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I have published the August 29 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #180 by Mark Donaldson.
The following is an excerpt from this weeks newsletter. To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please click and bookmark this link:
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August 29 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #180 by Mark Donaldson
Almost everyone got this week's newsletter.
I still may have problems from time to time so here is what I have done. Subscribers may use a private link to download the newsletter in the text ( .txt ), html (.html ) and the MS Word Doc ( .doc ) format in a zip file. I will upload the zip files to my archive site right after I send out the newsletter on Friday morning. If a subscriber doesn't receive the newsletter, by 8am EDT, they can quickly download it, unzip it and peruse it offline. You can also read it online from there.
If you are a subscriber and don't know the private link you can email me for it. These zip files are less than 40K which is smaller than the 100K or more newsletter email.
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COOLSITES is a list of safe, fun, useful, informative and just plain cool websites and programs that are FREE, FREE and FREE. All of the programs and websites I list are free. If I list anything that is so good but isn't free I will list the price with it.
My website is Dialup Friendly. All pages except "Just The Links" and "Specialized Search Engines" load up in under 15 seconds.
Wherever you go if you see the user name LUEM42 that's me
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Pirillo's Picks for February 13 2007
"And if you think that's a lot of links, you should see how many
http://luem42.com/ collects every day. It's enough to make you wanna never leave the house again as long as you live" Yours Digitally, Chris Pirillo
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Clif Notes Newsletter, Feb 2007
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotes
"The COOLSITES Newsletter - find the coolest links here. This fella named Mark Donaldson has been sending out his lists of cool sites since 2003. I'd never heard of him before last week. One day I was Googling myself to see who was posting links to my newsletter, and I found his website. I guess he's mentioned my newsletter at least 3 times. I like the COOLSITES website too, but I think it could use some reformatting to make it a bit easier to read. What I really like is the content there. Mark must really read a lot of stuff on the web and he takes the best links then tells you about them."
http://freewarewiki.com/CoolSitesNewsletter
Welcome to Clif Notes Newsletter
August 24, 2008
Hi everyone. Sorry, I don't have a newsletter for you this week.
Last Newsletter
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter080817
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Security News
"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered a new campaign of malicious spam posing as FedEx notifications.
The notifications claim to be from FedEx and explain that a package sent by the recipient in the past month was not delivered. The message has an attachment claimed to be a copy of the invoice. The attachment is in a zip file but is actually a Trojan Downloader.
This spam wave is a continuation of an ongoing theme used in recent months of using a parcel service invoice as the social engineering attack vector.
Websense Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.
To view the details of this alert
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3161.aspx "
"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has detected that the DNS cache on the default DNS server used by the customers of China Netcom (CNC) has been poisoned. When China Netcom customers mistype and enter an invalid domain name, the poisoned DNS server directs the visitor's browser to a page that contains malicious code. China Netcom is among the top ISPs in that country.
When users mistype a domain name, they are sometimes directed by their ISPs to a placeholder Web site with generic advertisements. This is typically an additional revenue source for the ISP. In the case of CNC, customers of this prominent ISP are directed to a Web site under the control of an attacker.
These malicious sites contain an iframe with malicious code that attempts to exploit, among other applications and plug-ins, the Microsoft Snapshot Viewer vulnerability which we reported on at the start o! f the month.
A user querying an unaffected DNS server is taken through to a clean site, whereas a user querying a poisoned name server is taken to a malicious site under the hacker's control. The malicious iframe points to a server in China hosting exploits for RealPlayer, MS06-014, MS Snapshot Viewer and Adobe Flash player.
To view the details of this alert
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3163.aspx "
"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered that a Sunkist site is infected with a mass JavaScript injection that delivers a malicious payload. The reporting page on the Sunkist NewsLINK site contains malicious JavaScript code that loads malicious payloads from nine different hosts. Sunkist is a popular drink in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and other parts of the world. (Please refer to the Sunkist entry on Wikipedia).
Websense Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.
To view the details of this alert
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3167.aspx "
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Security Links
I get these links from good sources however I do not test the programs myself because I just don't have the time and most new programs won't work on my old 98 system. The definitive source of rogue info is Spyware Warrior- Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Business Scams #2- 7 More Tricks to Snag Your Money and Data. Scambusters.org:
http://www.scambusters.org/businessscams2.html
Carnegie Mellon Firefox Extension Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping ~ Tech News Watch:
http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2008/08/27/carnegie-mellon-firefox-ext...ion-thw
Carnegie Mellon Firefox Extension Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping. Download Perspectives - Firefox Extension:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~perspectives/firefox.html
Criminals have now gone 'vishing'. You receive e-mail supposedly from PayPal asking you to call:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2008-08-21-vishing-c...inal-at
Five Online Encryption Tools to Protect Your Privacy - MakeUseOf.com:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/five-online-encryption-tools-to-protect-y...-privac
Foreclosure Rescue Scams- Another Potential Stress for Homeowners in Distress:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre42.shtm
More security holes with MySpace, possibly Facebook:
junomsg://06D50C80/!//news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10019710-83.html
Prevent End-User System Changes With Deep Freeze Part I:
http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/375796767/
Prevent End-User System Changes With Deep Freeze Part II:
http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/376573005/
Security expert- DNS attacks are happening:
http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=70870057-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b
The New Scam in Moving Moving Brokers:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=5587568&page=1
Troubleshooting Viruses And Worms Part IV:
http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/372059441/
Update. Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.488 realtime spyware protection:
http://www.spywareterminator.com/
Update. SUPERAntiSpyware Free 4.20.1046 AntiAdware. AntiSpyware. AntiMalware.:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispyware.html
What's Worse than a Debt Collector A Fake One!:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 165 • 2008-08-14
The following topics appear in our free content
INTRODUCTION
By Brian Livingston
Time for a summer break — see you on Sept. 4
Where in the world is Gizmo Richards?
TOP STORY
By Scott Dunn
You'll get a new Windows Update, like it or not
When turning updates off really doesn't
Keep unwanted updates from bugging you
Tips for installing recalcitrant updates
KNOWN ISSUES
By Dennis O'Reilly
The true tech challenge: keeping it simple
Knowing when not to futz with Windows' innards
Where to find the Support Alert search plug-in
WACKY WEB WEEK
By Katy Chenoweth
Groove is in the history books
http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080814
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My Old Dog
Dear Mark,
For a few months now I have really enjoyed your newletter "Coolsites". There is always something new to learn.
A few minutes ago, I was just starting to read issue #179 and I read in particulary, this: "most new programs won't work on my old 98 system". Like you, I'm still using W98 (SE) and it is for this reason that I write you to know which Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall you use on your old W9x box. Providing this information will sure help me to secure more my old but very friendly computer !
Thank you in advance and please keep providing a great newletter !
All the best,
D.G., Mexico City
Dear D.G.:
My old dog is a Compaq DeskPro EN6400 PII 400 MHz. He weighs in at 196 Meg with a 4.3 gig IBM UltraStar ultra wide SCSI drive. He was born in 98 and spent his first 4 years at Enron Corp (which kind of makes him famous). He was auctioned off to Computer Surplus Outlet who I brought him from for $155 and trained him with Windows 98SE. He is healthy, robust and reliable.
I have used all of the free "protection" programs and the ones I like are Avast Antivirus, Spybot Search And Destroy and SUPERAntiSpyware.
I don't use a firewall because I am on dialup and practice safe surfing and safe computing. It's not paranoia when the danger is real.
I have never had an infection.
Mark.
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Free Cloth Totes at Walmart
Walmart is giving away their cloth totes if you return a bag full of their plastic bags for recycling. Just bring the bag inside to their cashiers and ask about them. Mark.
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COOLSITES 127 cool links
I harvest what I believe to be the best links from the best sources that are safe, fun, informative, useful and just plain cool. I categorize them and edit their descriptions for clarity. I may make comments about the links but you will know because I always sign them with "Mark".
To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please click and bookmark this link:
http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html and check it each week. Thank you. Mark.
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