June 20 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #170 by Mark Donaldson

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I have published the June 20 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #170 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.


June 20 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #170 by Mark Donaldson

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 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
June 15, 2008

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry, there is no newsletter this week. I was busy all weekend and had no time to write. I'll try to get back with you next week.

Lastest Newsletter http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter080608

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Security News

Beware of the IRS Stimulus Check scam. Phishers are sending out emails that look like they came from the IRS and calling on the phone claiming they need additional info or for you to click a link to get your check. The IRS says that they do not correspond with anyone via email and that it's a scam. If you should receive this email or other IRS scams please forward to: phishing.TakeThisOut@irs.gov.

"Websense® Security Labs ThreatSeeker technology has discovered a new Storm Worm social-engineering tactic, capitalizing on the recent global attention around 2 major events: the recent natural disaster in China and the upcoming Olympics, also to be held in China. These malicious sites speculate that the upcoming Olympics in Beijing would be "under the threat of failure" because of the recent earthquake in China, and then tricks visitors to click on what looks like an embedded flash video player, that really leads to the download of a malicious executable. Users that open this file will have their desktop infected with a Trojan."

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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


FBI warns of child-support card scam: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/13/FBI_warns_of_childsupport_ca...scam_1.

Free Microsoft Security Online and Phone Support - Microsoft Security: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/support/default.mspx

Protect your home network with your old PC: http://help.cnet.com/ipod/9602-12576_39-0.html?messageID=2504997

Security Threat Report- 2008 Free Report: http://lockergnome.tradepub.com/free/w_soph13/prgm.cgi

Spammers Take Over Personal Calendars: http://www.scambusters.org/calendars.html

There's a sophisticated ruse going on right now where criminals use the triple threat of e-mail, phone calls and text messages to trick you into yielding your account information: http://clarkhoward.com/liveweb/shownotes/2008/06/06/13639/

Update. Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 7.0.0.223 (06-19-0 Free Virus Removal Tools: http://www.kaspersky.com/removaltools

Update. Secunia PSI 0.9.0.4 RC3 Personal Software Inspector - Secunia: https://psi.secunia.com/

Update. Spybot - Search and Destroy 1.6.0 Beta 2: http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

Update. Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438 realtime spyware protection. Free spyware removal and spyware protection - Spyware Terminator: http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Vista. Protecting Against Spyware In Vista Part IV: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/311273896/

Vista. Protecting Against Spyware In Vista Part V: http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/06/16/protecting-against-spyware-in...sta-par

Vista. Protecting Against Spyware In Vista Part VI: http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/06/17/protecting-against-spyware-in...sta-par

Vista. Protecting Against Spyware In Vista Part VII: http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/06/18/protecting-against-spyware-in...sta-par

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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 157 • 2008-06-19

The following topics appear in our free content


INTRODUCTION China readers have ways to improve our secrets

TOP STORY Dig deeper to reveal the secrets of Firefox 3
Venture into Firefox's settings repository
Read all about:config
Reset your history's maximum and minimum

KNOWN ISSUES There's more than one way to transfer big files
More ways to get files from Point A to Point B
Freeware cuts big file transfers down to size
A free, open-source Web file-transfer service

WACKY WEB WEEK These chocolate eggs are definitely on a roll

http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080619

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What Me Update

12 must-have Firefox extensions: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=60331136-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

5 Essential Plugins For Firefox 3: http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/06/18/5-essential-plugins-for-ff3/

Firefox 3 doesn't cure all the ills of Firefox 2: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=59556440-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

Firefox 3 Needs A Fix Already: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/06/18/mozilla-firefox-3-needs-a-...-alread

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COOLSITES 108 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.