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I have published the November 9 2007 COOLSITES Newsletter # 138 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.
November 9 2007 COOLSITES Newsletter # 138 by Mark Donaldson
Semper Gratis (forever free)
Wherever you go if you see the user name LUEM42 that's me
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.
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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
November 4, 2007
Here are the headlines from this week's newsletter.
REVIEWS
CA Internet Security Suite 2007 - free offer for RoadRunner customers
PC Tools Firewall Plus - free edition
BitDefender Free Edition - antivirus scanner
NeoCrypt - Encryption solution
QT TabBar - useful and cool Explorer add-on
HobComment Explorer Extension - comments a file from the right click menu
Clickster - search and download MP3 files
Old Newsletter
TIPS AND FEEDBACK
What free software do you need?
Rebuild Your Mac with 20 Useful Downloads
Flock is somebody's favorite browser
Internet Fixes Weekend Windup
Comments last week
COOL WEBSITES
Odeo - subscribe and listen to PODcasts on your PC or MP3 player
Downloadpedia.org - great download lists
Words and Phrases that Should Exist but Probably Don't
Senduit — Quick One-Time File Sharing
CoolSites Newsletter this week
Websites I've visited recently
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter071104
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Security News
"Websense® Security Labs(TM) has received reports of a phishing attack that targets customers of Equifax. Users receive a spoofed email message claiming that they must fill out the required online form. The email provides a link to a phishing site, which attempts to collect personal and account information.
This phishing site is hosted in Israel and was up at the time of this alert.
Phishing email text:
Dear Equifax customer,
Equifax Technical Department requests you to complete ePORT Customer Online Form.
This procedure is obligatory for all Equifax ePORT customers.
Please select the hyperlink and visit the address listed to access ePORT Customer Online Form.
<URL REMOVED>
These instructions are to be sent to all Equifax ePORT customers.
For additional details and information on how to detect and prevent this type of attack:
http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/alerts/alert.php?AlertID=815
Websense® Security Labs(TM) have received reports of a phishing attack that targets Banco De Credito Centroamericano customers. Users receive a spoofed email message, which asks them to update their account because new security measures have been put in place. The email provides a link to a phishing site that attempts to collect personal and account information.
This phishing site is hosted in the United States and was down at the time of this alert.
Translated text of phishing email:
Dear "Mi Banco Bancentro" Customer. Thank you for being one more of us, and for trusting us.
We are glad to inform you, that, we now counting with a new security process in our servers system, with the latest in Swedish Banking. This allow us to inform you that for this reason you must be part of our new update process. It's a fast process which will take only about 30 seconds, you must log in into your account and that is all, as simple as that.
For such reason we invite you to enter using the links that we provided to you in the email you received. Using our automatic ticket generator we assigned you an ID number, with this ID # you will be successfully registered.
Enter
Quick Links
<URL REMOVED>
For additional details and information on how to detect and prevent this type of attack:
http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/alerts/alert.php?AlertID=816
National Cyber Alert System Cyber Security Alert SA07-310A Apple QuickTime Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: November 6, 2007 Source: US-CERT Systems Affected: Vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime affect * Apple Mac OS X * Microsoft Windows Overview: Apple has released Apple QuickTime 7.3 to correct several vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain access to your computer. Solution: Upgrade QuickTime. OS X users should use the Mac OS X Software Update feature to download and install Apple QuickTime 7.3. Consider scheduling Software Update to check for updates automatically (this option is enabled by default). Microsoft Windows users should upgrade to Apple QuickTime 7.3. Description: QuickTime prior to version 7.3 has multiple image and media file handling vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to run malicious programs on your computer. This could happen by visiting a malicious web site. Upgrading to Apple QuickTime version 7.3 will correct these vulnerabilities. Note that Apple iTunes installs QuickTime, so any system with iTunes is vulnerable. For more technical information, see US-CERT Technical Security Alert TA07-310A.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-310A.html "
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Security Links
Apple patches seven QuickTime bugs, zaps Java:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi...mp;taxo
FTC demands bigger spyware penalties - The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/30/ftc_spyware_sanctions/
FTC Publishes Final Identity Theft Rules:
http://www.rtoonline.com/Content/Article/Oct07/FTC_Identity_Theft_Rule...8789103
FTC Releases Consumer Fraud Survey:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/10/fraud.shtm
Leopard bug identified with moving data. If you're moving data from one Mac or PC to a Mac running Mac OS X Leopard, don't trip over the cord:
http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9811753-37.html
Microsoft adds new parental controls to Xbox 360 - washingtonpost.com:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007...700856.
New. MULTI VIRUS CLEANER 2007 VirusKeeper anti virus and anti spyware for Windows:
http://www.viruskeeper.com/us/mvc.htm
New. NeoCrypt is a free, open-source File Protection Utility for Windows can encrypt whole directories:
http://neocrypt.sourceforge.net/
Salesforce.com falls for phishing scam, warns customers:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi...mp;arti
Trend Micro Launches Web Security for PS3. blocks malicious sites when using the PS3 web browser:
http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2007/11/trend-micro-launches-web-...urity-f
Update. Avast! Home Edition 4.7.1074 complete ICSA certified antivirus package for home noncommercial use:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Update. Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.11.246 RC1:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
Update. Hazard Shield 1.5.0.0:
http://www.orbitech.org/
Update. RemoveIT Pro v4 - SE 11.06.2007 Antivirus Software - Remove Spyware and Adware with RemoveIT Pro:
http://incodesolutions.com/
Update. ZoneAlarm 7.1.078.000 Award winning PC Protection, Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Identity Protection, and much more.:
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/home.jsp
Updated 11-01-07 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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Believe it
There has been some interest in Otartel.com. They sell brand name gift cards at a discount. How can they do this? Two reasons, they are still making a profit and even if they weren't they just want to get you into the store like any loss-leader sale. A loss-leader sale is designed to get you into the store with a price on an item that is below cost. The store takes a loss on that item hoping you are going to buy other things also and they will make a profit. I buy all of my meats on loss-leader sales but never buy other items (the stores hate me).
Otartel.com sells gift cards at a 10% to 30% discount and since most profit margins are above 40% they still make a profit. The only info on the web, that is negative about them, is people who can't believe they are doing this. Mark.
Discounted Gift Cards from Otartel.com - gift cards for you!:
http://www.otartel.com/
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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 130 • 2007-11-08
The following topics appear in the free version
TOP STORY One quick trick prevents AutoRun attacks
AutoRun starts Windows programs automatically
Shutting down AutoPlay is not a fix
Block AutoRun for all devices all the time
WACKY WEB WEEK Your life vest clashes with your oxygen mask!
http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/071108
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I still don't know whats going on
I wrote last week about the problems I was having with Spybot Search And Destroy. It wouldn't start after I updated it even though task manager said it was running. Spybots long load times after update is a known issue ( Spybot Takes a Longtime To Lodeup HELP!! - Safer Networking Forums:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=19512 ) and can be solved with their beta version ( spybotsd15he-beta1.exe:
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/beta/spybotsd15he-beta1.exe ). My problem was it wouldn't load at all. CPU was idle while task manager said it was loaded but I had no interface. I started Spybot and was about to start Process Xplorer when Spybot worked like it's supposed to. I've used it twice and it's running fine. I didn't do anything to fix it so I don't know why I had this problem. I guess the computer fairies took pity on me and let it run. Mark.
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COOLSITES 99 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.
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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