How nice. An old friend has sent me an email greeting card. Just click here …
Yikes! These buggers carry more of a wallop than a Howler message at Hogwarts!
According to Postini (the anti-spam/anti-virus application we use and provide at EasyStreet) the 125 million infected email messages intercepted during the first week in July was the most active week in more than 2 years.
But wait. A new virus storm has been ravaging the Internet since July 16th that has spewed more than half a billion virus-infected messages. This is 14 times larger than any attack in the past two years.
If you receive one of these loaded email messages and click the link, a generic software downloader is secretly installed that allows hackers to download more malware to your computer.
Be careful out there. You-Know-Who is sending attachments to you. Better yet, get behind some good anti-spam/anti-virus protection. Even the best protection is not 100% effective in this dynamic chess game between the spammers and the protectors.
If you have a personal experience to share, I would appreciate your comments.
August 8th, 2007 by Day Tooley
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It’s like the in-laws are coming and suddenly, everywhere we look, there is carbon. Can we get our businesses cleaned up in time? Our carbon footprints are everywhere.
Here’s a surprise. We found a couple of cans of “cleaning duster” from Office Depot in our supply cabinet. Then we discovered this article: Sorry Climate, I Had To Clean My Keyboard. This dinky 10-oz can of cleaner contributes the CO2 equivalent of burning 100 gallons of gasoline.
Not only that, the propellant, HFC-134A, also can result in death when inhaled. Teenagers refer to the practice as “dusting” or “huffing”.
Now what do we do with these 2 cans of “non-ozone depleting” cleaning duster? The can boasts “100% Satisfaction Guaranteed”. Sorry, Office Depot. Business can no longer be satisfied with these damaging products.
One low-tech solution: this nifty little brush that was in my Christmas stocking. Or maybe your handy bicycle pump. Or put your keyboard in the dishwasher (see comments).
May 2nd, 2007 by Day Tooley
Posted in Most Popular, Sustainability, @ EasyStreet | 3 Comments »
Three most-common reasons:
- Slow Internet connection
- Computer is dragging a mob of little hitchhikers, all phoning home
Incredibly, there seem to be a number of business men and women trying to get through their day using a dial-up connection. Often these are professionals who don't realize that a $1 more per day for a broadband connection can save them tons of time. Doing a simple Return On Investment (ROI) and assuming the Oregon minimum wage, spending a dollar is a no-brainer.
The second, often overlooked, reason is caused by uninvited guests living in your computer. Like barnacles on a boat, they need to be scraped off if you want to catch the wind and keep up.
At a minimum, get a copy of a utility such as Ad-Aware. It's free and does a good job cleaning house. Run it every week or two.
Another one is Spybot Search & Destroy, also free. Run it too.
And if you really want to get the rust out, get jv16 PowerTools (30-day free trial, but well worth the $30 to purchase). It has saved me tons of time.
Oh, and reason #3.
Web content is getting richer. In 2002, the average web page was a lean 20K. Even a modem connection would load the page in 4 seconds. Now the average web page is about 100K (got 20 seconds to spare?). With Flash and video and FrontPage creating obese content, a faster Internet connection is the quick fix.
After the novelty wears off, hopefully the professional website designers will use lighter and more responsive tools such as AJAX to create useful content. Until then, it's pretty easy to increase your Internet bandwidth and get rid of the computer hitchhikers and barnacles.
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September 20th, 2006 by Day Tooley
Posted in Most Popular, Websites, Security, General, Internet Access | 2 Comments »
The gloves are coming off today as Google releases their free browser-based spreadsheet application.
First, what can it do?
- Import and export of .xls and .csv formatted data.
- Share spreadsheets instantly & collaborate real-time - Pick exactly who can access your spreadsheets.
- Edit your spreadsheets from anywhere - Nothing to download — your browser is all you need.
- Store your spreadsheets securely online - Offsite storage plus multi-site data backup.
As MicroSoft prepares to promote similar collaboration functionality with their Windows Live and Office Live, their solution still requires purchasing and owning Microsoft desktop applications. The free Google solution utilizes Web 2.0 technology where the application is fetched by your browser.
Try it out. You can sign on here.
Any guesses what application is next? Maybe Google's purchase of Writely, a Web 2.0 word processor, can give a hint.
What do you think? Can you see this functionality profiting your business?
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June 6th, 2006 by Day Tooley
Posted in Most Popular, Web 2.0, Collaboration | 3 Comments »
If you display an email address on a public website, email harvesters will soon grab it and add the email address to spam lists. To avoid this, there are several ways to “encrypt” the email address.
Since harvesters read the page source code and not the screen, the source code can be encrypted and still display the correct information on the screen, but the harvesters can’t see it.
Three methods are listed on this site:
http://www.webfooters.com/utilities/emailencoder.html
My preference is the second one. In four years of using it, not one of the published email addresses has received any spam (knock on wood).
If it’s too late to change your email, there are some things you can do to eliminate the spam. Here are some suggestions for you.
August 25th, 2005 by Day Tooley
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