Web sites should disclose if their server is infecting others?

I have to agree with this commentary about the recent outbreak of hacked IIS servers, where the machines were setup to infect unsuspecting web users. They haven't listed name, but picture if you will, that this web server had been infected or hacked, and an attack was installed on it that could infect YOUR computer with out you having to do anything but visit this site. Would you be upset, if I found out about the problem, should I tell you... am I obligated to tell you? I know what I would do, and its not what all these commercial sites did... and say NOTHING.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2004/07/17.html#a128

My favorite Sushi place

Meiki Japanese Restaurant

9823 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92131

(858) 566-0206

Cooked spicy roll... closed for lunch on saturday and sunday. And closed Sunday nights. Open usually til 9pm.

For some reason I keep spelling it Meike. 🙁

Near UTC

San Diego Traffic Speed Report

http://www.dot.ca.gov/sdtraffic

Is a great site to figure out the speed of traffic on I-5 north, or the 15.

Is a great site to figure out the speed of traffic on I-5 north

or the 15."

Run as Normal User – Windows SUDO steps

      runas.exe /user:Administrator "control access.cpl"

      runas.exe /profile /user:Administrator "mmc %windir%\System32\compmgmt.msc"

      runas.exe /env /user:Administrator "runas.exe /user:%USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME% /env /netonly \"cmd\""

      runas.exe /env /user:Administrator "cmd"

      runas.exe /env /user:Administrator "runas.exe /user:%USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME% /env /netonly \"explorer\""

      runas.exe /user:Administrator taskmgr.exe

      runas.exe /user:Administrator regedit.exe –m

More Spyware using new Microsoft Vunerability

You MUST update your machines

Please be sure to run Windows Update as frequently as possible

Microsoft has learned of a Trojan program that is downloaded by the Download.Ject malware, also known as Scob, to client machines from infected IIS servers. When a user visits a Web site hosted on an IIS server that is infected with Download.Ject, the Web pages downloaded to the user's system contain an additional JavaScript program that downloads another Trojan program to the user's system. This second Trojan is called Backdoor:W32/Berbew, also known as Backdoor-AXJ, Webber, or Padodor. When this second Trojan runs on the user's machine, it performs several actions, including:

• Monitoring Internet access. When the user visits one of several financial or ISP Web sites, the Trojan captures sensitive information-such as log-in names, passwords, and so on-and sends it to a Web server for the Trojan's author to retrieve.
  
• Installing a proxy server that allows the user's system to be used as a relay for such actions as sending spam.
  
• Opening fake dialog boxes that prompt the user to enter confidential information such as ATM card codes, credit card numbers, and so on. This information is then sent to a Web server for the Trojan's author to retrieve.
  

Microsoft has released a tool to help you remove Backdoor:W32/Berbew Trojan variants from your computer. You can download this tool from the Microsoft Download Center and run it on your computer to remove Backdoor:W32/Berbew.A, Backdoor:W32/Berbew.B, Backdoor:W32/Berbew.C, and Backdoor:W32/Berbew.D, Backdoor:W32/Berbew.E, Backdoor:W32/Berbew.F, Backdoor:W32/Berbew.G and Backdoor:W32/Berbew.H infections. This tool is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 873018. This KB can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=873018

X-Sanguin-III Costume Quest

I don't want to give to much of my costume away, but over time this post will have everything I need to make it.
To start with I'm looking to have a coat that looks kinda like a cross between the one in Hellraiser, and that Neo wears in the Matrix. I've found several neat links to costumes... some way to expensive. But hopefully I can find a place locally that has costumes that I can actually try on.

The Coat - DONE

This is the one I went with...

Abbyshot.com - Neo - Expensive, but checkout the movie clips. The coat really has a nice flow to it.

SubCultureArray.com - Hellraiser - Good starting point, and sleeveless

Retailslut.com - Hellraiser - Cheaper price, same thing, and a Velvet offering...

Pinhead Costumes - other people dressed up

Hellraiser Website

The Bracers / Gauntlets - DONE
Found some 4 piece leather gauntlets that lace up the arm. I forgot the store name, but its some leather store in hollywood.

Ringold Alley - 30th and Upas (8 blocks south of University)

The Crypt - Park Ave

Head Make-up

Talking with Jacob, to see if he or Lauren have something that won't end up all over my black coat.

Horns

I think I found some inexpensive 'pink' horns, that with some white paint, or body makeup I can turn into real good looking ones. Will play with them and see. And with the special glue I bought it should stick pretty well to my little noggin.

Pants - Skirt

Yes folks, maybe even a skirt. If you look at the above picture i could pull off black pants, or maybe a thin black skirt... i'm thinking something custom. Need to talk with the folks at Aphrodites Closet to see what I can get made.

When ahead and got a black pleated skirt made up, with a little pocket. Should work out perfect.

Boots

Gonna get some links from Jacob, and they have some neat ones at the Crypt. But still haven't found anything that screems out at me. Definately want something monster boot ish, that gives me a little boost in the height department, and comes up my legs a bit.

Demonia - Impact - 224

Fingernails... pointy? Black... not sure yet.

Other peoples costumes...

Evil Twin

Nici's

VoIP and Vonage to make Area Codes obsolete

From: WinBeta

Voice-over-IP vendor Vonage has for some time let subscribers pick the area code of their choosing. Now, it says customers can make local calls without having to dial an area code at all. Some think area codes could disappear all together.

Coupled with number portability for cell phones and the ability of VoIP subscribers to pick their area codes, the fundamental geographical reason for area codes is disappearing, according to one observer of the telecommunications business. “Five years down the road, the word 'area code' will be a misnomer,” said Kevin Mitchell of Infonetics in an interview Thursday.

After offering subscribers the option of choosing 179 area codes in 40 states, regardless of where subscribers are located, Vonage took another step Wednesday towards rendering area codes obsolete by offering to eliminate them entirely. “Many [subscribers] have been asking for seven-digit dialing to make it easier and quicker to dial local friends and family,” said Vonage chairman and CEO Jeffrey Citron in a statement.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040708S0002

Windows Media Center 2005 review by a TiVo owner

I found this article about the pending Windows Media Center 2005 review pretty interesting. I am not convinced that I would spend $2000 for a WMC, versus another TiVo. But you have to admit things are heating up in this space. The next version of the TiVo should keep pace with this. But it definately put TiVo on notice... which sucks since I have stock in them. 🙂

http://www.robichaux.net/archives/000859.php#000859

What Happy OS are you?

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