Today's 1st of April and the day for the April Fool's Worm. Just came across a nice article on April Fool's Worm on CNN, you can read it here. It's named Conficker and has different strains. It activates on 1st on April and can steal your private information and steal your money using that. Nobody knows who created this worm. If your computer is properly updated with the latest Windows updates and if your anti-virus program has its latest updates you need not worry. Further to free yourself from all worries, use Linux.
More information can also be had from Symantec at this page. They also provide a worm removal tool to keep you safe and protected.
Microsoft also has a site devoted to safety of Windows based computers where you can check your computer for viruses and clean your computer if it's infected. This site lists Conficker C as a current threat.
McAfee also has a details on its web page about Conficker and how to save your computer systems from this worm.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Common Email Scams
Just came to my mind that there could be hundreds of instances of common email scams, so why not create a new blog altogether dedicated to these email scams? So the first thing that I did today morning was create a blog named Common Email Scams. You can also use the url http://commonemailscams.blogspot.com to visit that blog.
I'll be moving all the blog posts related to email scams in this blog to my new blog. So remember to visit both blogs for information that helps you. I'll also be posting notifications in this blog whenever I add more email scams in my other blog so you need not worry that you missed out anything.
I'll be moving all the blog posts related to email scams in this blog to my new blog. So remember to visit both blogs for information that helps you. I'll also be posting notifications in this blog whenever I add more email scams in my other blog so you need not worry that you missed out anything.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
More Internet Browsers
This is in continuation to my earlier post about Internet Browsers.
The major browser that I left out earlier is Chrome from our very own Google. If you are looking to download it for Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2, click here. If you are more adventurous and wish to install their upcoming version, download the Beta version for Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2+ from here. Also an interesting article on why Google built this browser in the first place.
Google is also working on bringing it's Chrome browser to Linux. You can go here and register your email address. Google will let you know the progress and when they release this version of Chrome. Same is the case for Mac operating system. If you are interested, register your email address here.
Mozilla had a suite of softwares including a browser in what was called the Mozilla Suite which worked on Windows, Mac as well as Linux. However it is not officially supported now, if you still want to try it out, go here.
Mozilla now has brought a group of softwares including a browser in what is called the SeaMonkey Project. The latest version for Windows, Mac and Linux can be obtained here.
Sun had its own browser till a few years back called HotJava. Though it has stopped support for this browser, you can get the last supported version 3.0 for Windows, Mac, Solaris and Linux here
After trying out all these browsers, you may want to know how these browsers fare against each other in terms of its global usage, as also how they fared in the past history. All you need to do is go here for the Browser statistics.
The major browser that I left out earlier is Chrome from our very own Google. If you are looking to download it for Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2, click here. If you are more adventurous and wish to install their upcoming version, download the Beta version for Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2+ from here. Also an interesting article on why Google built this browser in the first place.
Google is also working on bringing it's Chrome browser to Linux. You can go here and register your email address. Google will let you know the progress and when they release this version of Chrome. Same is the case for Mac operating system. If you are interested, register your email address here.
Mozilla had a suite of softwares including a browser in what was called the Mozilla Suite which worked on Windows, Mac as well as Linux. However it is not officially supported now, if you still want to try it out, go here.
Mozilla now has brought a group of softwares including a browser in what is called the SeaMonkey Project. The latest version for Windows, Mac and Linux can be obtained here.
Sun had its own browser till a few years back called HotJava. Though it has stopped support for this browser, you can get the last supported version 3.0 for Windows, Mac, Solaris and Linux here
After trying out all these browsers, you may want to know how these browsers fare against each other in terms of its global usage, as also how they fared in the past history. All you need to do is go here for the Browser statistics.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Internet Browsers
Mozilla released the latest version of their Firefox browser 3.0.7 on March 4th, 2009. To know what's new in Firefox 3.0.7 click here. To download the English (US) language version of Firefox 3.0.7 for Windows OS (7.1 MB) click here. To download Firefox 3.0.7 for other localizations/languages and all supported operating systems (Windows/Mac/Linux) click here.
If you are still glued to Microsoft, get Internet Explorer 7 here or the latest Internet Explorer 8 here. If you are still stuck on the older Internet Explorer 6 get it here.
If you are a Safari freak, get the latest version Safari 4 Beta for Windows and Mac here. If you are looking to download the older versions of Safari, take a look here.
There's another browser Opera, you can get the English version of Opera 9.64 for Windows here. Also get the Opera Mini browser for your mobile phone here. For Smartphones and PDAs use Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta from here.
There are a lot many other browsers about which we can talk some other time...
If you are still glued to Microsoft, get Internet Explorer 7 here or the latest Internet Explorer 8 here. If you are still stuck on the older Internet Explorer 6 get it here.
If you are a Safari freak, get the latest version Safari 4 Beta for Windows and Mac here. If you are looking to download the older versions of Safari, take a look here.
There's another browser Opera, you can get the English version of Opera 9.64 for Windows here. Also get the Opera Mini browser for your mobile phone here. For Smartphones and PDAs use Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta from here.
There are a lot many other browsers about which we can talk some other time...
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Google Blog Search
I really admire what google does. Take the case of Google's Blog Search. Few years ago, who would have thought that thousands of users would be writing millions of blogs and we would a search engine to search through blogs! But it happened and Google, the eternal Search God, was there to help us out and gave us Google Blog Search. http://blogsearch.google.com is just what you need.
You can search blogs from around the world on any topic you want, you will find my blog on it too one day :).
Now how do you tell Google to list your blog on it's search service? Simple. Use the Google Blog Search Ping Service. http://blogsearch.google.com/ping?hl=en is just what you need. Enter the url of your blog and Google will index your blog so that it can be found in it's search results. What an idea! Hats off to Google!
I'll keep coming back and telling you more about Google...
You can search blogs from around the world on any topic you want, you will find my blog on it too one day :).
Now how do you tell Google to list your blog on it's search service? Simple. Use the Google Blog Search Ping Service. http://blogsearch.google.com/ping?hl=en is just what you need. Enter the url of your blog and Google will index your blog so that it can be found in it's search results. What an idea! Hats off to Google!
I'll keep coming back and telling you more about Google...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
PTC - Paid To Click
What is PTC? PTC is Paid To Click. These are websites that show you advertisements (hereinafter referred to as ads), ask you to click on these ads for some duration and pay for it.
You have to register on these sites and then view these ads after logging in. If you click and view these ads without logging in, you won't get paid any money.
You may also get a sign-in bonus when you register on these sites. This bonus ranges from $0.01 to $0.5.
After logging in, you are shown a list of links grouped into various categories. Clicking on these links opens the actual ad in a new window/tab of your browser. You have to wait till the complete ad loads in the browser and then wait for 30 seconds which generally is the time duration that you have to view the ad in order to earn money.
Each ad view generally earns you $0.01 or 1 cent. However there are sites which pay you $0.005 only, which means you need to click on a lot many number of ads to earn the amount which you can cashout.
You can click on an ad only once in 24 hours. It means if your ptc site shows 10 ads, you can view only 10 ads everyday.
You may request for a cashout when the amount that you have earned reaches a minimum amount specified by the site. This amount ranges from $2 to $10. The number of ads that are shown is related to the cashout. $2 cashout sites would generally show around 4 ads, which will earn you 4 cents everyday. $10 cashout sites generally show upto 30 ads everyday.
There are also concepts like referrals and premium memberships.
I myself am trying on a few of these ptc sites, but have not yet reached the minimum cashout amount in any of these. I have heard that some of these ptc sites may not actually pay out the earned money after you request your cashout. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that I'll earn some dollars.
You have to register on these sites and then view these ads after logging in. If you click and view these ads without logging in, you won't get paid any money.
You may also get a sign-in bonus when you register on these sites. This bonus ranges from $0.01 to $0.5.
After logging in, you are shown a list of links grouped into various categories. Clicking on these links opens the actual ad in a new window/tab of your browser. You have to wait till the complete ad loads in the browser and then wait for 30 seconds which generally is the time duration that you have to view the ad in order to earn money.
Each ad view generally earns you $0.01 or 1 cent. However there are sites which pay you $0.005 only, which means you need to click on a lot many number of ads to earn the amount which you can cashout.
You can click on an ad only once in 24 hours. It means if your ptc site shows 10 ads, you can view only 10 ads everyday.
You may request for a cashout when the amount that you have earned reaches a minimum amount specified by the site. This amount ranges from $2 to $10. The number of ads that are shown is related to the cashout. $2 cashout sites would generally show around 4 ads, which will earn you 4 cents everyday. $10 cashout sites generally show upto 30 ads everyday.
There are also concepts like referrals and premium memberships.
I myself am trying on a few of these ptc sites, but have not yet reached the minimum cashout amount in any of these. I have heard that some of these ptc sites may not actually pay out the earned money after you request your cashout. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that I'll earn some dollars.
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