Category: Cybersecurity


  • “Those sending computer viruses to this email will have their ip addresses forwarded to the proper law enforcement officials.” Right. Most people whose computers are infected with a computer virus are probably unaware that it is infected. How many people think, “Hey, let me infect my computer with a virus and let it send out…

  • Here is an article on computer viruses, spam, and the new portal for which I was interviewed for the Spectator, the university student news paper. Josh Stone Campus computers are getting sick from e-mail viruses and spam, but Information Technology staff members say they have medicine to fight the problem. “We can’t really eliminate them, but we…

  • I find myself wanting to give Netscape the benefit of the doubt and give it another try. The browser offially sucks now in my opinion. Now, I do not have by any means a slow machine at work:  1.4 GHz, 256 MB RAM, Ultra ATA 100 7200 RPM hard drive. On this machine, the browser crawls.…

  • Sorry… just got up off the floor from laughing so hard. Got this in an email: “Explore the world of beautiful Russian woman Browse FREE PICTURES submitted by Lovely young Russian women seeking love and a better life. Everything you’ve dreamed of Unspoiled, Available, and Eager. Think of the world through the eyes of beautiful…

  • My answer to the emails whose subject line is “How Smart Are You?”:   Smart enough to know not to open this email <delete> Admittedly, I am becoming very lame. Feel like I should be honing my shooting skills instead of doing this mundane thing called work. Must… resist… buying… $500 in games!

  • Gotta love spam… “Ezra, we guarantee that you will stop smoking!” I can guarantee it too… I don’t smoke. I even try not to get second hand smoke! WTF? Gonna go home and take a nap. Definitely will take some allergy meds. Tired cause I’m not getting enough oxygen (racing heartbeat and sich). Birthday parties are weird.…

  • From a spam… “Unhappy with your Breast size?” uh… yeah. I’d like them to be smaller. They have been known to be larger than some females I know. As a guy that is just embarassing.

  • Internet OMG… Isn’t it time for an artificial intelligence tool to offer artificial common sense? To simply look at these sorts of sites and messages and say, “Hey, don’t be a moron!” and shuffle the user off to someplace safe like PBSKids.org? Gullibility Rules – CIO Tech Tact – June 3, 2002  

  • Friday was interesting to say the least. A web site exploited Internet Explorer to make itself the recipient of the home page, search URL, and other buttons on a co-worker’s computer. I agreed to try to fix it. Eventually gave up on my own knowledge of things to check. This little bastard of a trojan made…