September 5 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #181 by Mark Donaldson

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I have published the September 5 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #181 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.


September 4 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #181 by Mark Donaldson



In memorial to my cousin William "Billy" Camp.

Billy lost his battle with cancer this week.
He was a good man, a good husband, a good father, a good brother and a good cousin. We will all miss him.

CAMP, WILLIAM WINFIELD, 86 - of Carrboro, NC, passed away on September 1, 2008. William was born on May 5, 1922 in Atlantic City. William was preceded by his daughter, Patricia Della Lang.

World War II Veteran serving in the US Coast Guard as a Higgins Boat (Landing Craft) operator trained at Lake Pontchatraine and then training Marines at Camp LeJeune to scale ships from Higgins Boats. He later served off the coast of England on submarine watch and was then stationed in Iceland for Air & Sea rescue. William had attended, Franklin & Marshall College with MS, Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology with Mechanical Engineering Degree, US Coast Guard Academy Prep School, Atlantic City High School 1941. William's career including, Engineering VP, GTE/Challenger/Westinghouse of PR; Engineering VP, Heinemann Electric Company of NJ. With 12 patents to his name, his inventions included the cordless electric shaver and circuit breakers used in the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs.

William is survived by his wife of almost 59 years, Louise Vezzetti; son Frank W. Camp of NC; daughter, Coleen and her husband Alan Hopson of Oceanport, NJ; grandchildren, Amelia & Ben Lang of MD, and Taylor & Meredith Camp of NC; sister Clementine Camp of Ventnor.

A funeral mass will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 920 Carmichael Street, Chapel Hill, NC on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 10:00 am. Visitation at 9:30 am before the mass. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Duke HomeCare & Hospice, Office of Development, 4321 Medical Park Drive, Suite 101, Durham, NC 27704, or the charity of your choice. Arrangements made by the Cremation Society of the Carolinas. Online condolences and full obituary can be found at www.cremnc.com.




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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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
August 31, 2008


# REVIEWS
1. F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Eliminator - be sure you are clean
2. WinPatrol Flash Edition - protect any PC in a flash
3. CleanUp! - flushing out the useless files
4. Johnny's Freeware Mission - running a freeware computer
5. OpenWide - enlarge your open and save dialog boxes
6. Old Newsletter

# TIPS AND FEEDBACK
1. What free software do you need?
2. WOT says PC Doc Pro Lies
3. Why does Google want to Free The Airwaves?
4. Internet Fixes - Kids And Computers
5. Comments last week

# COOL WEBSITES
1. Bedtime For Puppies - sing'em to sleep
2. CoolSites Newsletter this week

# 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/ClifNotesNewsletter080831

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Security News

From: Internet Scambusters The #1 Publication on Internet Fraud http://www.scambusters.org
"Hurricane Gustav scams have already begun. According to Computerworld, almost 100 domain names related to Hurricane Gustav were registered by Sunday, August 31, 2008, well before Hurricane Gustav hit land in the US. Although many of these are likely legitimate, many will also be used by scammers. In fact, if Hurricane Katrina and other major disasters have taught us anything, it's that scammers will always try to make some quick bucks while others are suffering. And the bigger the disaster, the more scammers are at work." http://www.scambusters.org/hurricanescams2008.html



"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered a new replica wave of fake celebrity news being sent out via spam emails. Similar to previous attacks related to 'MSNBC.com Breaking News' and 'Bogus CNN Custom Alerts ', these emails contain links to a malicious Web page on a compromised site, that is designed to encourage users to download a malicious application posing as a video codec. This malicious Web page also holds Iframes leading to an exploit site.

Over the last few days, the ThreatSeeker Network has seen huge volumes of spam wrapped up in CNN and MSNBC themed templates. Recently, email alerts listing different popular events and news articles also encouraged users to download a video codec, which was actually a malicious file.

The malicious payload is only accessed when the user clicks on! the 'READ FULL STORY' link, which takes them to a Web page on a compromised site named index97.html, which issues a pop-up encouraging users to download a 'missing' video codec, a file called video98.exe.

Here are a few examples of the varied subjects we have seen in this campaign:

Sensational news. Check the message.
Breaking news! Be the first to know.
Very important news.
Astonishing Please take a look.
Sensational information inside.
Check this out. This is a bomb
This is really great news. Please check.

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/3172.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


10 Tips to Avoid eThreats on Your Computer: http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080828/0428597.html

Facebook to test New Jersey's Web safety icon: http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080904/D92VQI9O1.html

Fake online coupons spark widespread fiasco: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008140900_coupons27m0...ml?synd

iPhone. Apple promises September fix for iPhone security flaw: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/28/Apple_promises_September_fix...r_iPhon

New. LinkScanner Lite integrates with major search engines to check search results for a variety of online threats before you click: http://www.explabs.com/products/lslite.asp

Sony is recalling about 438,000 Vaio TZ-series notebooks worldwide that may overheat and cause burns: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=70988216-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b

Update. Anti Keylogger Shield 2.3: http://www.amictools.com/v-anti_keylogger_shield.html

Update. MSN Virus Cleaner 1.0.2.2: http://dcmagnet.eu/content/msncleaner.php

Update. Sandboxie 3.30 run programs in a sandbox. Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing: http://www.sandboxie.com/

Update. Spybot Search and Destroy Detection Updates 09-03-2008: http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

Update. SUPER 2008 build 33 Simplified Universal Player Encoder and Renderer: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

What To Do When Internet Explorer Is Hijacked Part II: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/378626905/

What To Do When Internet Explorer Is Hijacked Part III: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/380634845/

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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 165 • 2008-09-04

The following topics appear in our free content

TOP STORY
By Scott Dunn
Don't fall for bogus antivirus downloads
Antivirus apps may be malware in disguise
Choose your security vendor deliberately
Color-coding the good guys and bad guys

KNOWN ISSUES
By Dennis O'Reilly
Problems with Windows XP SP3 persist
XP SP3 should ship with two aspirins
Renewal pop-ups tick off antispyware user

WACKY WEB WEEK
By Katy Chenoweth
This guy couldn't spell "IQ" with a dictionary

http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080904

The last two issues that didn't make into my inbox.

http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080821

http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080828

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Cheap Games. Cheap Ball

Up to 70% off for PC Games at Circuit City’s clearance sale.

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil: $4.99
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus: $4.99
Open Season: $3.99
NFL Head Coach: $4.99
NHL 07: $6.99
Dead Or No Dead: $7.99
And more! Lots, lots more!


Kellogg's Frosted Flakes are giving away soccer balls. Visit their website to view and print their offer for a free gold soccer ball. Simply, obtain 5 UPC's from Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal, print the order form, fill in your details, and mail it to the address on the form. You will receive a size 5 soccer ball appropriate for ages 3 and older.

Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Earn Your Stripes- Soccer Ball: http://www.frostedflakes.com/Offers/soccerball.shtml

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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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Space Weather News for Aug 31, 2008

http://spaceweather.com

Sky watchers across the USA and Europe are reporting unusually colorful sunsets and sunrises. The cause appears to be the August 7th eruption of the Kasatochi volcano in Alaska's Aleutian islands. The volcano hurled a massive cloud of ash and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere; high winds have since carried the aerosols over parts of the USA and Europe. "Violet domes," long pink rays crossing the sky, campfire-red aureoles around Venus--these are just a few of the sights documented on Spaceweather.com in recent days. When the sun goes down tonight, look west. You may be in for a treat.

Ongoing coverage of the phenomenon may be found at http://spaceweather.com .

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COOLSITES 104 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.