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Saturday, July 29th, 2006Keep your computer safe from Infected Fake Emails from Online Retailers
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006On July 24, 2006 Symantec Security Response observed an increase in email activity through Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network. The emails contain a message and or attachment about an online order supposedly placed by the recipient. These emails appear to come from a legitimate online retailer, but in fact the emails are coming from a malicious attacker. The message indicates that the attached file is the invoice for the order, but instead it contains a backdoor trojan, and if executed will compromise the user’s computer.Symantec Security Response has determined that these emails are variants of the Haxdoor backdoor trojan.
virus definitions released on July 24, 2006 by Symantec will detect this threat as Backdoor.Haxdoor.O. Some variants of this threat may already be detected as Backdoor.Haxdoor.I. Symantec advises users to be suspicious of unexpected emails that contain attachments claiming to be from online retailers. Symantec will closely monitor this situation and will provide updates and security content as it becomes available.
How does it affect me?
To reduce the possibility of being affected by security vulnerabilities, Symantec Security Response advises users to do the following:
1. Never open files contained in emails sent by those you don’t know and trust
2. Regularly run Windows Update and install the latest security updates to keep software up to date.
3. Use an Internet security solution such as Norton Internet Security to protect against today’s
known and tomorrow’s unknown threats
Next Steps?
If you are a current Symantec Customer running Norton AntiVirus™ or Norton Internet Security and regularly run LiveUpdate™, you are protected from this threat and its variants.
If you are unaware of the security status of your PC, please take one of the following actions:
- Run LiveUpdate™ - virus Definitions are available via LiveUpdate or the Security Response Website.
- Existing Customers - If you have an older version of Norton Internet Security™ and would like to upgrade to Norton Internet Security 2006, please click here
- New Customers - To protect yourself from Backdoor.Haxdoor.O and future attacks, please click here
Blogging: Let’s Brainstorm for Content
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006By: Chonticha Marijne
Copyright 2006 Chonticha Marijne
In “Blogging: Let’s Get You Started” we ended with the subject of content. Fresh topics are important to keep your BLOG readership interested, and now we’re going to discuss just how you can do that.
What are you going to write about? It should be a topic that you’re passionate about or are at the very least interested in. If you’ve chosen BLOGGING as your new career, then you don’t want to torture yourself by writing about something that you have zero interest in, otherwise you might as well return to that mundane job you just quit!
Feelings and emotions show through your writing, so your readers will notice any indifference you may have toward a certain topic that you find boring. Don’t forget the advice about writing with a personality. Forced writing will not establish you in the world of BLOGGING at all.
Once you’ve chosen your main theme — or if it has chosen you, then that’s even better — start posting to your BLOG and try to get into the habit of doing that at least once every day. It doesn’t always need to be a long post; it could be a comment on something you read in the newspaper today or a segment that you saw on the breakfast news program on TV. Think of yourself as a gigantic container ship, that needs a lot of effort to get moving. At first, you’ll budge just a foot or two and later you’ll trudge slowly on until you’re at full speed. Before you know it, it’ll take a lot of effort to stop you!
Nevertheless, regardless of how well you know your topic, you’re going to run out of fresh input at some point, so let’s look at some content brainstorm ideas.
1) Check out what other bloggers have to say on the current state of affairs in your field of discussion. You can find related blogs by visiting http://blogsearch.google.com/ or http://www.technorati.com. You’ll learn from other blogs and you can also comment on what others have to say on your own BLOG!
2) Once you’ve established contact with other bloggers, you’ll have almost inexhaustible input to keep you going for a while, so there won’t be an acute need to search for content to write about. Should you still be stuck, then you can search for news articles related to your niche in you local newspaper or online.
3) By joining a few forums related to your niche — just choose the ones that are the most focused on your particular area — you can engage in conversations with others who share your interests. This is a great way to build up a Q&A bank and interesting discussion topics to write about. An added bonus is that your forum posts will quite handily generate traffic for your BLOG and, hopefully, profits.
Try to maintain your daily posting habit. The major search engines love fresh content and they are more likely to spider your BLOG frequently, which will also result in getting you extra traffic.
The subject of traffic will be discussed in a future article, so don’t worry about that right now. Just keep writing and posting and building up that momentum — you’ll be an established blogger before you know it!
About the Author:
Chonticha Marijne runs several Internet ventures, including www.e-Abundance.com , www.e-AbundanceTools.com . She is based in Gouda, the Netherlands and particularly enjoys publishing for newcomers.
[tags]BLOGGING, blogs[/tags]
Blogging: Let’s Get You Started!
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006By: Chonticha Marijne
Copyright 2006 Chonticha Marijne
So what is BLOGGING really all about? First off, let me tell you that it’s a lucrative business to BLOG and that blogs are easy to set up and manage. Imagine getting paid to write about subjects that interest you, whenever you want, wherever you are! The flexibility involved allows you to maintain your BLOG at your own pace, and with Internet cafés easily accessible all over the globe, even your vacation won’t get in the way of your BLOGGING… Or should I say: even your BLOGGING won’t get in the way of your vacation?
In this article, let’s take a look at the profitability of a BLOG and set up one of our own, free of charge! Interested? Read on!
First, you need to get yourself a BLOG. There are several options – host a BLOG on your own domain or get a free one. For starters, let’s talk about the free blogs. You can obtain one at http://www.blogger.com or the newer (and better!) http://www.wordpress.com. WordPress is a free BLOG engine that is robust and infinitely expandable.
Blogger is actually owned by Google, so it will be detected by Google’s radar faster and you will be indexed more quickly. WordPress.com, however, is a relatively new option so I have no comparison on the speed of getting indexed by search engines. However, WordPress is better in the sense that it has more advanced features such as Trackbacks and Categories. You can also manage your sidebar links more efficiently (more about this later).
Get a free BLOG at either Blogger or WordPress. Then, familiarize yourself by publishing your first post on your BLOG and tinkering around with the options and TEMPLATES.
Here are some words to start expanding your BLOGGING vocabulary:
Permalink – Permalink stands for permanent link, which is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that leads to an individual post that you make in your BLOG.
Trackback – When you post about someone else’s BLOG post elsewhere, your post will show up in their “trackback” section. This feature, however, is not available with a Blogger account.
Pinging – BLOGGING seems to be paired with pinging almost every time either one is mentioned nowadays. Pinging is actually the action where a certain aggregator is notified whenever your BLOG is updated, so that the aggregator may show the newest post of your BLOG on their website. This is a useful way to gain traffic, which I’ll discuss in a future article.
Content
Next, let’s look at the type of content that’s suitable for your BLOG in order to make it profitable. You need to understand that there is no fixed scope that your BLOG should have, which means you can write about whatever you’re interested in. Mind you, the difference between a profitable BLOG and a non-profitable one is the way you write. What would you prefer: reading your university professor’s lecture notes or the latest novel by your favorite author? People prefer to read “light” items most of the time. When they check out your BLOG, they are not only looking for information, but they are also looking for information that they can access easily.
So, to attract more visitors as well as to keep your current readers coming back for more, it’s very important to add a personal touch to your BLOG posts. This can be done by simply imagining that you’re talking with your personal friend. An extra bonus for your readers would be a great sense of humor, so try to add funny comments in your articles where relevant.
Another important point is to avoid addressing your reader as a plural unit. Don’t write as if you’re preparing a speech. Instead, write as if you’re having a conversation with a single person, an equal friend, because this will make your reader relate to you more easily.
Besides that, it’s also very useful to establish your own personality through your words. We’re very curious creatures, so naturally your visitors would want to know as much about you as the information you’re offering them.
Having a distinctive personality in your BLOG will make a world of difference between your BLOG about gadgets and all the other blogs about gadgets out there. This is a lot like creating your own brand name, where people immediately remember your BLOG’s name when they need information about gadgets, just like how people immediately think of McDonald’s for fastfood or Nike for sportswear.
There will be more on the subject of content the next time.
When word gets around about your command of BLOGGING, others who need to know about BLOGGING will start to actively seek you out!
Article Source: http://www.upublish.info
About the Author:
About the author: Chonticha Marijne runs several Internet ventures, including www.e-Abundance.com , www.e-AbundanceTools.com . She is based in the Netherlands and particularly enjoys publishing for newcomers. This article is copyright © 2006 by Chonticha Marijne and may be reprinted in its entirety as long as both byline and copyright statement are included.
[tags]BLOGGING, blogs[/tags]
Thinking About Starting a Blog?
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006If you are thinking about starting a BLOG here are a few sites you may want to look at first that will offer you some tips for making sure your BLOG is successful!
If you give those sites a read they will give you some tips to help you get started on the right track to having a successful BLOG!
Related Posts: Take Control Of Your BLOG
Stop blocking blog sites, ISPs told
Friday, July 21st, 2006By: John Ribeiro
IT World Canada (21 Jul 2006)
The Indian government late Thursday told ISPs (Internet service providers) there to stop blocking entire BLOG Web sites such as Google Inc.’s www.blogspot.com.
The move comes after Indian bloggers and the media found that most BLOG Web sites were inaccessible to them, although the government’s Department of Telecommunications (DOT) had notified ISPs on July 13 that they had to block only 17 Web sites and blogs.
Some ISPs blocked entire domains such as www.blogspot.com rather than the sub-domains that they had been instructed to block, said Deepak Maheshwari, secretary of the ISP Association of India. The ISP Association advised its members earlier Thursday not to block entire domains, but only the Web sites and blogs specified by the government. (more…)
Supporting the GLBT Community
Friday, July 21st, 2006The JEHM Net along with Serious About HOSTING is proud to extend a HOSTING opportunity to GLBT business owners, GLBT bloggers (personal websites) and GLBT non-profit organisations.
What is this? How does it work?
HOSTING For Business Owners
If you are a GLBT owner of a business and have or need a website you qualify for a 50% reduction on HOSTING fees at Serious About HOSTING. Your business does not need to be specifically targeted to the GLBT community, just like our family of websites, all gay owned and operated! What we want to do is create a welcoming HOSTING environment for the GLBT community.
If you are a business owner that offers services that are targeted towards the GLBT community you too will qualify for our 50% reduction on HOSTING fees! Just like our family of websites, all gay owned and operated!
HOSTING For GLBT Personal Sites
If you have a personal web site that you need HOSTING for we would also be proud to host your site and this includes your BLOG! If you are part of the GLBT community you are invited to sign up for any of the HOSTING plans offered at Serious About HOSTING and receive a 30% discount off the package you choose!
HOSTING For GLBT Non-Profit Organisations
If you run a non-profit organisation that supports the GLBT community we would be more than proud to host your website for FREE! Yes you read that correctly, FREE!
The CATCH? The FINE Print?
Well we will keep this simple all we will want from you is to link back to us, specifically our community page (being built right now) that will list all the “community” websites that are part of this project. We want to help promote your web site like we mentioned above create a great web HOSTING community!
All HOSTING accounts must follow our Terms of Service Agreement to qualify.
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Take Control of Your Blog - Host Your Own for Cheap!
Friday, July 21st, 2006Do you have a BLOG that you want to take control of? Are you tired of the limitations of other online BLOGGING platforms?
SERIOUS ABOUT HOSTING has the perfect BLOG HOSTING packages for you to host your own BLOG and take control as well as take advantage of all that BLOGGING has to offer!
Other companies that offer HOSTING just for bloggers offer you less space, less bandwidth and limited email accounts.
Not with SERIOUS ABOUT HOSTING - they are serious about giving you the tools to succeed. That is why they offer these unlimited features;
- POP3 Accounts
- Domain Pointers
- Auto Responders
- Mail Forwarders
- Mailing Lists
- FTP User Accounts
When you sign up for one of their HOSTING accounts you can take advantage of their Fantastico installation system which will install the following BLOGGING platforms for you, with just the click of a button!
- b2evolution (0.9.0.12)
- Nucleus (3.22)
- pMachine Free (2.3)
- WordPress (2.0.2)*
However you are not limited to any of these platforms. Any BLOGGING platform that requires PHP and MySQL will function with their HOSTING plans!
Need help setting up your BLOG? They are available to help you along the way and get you up and running as fast as possible!
Other features included in their HOSTING Plans include;
- Detailed Daily Statistics
- FrontPage Support
- Raw Log File Access
- Your Own CGI-BIN Folder
- Sub Domains
- Shopping Cart
- SPAM Assassin
- Backup and Restore Tool
- Custom Error Pages
- Password Protected Folders
- Redirects
- Error Log Access
- Sub Domain Stats
- Search Engine Submit
- cPanel X+
- Fantastico Script Library
- RVskin (18 languages)
- Fast Account Setup
- Webmail (NeoMail/Horde/Squirrel)
- PHP Support
- Perl Support
- MySQL Databases
- PostgreSQL Databases
- CGI Library
- E-mail Filters
- PHP & Java Chat
- 24/7 Server Monitoring
- Hot Link Protection
- IP Deny Manager
You also get to take advantage of their Online HelpDesk, FAQ section and easy ways to contact them.
* WordPress 2.0.2 now offers you the ability to import your BLOG entries from; Blogger, Dotclear, LiveJournal, Movable Type, Textpattern and an RSS feed!