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November 24, 2007
We're Doing It Again This Year -
How about You? The 7th Annual
Internet Toy Drive!!
We are proud to be a partner with the official U.S. Marines "Toys
for Tots" program in The 7th Annual Internet Toy Drive.
It's a sad fact that millions of children in the United States will
NOT have a single gift to open on Christmas Day!
We
aim to change that and make sure EVERY child has at least one
present 'from Santa' under their tree. You can Help a needy child in
YOUR community right now, too.
November
17, 2007
Lest we become complacent... ...and forget that the virus
writers and cyber criminals are gearing up for a big holiday at our
expense...
...with ever more clever and insidious ways to infect our computers,
this message is to alert you to the
The Latest Virus Threats are identified there with removal tools and
Repair Utilities listed by McAfee, symantec, Panda, and TrendMicro.
There's also some additional Virus Removal advice from Microsoft and US-CERT, the The National Cyber Alert System.
That's the "US-CERT: United States Computer Emergency Readiness
Team" who warn of cyber threats and vulnerabilities, and offer
advice and solutions for virus removal.
Use the posted Links to Visit the US-CERT Current Activity
web page for timely Alerts and Removal advice where you can check
the "Vulnerability Summary for the Current Week".
They even provide Security Tips and Security Alerts for
Non-Technical ordinary web users like us. (A
good site to bookmark)
A misbehaving computer system may not be caused by a virus, but
could simply be bogged down by an overloaded Windows Registry with
redundant entries created by the Windows operating system or other
software.
Many of these entries are no longer needed or used by Windows and may well
disrupt the smooth running of your system.
Windows communicates with its registry dozens of times every second
and broken registry keys can make that communication difficult and
slow.
Use the links there for a Free PC Diagnostic Registry Scan by
ErrorNuker
Here's why - you can give each one of your young children their own
personalized picture Identity Card
... for FREE.
I put a link on the Family Safety page of my
Firewalls-and-Virus-Protection.com website that explains the "FREEIDPROGRAM"
and how you can ORDER these 'COOL' ID cards for each of your kids.
If you don't have any children around, tell your friends who do
about the 'KidSafe ID' cards.
FREEIDPROGRAM.com is a source on the Internet for high quality child
safety resources used by hundreds of parents and caregivers to
better protect the children they love and care for.
The 'KIDSAFE ID' program provides every child with a
Premium Child Safety Resource Package and allows kids and parents to
choose from 30 unique, kid-friendly design themes.
You make the selections right from your home computer.
This is not an affiliate link. There's no commission to me for
alerting you about this wonderful resource.
I've alerted the parents of my 9 grandchildren, and they're getting
Kids ID's for each of my Grandkids.
They're ordering the FREE Safety Resource package that includes
colorful plastic ID cards, Plastic ID Tags, a fingerprint kit, an
Internet Ready Digital ID, and more.
The Internet-Ready, Digital ID provides a digital identification
that can be quickly provided and emailed to authorities for use with
Amber Alert. The digital ID can also be printed on the family's home
computer, providing a temporary copy of the child's ID until the
plastic cards arrive.
The package is FREE, however there is a small charge for mailing it
to you.
The Numbers, from a National Cyber Security
Alliance and McAfee Inc. study
78 percent of consumer PCs in the U.S. are not
protected (defined as not having up-to-date anti-virus,
anti-spyware, and a correctly configured firewall)
93 percent of PC users believe
they are protected !
That statistic really alarms me. WHY?
The Holidays are coming - big shopping opportunities for buying from
the internet - big opportunities for criminals to take
advantage of web shoppers' buying fervor.
Also super great opportunity for those criminals to try out their
latest subterfuges and malicious tricks - one of which is promoting
"Rogue Security Software" which can drop Trojans into your system
and trap you in a botnet.
Rogue security software masquerades as a helpful security program,
but uses malware or malicious tools to advertise or compel users to
pay for the removal of non-existent spyware. These software makers
often use social engineering to trick consumers into buying their
fraudulent anti-spyware or anti-virus products.
It's also a perfect opportunity to
update yourself, your family, and your friends on the dangers of
Rogue Security Software.
November 1, 2007Treasure Troves of Valuable
Information waiting
for you to Discover them in Blogs
I'm a blogger(*) and if you are reading this, you probably are, too.
In a broad sense, bloggers(*) not only create and publish
information, they search for, read, and benefit from the mother lode
of treasures awaiting discovery in someone else's weblog.
If you noticed the new addition in my list of favorite blogs (down
there in the left sidebar), I added it because it is my recently
discovered abundance of smart and practical ways for handling,
saving, and enjoying money.
Finnish
security software firm F-Secure reports that E-mails
containing malicious PDF files have been putting computers at risk
since last week.
The e-mails were made to look like like credit card statements which
contained an attachment called 'report.pdf."
When viewed on vulnerable machines, these PDF files start
downloading software from servers in Malaysia or Sweden.
It's important to note that The F-Secure firm expects continuing
attacks.
The Adobe Company has issued a bulletin with instructions to
protect vulnerable users. This issue only affects customers on
Windows XP or Windows 2003 with Internet Explorer 7 installed who
are using Adobe Reader Version 8.1 and Acrobat 8.1
They urge affected users to update to Adobe Reader 8.1.1 or Acrobat
8.1.1.
Adobe Security Bulletin provides information and links to
update files to Adobe Reader Version 8.1.1 and Acrobat 8.1.1 to
protect against malicious Code in spam emails with PDF attachments.
Adobe will provide an update to Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and
Acrobat 7.0.9 at a later date. Adobe Reader 6.X and Acrobat 6.X are
not vulnerable to this issue.
Do it now. If you are a "vulnerable user", why put it off?
...Richard
October 17,
2007Phishing
Attacks, now including PDF traps,
on the Increase
In their September
edition of the Intelligence monthly report, MessageLabs* Company
published these statistics -
Spam made
up 73.5% of the emails they processed in September
(a decrease of 0.5% since August) Viruses One in 48.8 emails in September
contained malware
(an increase of 0.8% since August) Phishing One in 87.2 emails comprised a
phishing attack
(an increase of 0.6% since August)
The report included these eye-opening and unnerving statistics -
Phishing attacks have overtaken the numbers of virus or
trojan attacks. A
typical large attack could involve 20,000 to 80,000 emails, and in
some cases
as many as 200,000 or more. Smaller scale attacks could be made-up
of many
waves each containing between 1,000 and 2,000 emails amounting to
between
5,000 and 10,000 overall.
Spammers are highly creative and sophisticated in their
attempts to bypass
spam filters. For years, image spam (poisoned jpg files) has been
very
popular, with spammers using a variety of different techniques to
make
detection more difficult. They are now resorting to more clever
traps.
These new methods enable the phishing sites to be hosted on
botnets.
The IP addresses of these botnets are changed regularly, making it
more
difficult to track the spammers back to their lairs.
As both MessageLabs* and anti-spam providers improve their
image
processing techniques, spammers are increasingly switching to a new
image entrapment format - PDF
It is not difficult to include poisoned links in PDF pages -
links that lead
unsuspecting readers to entrapment in botnets.
PDF spam is an increasing problem and MessageLAbs* reports
that it now
accounts for around 20% of spam.
Not only do we need to be aware of these increasingly more
clever spammer
traps when surfing at home, but those of us who have the opportunity to review
and download
PDF files at work must consider the potential dangers to our
employers.
Do your part - don't abuse
employer allowed surfing privileges
...Richard Tags:pdf spamspam,
botnet
*
MessageLabs
provides messaging and web security management services
for over 15,000 clients worldwide, with around 1.5 billion emails
processed
each week on their behalf.
October 12, 2007Planning
to take toys to your grandkids for the
upcoming holiday celebrations?
In a recent Press Release, the
Transportation Security Administration alerted Airline passengers
who pack remote-control toys in their carry-on bags to expect a
little more security screening at the airports.
While not
associated with a specific threat at this time, TSA is aware that
remote control toys can be used to initiate devices used in
terrorist attacks. Accordingly, Transportation Security Officers
have trained on this possibility and travelers
may encounter additional screening when bringing remote control
devices in carry-on baggage.
Read the full TSA Press release HERE. There's and audio report
by the Agency's Mr. Kip Hawley that
provides more details on this issue at the
TSA website. You can learn
how to get those remote control toys safely to your destination and
to the children. ... Richard
Tags: remote controlled toys
October 1, 2007How Did
You Teach Your Children To Be Safe
When They Were learning to Surf the Internet?
We'd love to learn how you taught your kids to
be cautious and careful and avoid the threats from online scammers
and pedophiles when they were learning to explore the "web".
As parents, grandparents and guardians, we
are reminded constantly to help our children enjoy the pleasures and
excitement of the Internet in safety.
My own grandchildren learned how to boot up their family
computers at a very early age. For the youngest of
them, it was simply a matter of watching their older sisters and brothers as
they chatted online with their friends, worked on their school lessons, and
explored the mysteries of the cyber universe.
Informed
parents recognize that the Internet provides an exciting and
learning experiences for their children. Teaching online safety, and
learning together is a wonderful way for any family to enjoy it.
Your experiences and successes could help a lot of other parents and
us grandparents.
CLICK HERE for a
real easy way to Share your Experiences and learn how other parents
helped their kids to safety - free, of course
Thanks for caring, and sharing....Richard
Tags: kids Internet safety
October 1, 2007
Protecting our Kid's
Safety Online
(*)I'm a proud grandparent of 9
precious grandchildren and the last thing in this world that I ever
want to see is someone hurting them.
I'm certain that this
doesn't make me any different than every other parent, grandparent
or child guardian.
What is a bit different, however, is that I have an opportunity to
help other parents and grandparents do something to help protect our
young children from the most heinous people who prey on them
when they're playing on the Internet - the pedophiles and child
predators hiding in the cyberworld.
I do this through my websites and blogs - usually through news
alerts and product announcements. This message is a product
announcement.
The product is an eBook I just prepared from information I
purchased. I bought it because it seemed so complete, and thorough,
that I believe it will enable all of us to help our kids more easily
understand how serious, and cautious they must be when visiting the
Internet.
Yes,
there's a price for this one, but it's only $6.95, and you can
download it from the internet and start using it almost
immediately.
If you order the eBook and find that it doesn't help you understand,
and explain the threats that these creatures pose, then I'll return
your money. (Within 60 days of your order).
It's not the money, the most important issue here is the safety of
our children, as you'll see when you visit the order page.
October 1,
2007
Checkout My eBook "How to
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It's loaded with Vital Security Tools and Tips to Secure Your
Computers and Guard Against Internet Fraud and Identity Theft.
To make it easily affordable to the lesser experienced Beginners and
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nearly everyone can afford -
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And to make it available to even more of the internet users who can
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Even better, the $7.00 price includes the free bonus eBook - "PC
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It's really important that everyone be aware that Clever Internet
Thieves from all around the world are using very highly
sophisticated and stealthy infiltration schemes to plant trojans,
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