and hit task manager (if you have windows service pack 2. If you have before SP2, then this should […]
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“Look for egress traffic to 203.121.79.49:54321 to identify infected computers on a network”

With malicious hackers actively targeting executives of global companies with a Trojan embedded in an RTF document attached to a fake IRS e-mail, security experts are urging caution. via CRM Daily
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Should one use Windows Update?This topic has good and valid arguments on both sides. Some would say keeping your windows up to date is essential in keeping it free of the newest, worst viruses and the like. Others would say that updating your windows is overemphasized, unneeded and a waste of time.In the future, Microsoft […]
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