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Conduct has Consequences!
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8/26/2010 2:35:54 PM
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Online Gaming - Don't Make yourself a Target!
Online games offer the perfect environment for a cybercriminal’s scams to flourish, despite the close-knit community of users. There is both anonymity and trust, which can lead people to engage in risky behavior. Similar to the mentality behind the phishing attacks that work so well on Twitter and Facebook, gamers are more likely to click on links to external sites that steal personal information if these links are sent by a fellow participant.
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In the most common forms of exploitation, cybercriminals do the following:
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Seed pirated copies of popular games with malware. Most recently, cybercrooks abused public interest in StarCraft II, targeting gamers downloading from a BitTorrent site. Several .exe files were malicious, and contained the ability to inject code, log keystrokes, and capture passwords. |
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Attempt to gain access to a gamer’s personal information (usernames, passwords, even credit card information) by pretending to share a common interest. Take advantage of known vulnerabilities in software or operating systems to spread various forms of malware (viruses, worms, trojans, and the like). Once one computer has been infiltrated, an entire network could be next. |
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Gamers are exposed to more online threats than most simply due to the amount of time they spend online: greater connectivity equals a greater chance of becoming a victim. In addition to following standard online security practices, like investing in top-notch antivirus and antispyware software, gamers should constantly backup their personal data. PC Tools Simple Backup offers the perfect solution, dynamically adjusting the amount of space used for backups as you add or remove files, ensuring that you always have a complete backup of your system. PC Tools Simple Backup is easy, continuous, and complete, backing up files moments after they are created, modified or deleted, and even saving versions of files along the way.
PC Tools’ Gaming Tips So You Don’t Lose
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Don’t get zapped: Get both signature-based and behavior-based anti-malware protection. Signature-based antivirus software proactively screens incoming and outgoing emails, Internet downloads, zip files and hard drives. Behavioral-based protection provides efficient and proactive protection against Internet threats such as viruses, keyloggers, rootkits and trojans, as well as new and unknown threats. |
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Turn on your shield: A firewall will prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network and will also make sure that unauthorized programs don’t take up your bandwidth while you play. |
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Play smart: Don’t supply other players with your personal details or click on any links they offer you, limit the amount of personal information you supply the game’s administrator server, and don’t share your game password or your account credentials with other gamers –- fellow gamers and hackers can cheat! |
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Do your homework before you play: Research the game’s hacking history on the Internet before you subscribe to an online game to identify the security risk. |
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8/23/2010 12:31:10 PM
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Stop the Mosque!
29% of Americans think the Ground Zero mosque should be built in its planned location. That number is roughly the same percentage as those who think Barack Obama was a foreign born Manchurian candidate and those who think 9/11 was an inside job.
The media has called the latter two groups fringe, but instead of calling the first group fringe has resorted to calling the 70% of Americans opposed to the mosque racists and bigots. The reason is simple - the media and political elite are in the 29% who think the mosque is a good idea.
As G. K. Chesterston said, "Tolerance is the virtue of a man without conviction." The only conviction this fringe elite have is in their own self-righteousness. They label mainstream America fringe and racist. But in November, mainstream America will strike back.
By the way, if any of you think Barack Obama is a foreign born Manchurian candidate, these past few weeks have hopefully convinced you otherwise. Surely if some country or group had taken the time to train him up as a sleeper cell one of them most certainly would have taught him competence.
If you haven't already signed the petition, don't forget to join more than 38,000 people who are standing up to Stop the Mosque! — Erick Erickson
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8/20/2010 1:53:29 PM
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The Secret of building your own Solar Energy Panels for less than $200
Make your own Solar Panels
Over the last few years the "DIY Solar Industry" has changed a lot. When DIY Solar kits were first introduced to the market critics said it wasn't possible to build your own solar panel and create usable energy.
Since this time, thousands of users of various DIY Solar kits have successfully made their own solar panels for a fraction of retail costs. The technology and design of a Do-It-Yourself solar panel has changed a lot over the last 2 years and is now more popular than ever.
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8/20/2010 1:50:27 PM
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Best analogy I've seen in quite a while.........
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a
banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a
monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.
As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all the other monkeys with cold
water. After a while another monkey makes the attempt with same result,
all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when
another Monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to
prevent it.
Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace
it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the
Stairs.
To his shock, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and
attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a
new one.
The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes
part in the punishment with enthusiasm.
Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth,
then the fifth.
Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not
permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the
beating of the
newest monkey.
After replacing all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys
have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again
approaches the stairs to try for the banana.
Why not?
Because as far as they know, that is the way it has always been done
around here.
And that, my fellow monkeys, is how Congress operates.
We need to REPLACE _all_ the original monkeys this November.
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8/16/2010 9:16:30 AM
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