New virus spreading at a rapid rate, may be a dud…
By Todd | January 18, 2009
A new virus that may have originated from the Ukraine has been running rampant in the US. However it has been reported to be a dud and not causing the type of response the writers intended. Keep in mind though that some viruses are designed to not look affective until another virus is released that activates it. Here is the report from msnbc news…
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Massive botnet returns from the dead, starts spamming
By Todd | November 27, 2008
A big spam-spewing botnet shut down two weeks ago has been resurrected, security researchers said today, and is again under the control of criminals.
Read the article by Gregg Keizer>>
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A Huge Cache of Stolen Financial Data…
By Todd | November 2, 2008
Here is an EYE-OPENER for those that are not keeping their computers up to date and on current anti-virus protection.
Read the article from The New York Times by John Markoff.
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New virus attempt…
By Todd | September 9, 2008
We have received notice that another attempt to hit people with a virus through e-mail has come about. If you receive a letter threatening you with police and lawsuit because your Ip address is sending spam- DISREGARD THIS! Apparently they tell you they have an IP address log about you and have attached a copy in .zip format. DO NOT OPEN THIS> It is a ploy to hit you with a virus. Here is a copy of the message sent to me by one of our clients:
From: Doris Duarte [mailto:ycls@bohemian-glass.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:54 AM
To: ******************************
Subject: I am wait your reply
To Whom It May Concern:
I am tired of receiving messages containing malicious computer programs
(viruses) from your e-mail address!!!
If within 1-2 days you do not stop sending messages to my e-mail address, I
will have to address this issue to the Police!…
Today I received a hard copy of your data logs from my Internet service
provider. The copy contains your IP address, logs of sending malicious
programs and your e-mail address details…
I am sending you the copy of the document containing your data and logs of
sending malicious programs as the proof of your fault!!!!!!
You must print the document containing the list of your data and logs of
sending malicious programs and pass it on to your Internet service provider
with, so that they could find out why the viruses are sent from your
computer to my e-mail address!!!!
Ask your Internet service provider to resolve this problem!!!!
Do this now!!!
Once again!!! If you don’t stop sending the letters, I will address to the
Police and file a lawsuit against you!!!
Attached was a ZIP file called “IPLOGS.zip”.
Once again disregard this and DO NOT OPEN THIS E-MAIL ATTACHMENT.
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Digital Alchemy becomes a partner with Barracuda Networks.
By Todd | August 19, 2008
Digital Alchemy has become partners with Barracuda Networks. Barracuda is well known for their Network hardware for handling Spam, Web, and IM Filtering, Load Balancing and Message Archiving systems are also available. Contact us today for more information or visit- http://www.barracudanetworks.com.
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UPS e-mail attachments containing viruses!
By Todd | August 1, 2008
Be mindful of e-mails from UPS that have attachments. These are usually virus files (NOT from UPS). Keep in mind UPS will usually send a link to their website in the e-mail to provide you the information they are sending you. Many of you are aware of this, however many more are not, especially if you use UPS Online. So be aware, the virus is a high damage potential Trojan.
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Malware to blame in supermarket data breach
By Todd | March 30, 2008
It turns out malware somehow found its way onto a Maine-based supermarket chain’s servers, which led to the security breach announced earlier this month compromising up to 4.2 million credit cards.
read the article by Michelle Meyers>>
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Update to Vista SP1 updates
By Todd | March 22, 2008
There appears to be some driver issues involved for those with Windows Vista machines or Notebooks. Microsoft has chosen a list of “problematic” drivers which means that consumers with hardware using these drivers will NOT get the Vista SP1 update on their Windows upate list. Mainly these are users that have machines that were upgraded to Vista from XP or some Dell, Gateway, and Sony machines using 3rd party hardware like sound cards (Sigma Tel mainly). There appears to be no correction for this at this time.
To read the article from Computer World, click here.
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Windows Vista SP1 update notice…
By Todd | March 20, 2008
Microsoft has released Vista Service Pack 1. However you may not want to install this update right away. Several bugs have been reported as well as operational issuesd with some third party programs. For a list of those programs, click here.
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