by Scott | Dec 5, 2012 | Viruses and Scams
At this time of year, a lot of people might fall for this Amazon phishing scam, and it could lead to disastrous consequences. I buy a lot of stuff at Amazon, especially at this time of year. This email ended up in my in-box on the same day as several purchases I...
by Scott | Mar 30, 2011 | Local news, Viruses and Scams
Two weeks ago, House Bill 2463 passed the Oregon House unanimously – 60 to zero to legally require computer workers to report any discovered child porn. Failure to do so can include a penalty of $6,250, up to a year in jail, or both. Wow. Well it’s about...
by Scott | Jun 17, 2010 | Viruses and Scams
This has been the most technologically devastating week of my life, and I consider myself extremely fortunate. Why “fortunate”? Because I had good backups and only lost two days of my life, instead of suffering permanent damage. After two days of...
by Scott | Feb 11, 2010 | Viruses and Scams
I received a “threatening” email yesterday from Jeremy Wyss at Peak Studios that I just have to share here after posting it last night on Twittter. Spurred on by ReTweets from internet marketers like Todd Mintz, Greg Boser, Aaron Chronster, David Mihm...
by Scott | Jan 25, 2010 | Viruses and Scams
We just fixed an instance of a domain which appeared fine when visited directly, but when coming from the search results, all users were being redirected. Because of my recent personal virus experience redirecting my visits from search results I was thrown off at...
by Scott | Dec 2, 2009 | Viruses and Scams
I was 45 minutes from leaving for the airport, moving stuff to my laptop, and tying up loose ends before traveling to Affiliate Convention. The last thing I needed was a computer problem. Update 12/8 – I just got back, and it’s not fixed! Please see the...