Year: 2009

MyGodaddy Review : Thumbs UP!

Paul

I have been using [ad#Godaddy Name]as my Hosting Company for quite some time and really love the service. As you know they clam to have 99% uptime and I haven’t seen them go down for anything since I started. So Let’s Talk about this even more:

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  • Technical Support has been excellent.  Every time I call there hasn’t been nothing they would not do to help out.

  • WordPress, Simple Machine Forum, and even Wiki programs. You have a wide variety of programs to use to such as blog and have it up and running in no time.

  • You can become a Reseller for Godaddy if you want, and have a store if you want.   This is also makes it even easier for you to make and sell domains for cheap.

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This is a good service for bloggers and podcasters who want to blog.   I have been using this service from [ad#Godaddy Name]and have been really impressed.  If you looking for a hosting this is the right place to go.   Although the support for [ad#Godaddy Name]is not the best, when I went through them for tech support.   They would tell me how to fix it and leave me do it myself but that is a good way to learn how to keep a website going.   I still recommend [ad#Godaddy Name]for people who want a dependable service.   Do you like or not like Godaddy?  I want to hear from you!  Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

All in All, I like the support and friendliness of [ad#Godaddy Name]to keep me going when something unexpected comes up. You will never know what is around the corner.

Link shortening and the new wave malware on Twitter

Paul

I’ve been reading what Sans Internet storm has to say about twitter and how that can bring malware to Twitter. Sans argues that there is no reliable way to determine the information someone says, and that is where I am wanting to talk about the way people are creating what I call Link baiting or Blind links. You ever click on a link in twitter to find it it wasn’t what you thought it was?

[ad]I also thought of what Sopho’s blog about today where someone hijacked 2.2 Million redirect Urls using Cli.gs services to shorten links. I was reading through the Cli.gs blog about the incident and it came from Canada but I don’t think the user of the website who had all that traffic was involved in any way shape or form to the hacking of Cli.gs website. I personally think this was done to prove a point and it is a very good point.

That in the future there will be someone to redirect links to a malware site and it won’t be pretty. Think about it any shorten url service like Tinyurl or others who could have their links all be directed to a website. that is a big number and it worries me. Let us go through the numbers a little bit and see. 98.2% of people go to Tinyurl.com and don’t preview the url first. Half of the clicks in Bit.ly are coming from the US, which means we are more at risk of clicking on a link that could be a virus or malware.

Now I know people don’t have time to check out all the links or forget to check before they click. So I have a few plugins that might help with this.   LongUrl Pluggin  Can use 72 different web services including Bit.ly, Tinyurl, Cli.gs, and a bunch more.  This is a good little plugin to help prevent yourself from clicking those links that you are unsure of.    I would also recommend getting a [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]Free Anti-virus and Free Firewall[/intlink] to better protect yoru system.  I wouldn’t use Internet Explorer it seems that is more easier to infect with malware than Firefox.  [intlink id=”3668″ type=”post”]Firefox still has to worry[/intlink] but not as much.

Those get rich quick schemes are doubtful

Paul

I was on Twitter and I saw this message from someone I am following.   Talking about how to make 171,161.08 a month.

Ok before we go any further you would have to see the name Oprah Winfrey (see Above for Photo of Account) just like the name of the [intlink id=”3501″ type=”post”]one who just came on to twitter[/intlink].    Now is this a true name or just a fake account?  I’ll let you decide that because it looks like it is just random tweets with the same URL.    This to me is looking more and more like spam.  Back to the site, it is call Maverick Money Makers.

[ad]As you can tell this is like every other get rich page I’ve seen trying to tell you will make insane amount of money in a few minutes a day.  So I decide to go to another page unrelated to this page and you will get.

So now this is what keeps making me wonder if it isn’t just a scam because Like the virus alerts you get where they try to keep you on the page.   I’ve also did some research and find that there was a post about this being a scam on Yahoo Answers but strangely it was deleted.   I don’t know how long that cache copy of the question will be there, so I took pictures of the questions and answers to better help you decide for your self about why it was deleted.  See The gallery pictures for more information.

I won’t say if it is actually a scam or not but everything that I’ve seen tries to get you to buy this stuff and tries to make you think you will make money easily.   My thought of this is that you will never make money quick and you will have to work hard for it.   I expect this blog to make money later on down the road like other blogs that have been on the net for a long time.  I however know that making money from the internet is never quick.   Everything I’ve made takes time and effort on my part.

Facebook games having Scareware redirect Sites

Paul

I was on Facebook Yesterday doing my usually just playing one of my games when all of the sudennly this pops out:

powerantiviruscannerv2scam

[ad]As you can see this seems to be another site which is a [intlink id=”3397″ type=”post”]scareware site[/intlink], the site Powerantivirusscannerv2.com is trying to [intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]scare you into buying a fake antivirus.[/intlink]   I don’t know if it was Facebook doing this or if I got the redirect cookie somewhere else.    Although if you have downloaded the program that they want you to install or even think you have this fake antivirus installed, Spywareremove has the information needed to remove off your system.  It seems they are going to use social sites more and more and you should be careful.  I also have some good resources like [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]Free Anti-virus and Free firewalls[/intlink] that would help protect you from this threat.

Somethings to consider when you see something like this pop up are?  Do you have antivirus or a firewall?  If so, then you shouldn’t be worried to much.   Always look to see if you can see if it is a webpage and not from the system.  This is something the scammers are always trying to do to get your money.  Remember these sites are not really a trustworthy site and should be avoided at all cost.  I also recommend using the[intlink id=”2362″ type=”post”] Hijackthis software[/intlink] to look for these rogue softwares in your system to better protect your system.

Remember not everything is real or truthfull on the internet with proper research and understanding you won’t be making those rash decisions.   Only you can prevent you system from being infected.

The behind the scenes of the bad guys

Paul

Photo by freezelight Photo by freezelight

Have you ever wondered how they find out your Email address or even find out your name or so called shipping address.   I’ve been wondering that for quite some time and have went researching online for the reason.  You see I’ve been getting spam email with my name and address  like this “Possible Check Pending [Last Name] [Mailing Address] Sender : Pam [Last Name]“

That email was a “Kevin Hoeffer” scam that advertise getting you money from Google, called the Cash Secret club.   Suffice it to say that the Rip of Reports all say this is a scam.  Seems they try to fool you into paying $1.99 and then charge an extra $98 after you give them your information.  The Domain that I looked up is protected by Whoisguard.com.  So I reported to them about this spam, this is a sure way to get off there list.  Reporting spam will black list you from getting spam because to there major providers.  That cost them money, if everyone did that the spammers would be stopped.  Although I think society as a whole isn’t even trying to fight the spam this way they just try to keep it under control.  I believe that if 10% of the spam is reported then we are making the spammers and scammers  pay for their misdeeds.

[ad]So I went searching for the reason behind how they got my information and I found Email Finder, which offers people email address or it offers to find out all that is out there to find about the particular email address.  Such as Name, last known address, social networks, and it goes on.  They do have an Opt-out policy where you can request not be listed, I advise everyone to go check and see if your listed.  You would have to pay to get the information but I if you see the screen where they said they have found information that is enough for me to opt out.   Actually it only cost the scammers and spammers $1.95 a month to use this service so they are making money in the long run.  You should also do an SEO Search on your email address  in Yahoo, Google, Bing and Other services to see if your email is out on the web.

There is a FAQ file on how Spammers Get your Email address, I strongly recommend people at least looking at it because it is still quite relevant to today’s spam.  I’ve also seen ways to Detect spam by using Bayesian filter but most companies now a days are using that from the get go.   Remember only you can prevent spam and from getting scammed, So do your research.