Tag Archives: Virus
It’s ALIVE! It’s ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Kenny.
…and we’re back! For the last 2-4 weeks it’s been touch and go with this site… and at times it was pretty much dead in the water. So here’s what happened. I use Dreamhost where you can host multiple sites on one account. Some of the sites I had are old and out of date. They weren’t getting updated when WordPress upgraded and at least one of those sites were compromised. Since all my sites sit in one directory, they all got infested. Yuck!
So, I got this site cleaned and moved over to a more secure location where other people make sure the site is clean and up to date. I’m sure I’ll talk more about that later. Hopefully, you’ won’t ever get the scary warning below ever again when visiting this site.… Read the rest
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Be careful… these guys are tricky
Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Kenny.
This one almost got me the other day. I got an email from the US Postal Service.
I immediately started to wonder about when the last time I went to the Post Office. Then I realized, I don’t use this email address for this kind of stuff. Come to think of it, the Post Office doesn’t have any of my email addresses. For futher investigation, I clicked on the “from” part and it displayed a gmail address. Tricky, tricky, tricky! I’m not opening that attachment.
So, be careful people. These tactics are getting more and more creative. Don’t open attachments from people you don’t know… ever.
Here’s where you say, “Now I know.” Then I say, “And knowing is half the battle!”… Read the rest
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