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Virus Warning!
Tricky New "Sober
Worm" Discovered
There's an e-mail worm
that recently began to circulate around the Internet called the
"W32.Sober.N@mm worm." (The worm only infects Windows-based systems
- not Macintosh, Unix, or Linux systems.) Also known as the
W32/Sober.o@MM worm, this new variant of the Sober worm was first
discovered on April 19, 2005, and includes a tricky Trojan horse
feature. The text of the deceptive e-mail message promises the
recipient a benefit if he/she opens the accompanying attachment but
something quite different occurs when the attachment is
opened.
We've posted an image of the actual text from the
W32.Sober.N@mm e-mail worm currently circulating the Web. (Don't
worry, it's not the real worm, just a screen-shot of the
text.)
http://www.cornerstonenow.com/newsletter/may2005worm.jpg
As you can see, the goal of the worm is to trick you into
thinking that the sender has received some of your private e-mail
messages and is simply returning them to you within a zipped
attachment. When you open the attachment, you are infected with the
W32.Sober.N@mm worm!
The W32.Sober.N@mm worm is a
mass-mailing e-mail worm. Once the attachment is opened, it sends
itself as an attachment to e-mail addresses found within the
infected machine. Like most worms circulating around the Internet,
the W32.Sober.N@mm worm also has a "spoofing" feature that conceals
the actual sender of the e-mail message by randomly selecting e-mail
addresses from the infected computer's system to disguise the source
of the e-mail. So, if a person receives this e-mail worm from a
co-worker or relative, chances are that the person it shows being
sent from was probably not the person who actually sent
it.
Remember, receiving an e-mail attachment from a trusted
friend or a reliable source may not necessarily mean that they were
the actual senders of the message and attachment. Also, the ultimate
responsibility of protecting your computer against worms and viruses
lies with you. Many viruses and worms not only spread via e-mail,
but also through the sharing of files when using floppy disks, zip
disks, CDs and networks, as well as when downloading software from
the Internet. We encourage each of our users to install and utilize
virus-scanning software, to update this software on a regular basis,
and to scan all incoming e-mail attachments before opening them,
even if the attachment shows coming from a reliable source.
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Ask The Help Desk
How Do I Stop Annoying
Animations And Irritating Music On Web sites?
Question:
Sometimes when I open a web page that contains information I'm
looking for it has ads that flash brightly or contain silly
animations. Other times a site will have annoying music. I turn down
the volume and try to ignore the ads but is there a better way to
deal with pages like this?
Answer:
Both the animations found in many banner ads and the background
music played on some Web sites can truly drive a person batty. The
"Stop" button on browsers used to be the simple fix. When you'd come
to a site that contained irritating animations or unpleasant music,
you'd simply wait for the page to fully load and then click your
cursor arrow on the browser's "Stop" button. The animations and the
music would stop but you'd be able to read the information on the
page that you were after -- in peace.
The "Stop" button
worked (on Windows when using Internet Explorer) because most web
developers created their animations in gifs and even attached the
sound file (music) to the gifs. The "Stop" button still works on
gifs. Today, however, many animations are developed in a software
called Flash. Clicking on the browser's "Stop" button doesn't kill
Flash-based animations. However, if you right-click on the Flash
animation, you'll get a pop-up window displaying controls that may
or may not allow you to stop or pause the animation. It depends on
how the developer set up the Flash file.
On a Macintosh, the
Safari browser doesn't have separate buttons for "Stop" and
"Refresh." This makes it impossible to stop animations after the
page loads.
Firefox has separate "Stop" and "Refresh" buttons
but, once the page loads, the "Stop" button isn't
functional.
So, in summary, either turn down your volume and
grin and bear the animations or find a more pleasant site to visit.
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Great Sites To Check Out This
Month
Photos Of Food Served By Airlines Around The
World
http://AirlineMeals.net/ -
AirlineMeals.net claims to be "the world's first and leading site
about nothing but airline food." This site is filled with over
eleven thousand photos of, you guessed it, food served by airlines.
Links include images of crew meals, airline lounge food, airport
restaurant food, and meal of the week archives. Dozens of airlines
are represented including Iceland Air, Aero Mexico, United Airlines,
Qantas, Air Namibia, Croatia Airlines, Air China, and British
Airways. (Check out the fancy food served on the Concorde!) Images
are submitted by regular folks like you and me who fly. So the next
time you take a flight, don't forget your
camera!
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the
Sith
http://starwars.com/ - This month
marks the release date of the highly anticipated premiere of the
last of the three prequels to the Star Wars saga. Star Wars Episode
III - Revenge of the Sith is George Lucas's final Star Wars themed
movie. Production was a three-year endeavor and the special effects
promise to be amazing once again. Check out this site for updated
information, movie trailers, and more.
What Kind Of
Dog Would You Be?
http://Gone2theDogs.com/ - If
you were a dog, what kind of a dog would you be? You probably wonder
about this all of the time. Well this site has the answer. The Web
site promotes a British film to be released this summer called Gone
To The Dogs. Click on either the "Game" link or the "What Dog Are
You?" link and answer ten personality-related questions. The site
will then tell you the breed and traits of the dog you'd be ... if
you were to turn into a dog, of course.
Save Money
When Filling Your Car With Fuel
http://www.FuelEconomy.gov/ -
With fuel prices so high right now, we could all use some tips on
saving money at the gas pump. This site provides information on how
to calculate your MPG, how hybrid cars work, how cars are tested for
fuel economy ratings, and more. A section on gas mileage tips will
help you get the best gas mileage possible. It's a pretty handy site
to review before you take this summer's road trip
vacation.
USDA Introduces New Interactive Food Guide
Pyramid
http://MyPyramid.gov - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture introduced a new Food Guide Pyramid late
last month called MyPyramid. MyPyramid is triangle-shaped like the
old pyramid but now includes six colored vertical stripes
representing food categories. The USDA's interactive site,
MyPyramid.gov, allows consumers to enter their own age, gender, and
average daily physical activity for a customized report of suggested
daily amounts and types of foods to consume. Unfortunately,
chocolate was passed over again as one of the main food groups.
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Short Tutorial
Setting Up
AutoComplete On Your Browser
Your browser may have a
button on its toolbar called "AutoComplete." (It's called "AutoFill"
on a Macintosh.) AutoComplete is a useful yet underutilized feature
that is available on most browsers. Its purpose is to save you time
when filling out online forms when placing orders with online
merchants. Rather than filling out an order form each time you make
an online purchase, browsers provide a place to store this
information to then use as needed when placing an order. Here's how
to set up AutoComplete on your browser:
Utilizing
AutoComplete When Using Internet Explorer Browser
1)
Open Internet Explorer.
2) Click on "Tools" on your browser's
menu bar and select "Internet Options."
3) Click on the
"Content" tab and select "AutoComplete."
4) Check the box
next to "Forms" and click "OK."
5) Click the "My Profile"
button.
6) If you have placed contact information about
yourself within your Address Book, AutoComplete can use it for your
profile. Select the second option ("Select an existing entry from
your Address Book to represent your profile") and then choose an
Address Book entry by clicking on it. Click "OK" and this will be
your profile.
7) If you do not have the contact information
about yourself within your Address Book, select the first option
("Create a new entry in the Address Book to represent your
profile"), fill in the information on the form, and click "OK." The
next time you go to make a purchase online or fill out a form,
AutoComplete will take your profile information and automatically
fill out the form for you once you key in the first few
letters.
8) To make changes to your profile information,
click on the "My Profile" button under the "Content" tab of the
"Internet Options" window and fill in the blanks in your profile.
You can also simply go to your Address Book in Outlook Express and
make your revisions there.
Utilizing AutoFill When
Using Macintosh's Safari Browser
1) Open
Safari.
2) Click your cursor arrow on "Safari" on your
browser's menu bar and drop down to "Preferences."
3) Click
on the "AutoFill" icon.
4) Make sure there is a check in the
box next to "Using info from my Address Book card."
5) Click
on the "Edit" button to enter or update your information.
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