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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Vol. 9, No. 34<SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>9-17-09</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>1 Security threats
</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>2 Fake virus and
spyware cleaners</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>3 New York Times
hacked, Intuit eats a Mint, MMS now in iPhones, Google ReCAPTCHAs, Gurus add
CAPTCHA</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>4 Office
menus</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>The Internet has
been and always will be a dangerous place.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Back in the day it was from viruses, today it’s more from spyware, adware
and email scams, but the threats today might actually cause you financial
ruin.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m talking, of course, about
identity theft.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>I’ve mentioned rules
to live by many times when it comes to providing personal information when
prompted by websites and email messages but the criminals have bumped it up a
notch with a unique method.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
new threat has been dubbed “scareware”.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Scareware does just
what the name implies, it scares you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It convinces you in some way to provide your name, address and credit
card information, usually with the warning of a non-existent infection that
needs to be cleaned.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The warning
usually offers either a “free scan” or tells you that you need to register or
activate your “antivirus” software.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>The most insidious
ones I’ve seen are nearly identical to Windows Security Center other than you
are warned than some software, like “Personal Antivirus” or “Antivirus 2010”,
needs to be activated.</FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>The appearance of
these things differs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sometimes
they are pop-ups screaming you are infected, other times they appear in the
lower right corner where legitimate security programs often display
messages.</FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>The most prevalent
vectors for this type of malware are MySpace and Flash banner ads.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>MySpace itself is
not the source, but they feature lots of Flash and many sites hosting “free
skins” for MySpace profiles are fronts for devious individuals or groups up to
no good.</FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>As far as the Flash
ads, those are everywhere.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some web
sites do a good job of policing the advertisers they allow to insure this kind
of thing doesn’t happen but most are rather lax.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fark owner Drew Curtis, as an example,
shut down advertising on his site all together for a short time when one of the
ad companies feeding banners there was hacked and infected. </FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>To protect your
financial security you can adhere to the following steps:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Be familiar with the
security programs you’re using by name.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Keep those programs up to date and do full scans frequently, in other
words at least once a week.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Look carefully at
any messages that come up from the real programs to see the wording and
format.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also check the layout and
messages from Security Center, which you can access from Control
Panel.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Keep in mind that
Security Center never prompts you to register or activate anything, nor does it
warn you of infections.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will
warn of a lack of antivirus protection, if the antivirus is turned off or out of
date and that’s basically it.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>If one of these
windows slides or pops up DO NOT TOUCH IT!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Often the entire window, including the usual “X” to close the window, is
booby-trapped and will install the malware on your PC.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Instead close any other programs you
have open as normal and reboot the PC.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Never enter your
personal information, especially financial information, if you didn’t initiate
the procedure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you open a
shopping website to purchase something you’re safe.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you get an email or a prompt check it
out thoroughly through other means and initiate a new transaction yourself,
never through a link in an email or unexpected pop-up.</FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Make others in your
household who use your PC aware of these rules.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Keep the phone
numbers for all of your financial institutions together in one place.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you slip up you’ll realize it pretty
quickly and your first steps should be to shut down the PC and start making
calls.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your first statement on
those calls should be “Hi, this is so and so and my credit card number has been
compromised”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That will elicit a
quick couple of questions about your account and an immediate freezing of it to
prevent theft.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>What this boils down
to is, read carefully and be suspicious of everything.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Being paranoid doesn’t mean that
scammers aren’t out to get you, to mangle a common sentiment.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Kevin Mefford,
Editor</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="mailto:pcguru@microdome.net"><FONT
size=4>pcguru@microdome.net</FONT></A></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Terry
Wise</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.ratland.com/"><FONT size=4>www.ratland.com</FONT></A></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=5>Tech News of the Week</FONT></H1>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Earlier this week,
the New York Times came under fire after one of the<BR>advertising networks they
use to sell ads on their sites started<BR>serving an ad that was installing
malware on computers. They have<BR>taken the offending ads out of the
loop, but it bears repeating that<BR>you as a computer user need to be aware of
your computing. Safe<BR>computing is happy computing, and if a popup tells
you your infected,<BR>scan with your anti-virus program that you already have
installed,<BR>instead of something that pops up without your
intervention:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/13/2346229/New-York-Times-Site-Pop-Up-Says-Your-Computer-Is-Infected"><FONT
size=4>http://tinyurl.com/l8ypjd</FONT></A><FONT size=4> <BR><BR>Intuit, the
makers of Quicken and Quickbooks, have announced they are<BR>purchasing
financial site Mint.com . I personally have used Mint for<BR>a couple of
years, and rather enjoy it helping keep track of my bank<BR>accounts and
budgets:<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/ra8qlr"><FONT
size=4>http://tinyurl.com/ra8qlr</FONT></A><FONT size=4> <BR><BR>iPhone users
rejoice! MMS (picture) messaging is starting to roll out<BR>across the
country in what looks like some sort of haphazard fashion:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://consumerist.com/5358089/mms-for-iphone-rollout-begins-2-weeks-early"><FONT
size=4>http://tinyurl.com/luju4f</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT size=4>Google acquires
ReCAPTCHA, which is a book scanning service that<BR>translates hard to read text
into digital form by asking people to<BR>read and regurgitate what they
find:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10354717-265.html"><FONT
size=4>http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10354717-265.html</FONT></A><FONT
size=4>?<BR><BR>While on the subject of CAPTCHA, if you go to our website and
type a<BR>question to ask of the Gurus, you'll see that we have implemented
a<BR>CAPTCHA on our question submission form. It really is as easy as
it<BR>looks. In the box below the CAPTCHA, type the words you see
above.<BR>If the words are garbled beyond reading, hit the refresh button
(two<BR>arrows with the arrowhead of one pointing to the tail of the
other),<BR>and it will give you two new words. I'm going to leave the
CAPTCHA<BR>information at that for now, but I want to know if you the reader
want<BR>to know more about CAPTCHA technology and how it all works. If
you<BR>do, please e-mail me using the web submission form or send e-mail<BR>to
</FONT><A href="mailto:daniel@thepcgurus.com"><FONT
size=4>daniel@thepcgurus.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4> and let me know. If
enough of you want to<BR>know, I'll step into Kevin's shoes for a week and write
about<BR>CAPTCHA and the technology involved there.<BR><BR>Let us know about the
best you find on the web!<BR><BR>Daniel A. Williams</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="mailto:daniel@thepcgurus.com"><FONT
size=4>daniel@thepcgurus.com</FONT></A></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=5>Download of the Week</FONT></H1>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Carlita is on a
little vacation from llama farming this week so your humble editor will be
filling in ;)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Do you miss the
classic Text Menu in Office 2007 programs?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You know, the File, Edit, View etc. at the top of most every Windows
program since the early days.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>UbitMenu will put those back for you from a new Menu tab in the top
ribbon menu.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will also work with
the upcoming Office 2010.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Business
users are asked to purchase licenses.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>It’s free for
personal use and available from:</FONT></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/"><FONT color=#800080
size=4>http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/</FONT></A></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Kevin
Mefford</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="mailto:pcguru@microdome.net"><FONT
size=4>pcguru@microdome.net</FONT></A></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=5>Email Question of the
Week</FONT></H1>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Q:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I
have a Vista desktop computer that freezes during boot up. The computer
beeps twice and shows "USB Controller" on the screen before it locks up.
Any idea what might be causing this problem?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=4>A:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Off the top of my head
I'd guess something you have plugged into a USB port has gone south. Try
powering down and unhooking any USB hard drives or flash drives (including card
readers, which might be plugged in internally) and power up. If that
didn't fix it power back down and unplug all other USB devices like printers,
cams etc. It might even be a USB keyboard or mouse so you'll want spares
handy.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT size=4>If that works then
start powering down and plugging in one device at a time. When the PC locks
up it will be the last device that's bad.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=4>If it doesn't work I'd guess failure of the USB controller on the
motherboard.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=4>Hope that helps and keep us posted...<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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