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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010

Posted on | January 29, 2010 | No Comments

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 3-User

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 offers the most trusted virus and spyware protection with the essential protection you need to protect against Internet threats. When you buy Kaspersky, you get more than just a box of software. You’ll benefit from unique technologies that deliver the best protection, performance, and security utilities available. Raise your defenses against the ever-increasing threat of cybercriminals!

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Category: Computer Related
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Are You an Old Fart?

Posted on | January 15, 2010 | No Comments

This was e-mailed to me and I thought I would post it.

Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.

Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam .

If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women.

Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.

Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don’t like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.

Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it’s about their children or grandchildren.

It’s the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.

We need them now more than ever.

Thank God for Old Farts!

Category: Soap Box

New Threat – setup_build8_259

Posted on | December 25, 2009 | No Comments

If I could wring the neck of internet criminals that try to steal money and resources from people, I would do it in a second. Nothing is more discouraging than to loose something that some low life stole from you. Since I can’t really do that, at least I can try to spread the word of scams that I run across to at least minimize the loss of others.

In the spirit of spreading the word, I wanted to share my latest scam. I wanted to find out if the Walmart near me was open today since it was Christmas. Here is my process

I went to google.com and type in “Walmart Holiday Hours”. Without thinking much I clicked on the first result in the organic results (not the sponsered results). That domain showed up as eclipsemagazine.com, which is a entertainment news blog. The site is legitamate, but I think they may be hacked, because I was sent to this exact URL:  http://www.eclipsemagazine.com/?174120219217go=walmart%20holiday%20hours%202009 (DO NOT GO HERE!). That does a web redirect to mypcsecure-advisor.net, which as you may suspect is anything but secure. The domain registration is listed as such.

Registrant Contact:
UIS
Garritt Kooken gkook@checkjemail.nl
+86.592257788 fax:
Rue de Virton 237
Evegnee Evegnee 11111
be

I can’t even determine where that is, but it we’re definitely not in Kansas anymore. The e-mail address in the The Netherlands. Feel free to flame this e-mail address.

Now the magic happens. You are asked to download a file and run it.christmas_scamshot

Click on the thumbnail to see what it looked like on my computer. The file you are asked to download is called setup_build8_259.exe. I would highly recommend that you not download this file. If you did already, then you are infected.

Hopefully this post will help someone else out and keep the criminals fishing for nothing.

Category: Uncategorized

Creative Scamming

Posted on | October 20, 2009 | No Comments

A while back I got this check in the mail:
fraudulent check

The letter that accompanied the check said that I had won $50,000

fraud letter

Wow I thought, this is creative. The letter instructed me to call a number to “verify” the check, which was to cover the “3.6% government tax”. Well the tax rate was pretty dumb, but I digress.

I did a quick search on the phone number and found that it was a cell phone in Toronto, Canada. That’s odd since the company logo on the check was in New Hampshire. So I called up Wallboard Supply Company at the number on their website, and asked about it. Sure enough they were dealing with the scam on a large scale.

So, here is my conclusion about how the scam works. The check is real, and it goes to a real account. However, that account has a fraud alert on it, and the check will not clear. I never did call the number on the letter, but I suspect that they would have told me to cash the check and then paid “the government taxes” before they would release the remaining funds. I’m sure that they would be helpful in giving me the right account to send the “taxes”. After the victim sends in the money, the check bounces and the money is gone.

So how did I do? If anyone else has seen this, let me know.

Category: Uncategorized

Change my gender?

Posted on | September 1, 2009 | No Comments

I was looking at my account settings on Netflix, (a service that I really like), and noticed that in the account editing screen, that you can change your gender and birth year.

netfilx

Don’t make fun of me for being old.  Just think about what, or even how, you would change your gender. I guess there are medical ways of changing that, but how could you change your birth year? I guess I fail to see how that is possible.

Category: This is just silly
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