July 25 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #175 by Mark Donaldson

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I have published the July 25 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #175 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: http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html and check it each week. Thank you. Mark.

July 25 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #175 by Mark Donaldson

Almost everyone got last 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 http://chris.pirillo.com/


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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
July 20, 2008

Here are the headlines from this week's newsletter.

# REVIEWS
1. IrfanView - my favorite image viewer
2. Bug Shooter - nice free screen capture tool
3. Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning - best free calendar tools
4. Google Calendar - great online calendar for you or your organization
5. Desktop Calendar - sits right up front for easy access
6. AccelMan - Windows Explorer replacement
7. AnVir Task Manager - replace Windows task manager
8. Old Newsletter

# TIPS AND FEEDBACK
1. What free software do you need?
2. Johnny's Freeware Mission - running a freeware computer
3. Internet Fixes Weekend Windup
4. Comments last week

# COOL WEBSITES
1. VideoFetcher.com - searching for online videos
2. 4 Neurons - freeware that's small and useful
3. CoolSites Newsletter this week

# NEW NEWS
1. SnapFiles.com - new and updated freeware
2. News from Sarah in Tampa
3. Security news from Malware Advisor
4. A view from CyberNirvana

Last Newsletter http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter080720

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Security News

"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered a new Storm Worm campaign around the theme of the U.S. credit crunch. We have detected a series of email subject lines used to entice users into downloading a Trojan. Here are a few examples of the subjects we have seen in this campaign:

- The new currency is coming
- Amero arrives
- Amero currency Union is now the reality
- The AMERO currency replacing the Dollar
We have previously seen the group behind the infamous Storm Worm use the tried and tested U.S. Independence Day theme and capitalize on global attention around fake World War III news.

Clicking the link in one of these messages directs users to a site laden with drive-by exploits inside of a script file named ind.php. The use of this script file name has been constant throughout this campaign. In typical Storm Worm fashion, infection success rate is highly dependant on the social engineering tactic employed and thus the malicious file in this campaign is appropriately named amero.exe .

Websense Messaging Security and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack."

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Security Links

Some subscribers have indicated that the anti-spyware/adware programs I have listed here recently are "rogues". 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 and they weren't listed there. Spyware Warrior- Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm


BBB, Others, Warn of Phony Fuel Savers: http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/B...NESS01/

Beware of Tabloid Headlines in Dangerous Spam: http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/07/no-presidential.html

Beware Unexpected Trial Offers Popping-up: http://www.rosstravels.com/travellodge.html

CrimeReports.com Get Crime Alerts: http://www.crimereports.com/

Criminal Searches - Start a FREE Criminal Search on anyone today: http://www.criminalsearches.com/

Enable virus protection within BitComet: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=68779778-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

Medical Identity Theft- A Scary Form of Identity Theft Few People Even Know About. Scambusters.org: http://www.scambusters.org/medicalidentitytheft.html

Mozilla patches Firefox side of Safari 'carpet bomb' threat: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi...mp;taxo

New Storm worm variant prevention and cure: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=68643980-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

Rinbot prevention and cure: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=68643979-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

Update. Comodo BOClean Anti-Malware 4.27: http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html

Update. Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.481 realtime spyware protection.: http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Vista. Setting Up Encryption In Vista Part II: http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/07/18/setting-up-encryption-in-vista-part-ii/

Vista. Setting Up Encryption In Vista Part III: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/342347230/

Vista. Troubleshooting Encryption In Vista Part I: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/343293309/

Vista. Troubleshooting Encryption In Vista Part II: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/344334096/

Windows animated cursor attack prevention and cure: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=68643982-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 162 • 2008-07-24

The following topics appear in our free content

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Find reviews of the best free software
Browse all past issues of Support Alert
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TOP STORY
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Yahoo Mail's makeover gives it the webmail edge
Yahoo yields best all-around mail experience
Hotmail is more than just another pretty face
Gmail is the webmail speed champion

LANGALIST TIPS
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Yes, there is life after e-mail newsletters
In and out of the world of Windows
Chasing tornados and video-blogging about it

WACKY WEB WEEK
By Katy Chenoweth
Schwinn Lake? Gears-elle? Ballet on a bicycle

http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080724

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Space Weather News for July 22, 2008

"DESCENDING SPACE JUNK: Almost exactly one year ago, on July 23, 2007, International Space Station astronauts threw an obsolete, refrigerator-sized ammonia reservoir overboard. The 1400-lb piece of space junk has been circling Earth ever since and now, in July 2008, its orbit has decayed so much that it has become an easy naked-eye target for backyard sky watchers. The "Early Ammonia Servicer" (EAS for short) is almost as bright as the stars of the Big Dipper and growing brighter as it descends. Today's edition of http://spaceweather.com displays photos of the EAS, which is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere in late 2008 or early 2009. Readers who wish to see the EAS with their own eyes should check the Simple Satellite Tracker for flyby times: http://spaceweather.com/flybys. Europeans are favored with flybys this week, North Americans next week."

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What Me Stupid?

Here's another scam email I received this week. Mark.

Rotary Foundation International.
Rotary United Kingdom (D2210).
D2200 - D2210 -
Rotary International

We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged a recipient of our
Rotary International Cash Grant Programs. You were selected by our
Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of
800,000,000 individual and corporate bodies generated from our
resource database. NO TICKETS WERE SOLD.

During Rotary Grant and Awareness Month in April, help expand awareness of
Rotary's global humanitarian efforts. As members of the world's first
service club organization, Rotarians have much to be proud of as they put
Service Above Self while advancing world understanding, goodwill, and
peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and
business and the alleviation of poverty.

You are identified with Batch Number: 444821545-ES/2008 Category A and
your Grant portfolio is filed with Ref Number:MARKT 80 ES9414.You are
therefore to receive a cash prize of £750.000.00GBP (Seven Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Pounds Only).

You are therefore to contact our Reto Certified and Accredited claims
agent for category A winners with the information below with the following
information for funds claims:
************************************************

1. Full Names:.....................................
2. Contact Address:.............................
3. Telephone Number:........................
4. Age:................................................
5. Sex:................................................
6. Nationality:.....................................
7. Present Country:.............................
8. Occupation:....................................

Reto. Maxwell Gerald
Rotary International Grant Senior Coordinator
Tel:+44 703 5906 934
Email: rotaryclub2223 RemoveThis @live.com
***********************************************
Regards.
Steve Banns.


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COOLSITES 100 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.