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From time to time I’d get a call from acquaintances regarding their computers. Usually it’s about the viruses, trojans, worms, spywares, etc.
Well, this time it’s a Rootkit!
I know that the most effective way is to wipe the hard-drive clean and fresh-install Windows. I opted to clean the system to see what kinda damges done on this computer. Thanks to ComboFix author!
I’m going to fresh-install Windows later.
UPDATE
I just called FCC regarding this matter and this type of “marketing” does violate CAN-SPAM Act.
You should file form 1088G to report this violation.
File a complaint on FCC site http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm
You can also call 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-2255-322) voice; 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-8355-322) TTY.
I just received another Text-Spam on my mobile phone. This is an unsolicited marketing ploy from unscrupulous individual(s).
This time is from (714) 916-3671
The Spam says:
If you are $10,000 or more in Credit Card Debt, you qualify for our Debt Settlement Program. Reply “YES” to be contacted today with info.
I have previously contacted FCC regarding this issue, and surprisingly FCC found that these Text-Spam do not violate the Communication Act of 1934.
After a long wait, one of my favorite utilities is now Snow Leopard Compatible.
Enter iStumbler 0.9.9 on February 16th, 2010.
iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing plugins for finding AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices, Bonjour services and Location information with your Mac.
Release 99 includes a number of bug fixes and enhancements for Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
I really missed this app.
iStumbler is also available for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Tiger (10.4), Panther (10.3) and Jaguar (10.2).
I’ve got another Text Spam and this time is from (562) 314-8316.
I have been filing complaints to FCC and unfortunately they ruled that such Text Spam did not violate any of their rules. I’ll get to that in the future.
Apple has now enabled “Find My iPhone” feature on Mobile Safari. Why would you want to find the iPhone on an iPhone? Well, it would be handy to use a friend’s iPhone to find your mislocated iPhone.
This is one step for Apple to improve MobileMe service. Now, it would even be better to be able to access MobileMe email from Safari Browser. There are times when someone who is also a MobileMe member needed to check the MobileMe email on friend’s phone.
In a rare instance, WordPress.com was offline for almost two hours on Thursday February 18th, 2010 (Pacific Time). The team at WordPress still looking at the cause of the outage so to prevent it from happening again.
The outage happened when I was updating WordPress Stats plugin for the self-install WordPress Blogs that I am managing/maintaining. Based on this one information, could the outage involved WordPress API server or the Stats server?
Since I don’t really have access to WordPress.com core servers, I wouldn’t really know what was really going on. It’s just a hunch.
I’d better make sure to spell “outage” correctly this time. Yeah, for some reason the iPhone assumed that I wanted to type “outrage” earlier. Blame the double tapping the “t” on the iPhone.
Anyway, WordPress.com is back up and the preliminary reports reveals:
We’ll find out soon what caused the outage, hopefully.