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March 4th Show Recap & Links!
Posted on: 2006-03-03 17:25:19 Jim is sick, we get distracted right from the start, free pens and a heavy phone call day! Download: http://www.thetechnologygeeks.com/shows/030406.mp3 Links mentioned: Feature: Internet freedoms in China · Shockingly, American companies are helping the Chinese censor internet content ( Not porn but political content ). o Cisco o Yahoo o Google · As part of this deal Yahoo and possibly others are turning over information to the Chinese government resulting in the arrest and jailing of Chinese citizens for speaking out against the government. · American companies are helping the Chinese government round up political prisoners in China! Don’t forget to listen to us LIVE on the web at: o For Real Player go to http://www.WFBL.Com o For Wav format go to http://www.radioshowlinks.com. o Check out our past shows on our website –http://www.thetechnologygeeks.com Jim’s GEEK OF THE WEEK SOFTWARE PICK. The Ultimate Troubleshooter 2.80 http://www.majorgeeks.com/The_Ultimate_Troubleshooter_d4270.html This is the most complete and most effective PC Tuning program ever written. It is the Ultimate Startups Manager : a Task, Services, and Startups Manager which, thanks to included recommendations on about every Windows background task, empowers any user to streamline and configure their PC for speed and, above all, long term stability. Website of the week. Website of the week. - This site is home to twelve odd animated films on muffins. - click the muffin tin to make your selection. http://www.muffinfilms.com/index.htm Announcements: o Central NY PC Users Group’s upcoming meeting is being held on Monday, March 6, 2006 at the Liverpool Public Library beginning @ 6PM. o March’s topic is “Digital Camera Buyers Guide” - Jeff Berman will present: This program is tailored to those buying their first digital camera and those looking to upgrade. Jeff Berman is a superb instructor and will give an excellent show. o Also: Ken Jackson will be giving a brief review of Microsoft’s Digital Image Suite 10. o Members & non-members are requested to register to attend all meeting. Registration forms are available online at http://www.cnypcug.org/reserve . o Mike will be performing on Saturday, March 11, 2006 @ 9PM @ Footprints On The Lake, 2437 Rte 174, Marrietta, NY 13110 – ( 315 ) 636-8255 o Look for the Geek Feature coming up on this station. Mike will explain it on the air & ask for ideas. o Of course your calls at 421-9325. News Items Mentioned: Apple security fix closes Mail, iChat, Safari holes http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/03/01/security/index.php Apple on Wednesday released Security Update 2006-001, available for download through Software Update system preference pane and from Apple’s Downloads Web page. The update addresses a recently reported exploit that left Safari users vulnerable to malicious shell scripts; corrects a vulnerability to Apple’s Mail software and also changes the way iChat handles file transfers to help prevent the “Leap-A” malware. Virus makes leap from PC to PDA http://news.com.com/Virus+makes+leap+from+PC+to+PDA/2100-1029_3-6044457.html?tag=nefd.top A group of security researchers claims to have found the first virus that can jump to a mobile device after infecting a PC. The malicious software, dubbed "Crossover," was sent anonymously to the Mobile Antivirus Researchers Association, the group said in a statement released on Monday. The virus is a proof-of-concept bug and was not released in the wild, meaning that it doesn't pose an actual risk for PC and device users. "Crossover is the first malware to be able to infect both a Windows desktop computer as well as a PDA running Windows Mobile for Pocket PC," the research group said. AOL sues alleged phishing rings http://news.com.com/AOL+sues+alleged+phishing+rings/2100-7350_3-6043975.html The online division of Time Warner said Tuesday it had filed three civil suits in Alexandria's U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, charging the three groups with tricking AOL members with fake Web sites of legitimate companies to fool them into giving up personal information. The suits were filed under Virginia's new antiphishing statute, a federal trademark law called the Lanham Act, and a federal antispam law called the Federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act. AOL said they were the first suits filed by an Internet service provider under the Virginia law passed in July 2005. PayPal Password-stealing Trojan Mass Mailed http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060228/tc_cmp/181400555 U.K.-based BlackSpider Technologies said that it had already intercepted more than 3.2 million messages with an attached Trojan, and claimed that it took 52 hours for the first anti-virus vendor to issue a signature that detected and deleted the malware. Clagger.h, as Sophos dubbed it (Symantec named it "PWSteal.Tarno.s"), comes with the subject head of "Notification: Your Account Temporally Limited," and targets PayPal users. The associated e-mail claims that PayPal has detected unusual activity on the recipient's PayPal account. If the user opens the attached file, Clagger.h silently installs. Not only does Clagger.h set a backdoor so the attacker can later add more malicious code to the PC, but it lurks in the background and nabs usernames and passwords from any window or Web page with text strings ranging from "cash" and "bank" to "log" and "id." Virus promises nude Paris Hilton pics http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/news/2151349/hackers-try-legal-challenge A new worm is spreading over the internet using a variety of social engineering techniques, including pretending to be a legal summons or offering pictures of Paris Hilton. Bagle-DO spreads in emails with subject lines such as 'Pay your debts before we come to you', 'Call to your lawer [sic] immidiately [sic]', 'Lawsuit against you,' and 'We wait your response'. The emails urge the recipient to open the attached file, which can be called 'lawsuit.exe', 'explanation.exe' or 'documents.exe'. If executed the worm installs itself on the PC and looks for other computers to infect. |