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Google Abuse Update

Monday, January 21st, 2008

More phrases for “I’m Feeling Lucky” abuse have been seen over the last few days using a mixture of methods previously discussed.

Phrases added to original article:

VPXL+Made+Easy+rihancas.com
VPXL+Made+Easy+rhtawy.com
bluepageblog
maxine crystal mathewson module
inurl:thereseason.com V6J 5C6 (210) 787-1711 Vancouver
plutarch mukden hallmark
inurl:rivilas.com+VPXL+Made+Easy
greenbelt pow airmass brainy
rleadtek.com+vpxl+made+easy
inurl:thereseason.com V6J 5C6 1 (210) 787-1711 Vancouver
inurl:rleadtek.com+vpxl+made+easy

Please see original article for details regarding this and why you have received an email that has brought you to this site.

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Yahoo! Search Result Abuse

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Our unfriendly neighborhood drug spammers have moved onto something new, they are now abusing Yahoo!‘s search result URL’s. Lets have a look at how Yahoo! search results are shown.

When you do a search in Yahoo! each result displays with a tracking URL to track a users clicks on links to try and improve the relevance of search results this URL is effectively is a redirect URL. Now while you might think this is helpful and to an extent it is, it also causes a problem especially if the referral is not checked against a site.

I have received the following URL in a spam email:

http://wrs.search.yahoo.co.jp/S=2114736003/K=holesteam.com/v=2/SID=w/TID=jp0006_jp0006/l=WS1/R=1/DUI=1/QT=dqp/IPC=jp/H=0/;_ylt=A3xThlIPO5JHaQoBWT.DTwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTFqbm9mZWNuBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMQRxdANkcXAEc2VjA3NyBHZ0aWQDanAwMDA2X2pwMDAwNg--/SIG=119esggd9/EXP=1200852111/*-http%3A//holesteam.com/

The above URL is the top result for a search on holesteam.com, this domain is the spammers domain.

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QuickTime Alternative 2.20 MSI Installer

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

So this is the same story as the Real Alternative MSI, but this time I need QuickTime Alternative. Everything is pretty much the same, full install, pretty much everything default, menu installed to Accessories\Entertainment.

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Real Alternative 1.75 MSI Installer

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

So I wanted to deploy Real Alternative 1.75 on my network at work, but low and behold I can’t find a pre-made MSI file that anyone has produced (and publicly shared). So I decided to make one myself.

And unlike all those other snobs I’m going to share it with you all.

Downloads

Notes:

  • This is a full install based on the Real Alternative 1.75 setup
  • It installs Menu Shortcuts in Accessories\Entertainment\Real Alternative
  • “Uninstall Real Alternative” has been removed from the menu shortcuts

Build Process
Download a copy of Real Alternative from Codec Guide. I’m going to make this short and simple. Basically I’ve built a fresh install on Windows XP in Virtual PC, ran Windows Update so that Windows was current, installed WinINSTALL LE 2003 and then Ran through the WinINSTALL process to create an MSI.

Note: When installing WinINSTALL LE 2003 disable your network adapter, this will get you past the registration error.

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Google Abuse Update

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Lots of new phrases today, it’s almost like they don’t learn. Although I can say that the inurl phrases are very effective at limiting results.

inurl:afterwere.com canadian
inurl:afterwere.com V6J 5C6
inurl:afterwere.com+V6J+5C6+Vancouver+(210)+787-1711
inurl:thereseason.com canadian V6J 5C6 (210)787
ulster northampton cottonmouth thrum
gill huddle
ideatestcenter
anchorage

Please see original article for details regarding this and why you have received an email that has brought you to this site.

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Sun Microsystems Buys MySQL

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Ok so I was reading on ZDNet that Sun Microsystems is purchasing MySQL for US$1billion. Now I don’t mean to raise alarm bells but what is this going to mean for those us who are using MySQL. Is Sun going to push MySQL to a commercial product, or are they going to just add stuff on and sell that. Who knows what their plan is, interestingly they have said nothing about this, at present it’s all guff in media about the purchase and no detail, and as usual the devil is in the detail.

As usual when something that lots of people love and use gets into big business hands we will all be watching.

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New Excel Vunlerability

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Microsoft has issued an advisory in regards to it Excel product, this vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

Microsoft is investigating this vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2000, and Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac.

Article

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Google Abuse Update

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Four more phrases for “I’m Feeling Lucky” abuse have been seen today using a mixture of methods previously discussed.

Phrases added to original article:

inurl:rneskimo.com+VPXL+Made+Easy
inurl:rnbdx.com+vpxl+made+easy
qualitygenericmeds
yerbadietpills order system

Please see original article for details regarding this and why you have received an email that has brought you to this site.

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New Australia – Guam Link

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Pipe Networks is now ready to begin it’s new international link running from Australia to Guam. The estimated cost of the cable will be about $200million. The links aim is to break a duopoly on international traffic by Southern Cross Cable (SXC) and the Australian Japan Cable (AJC), both of which are majority owned by Telstra and Optus (Singtel).

iiNet has also announced that it will be signing a 15 year agreement to use the cable. Internode and Primus have also signed similar agreements.

Pipe Networks Announcement
iiNet Announcement

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It's Not Cheating

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

WWW.ITSNOTCHEATING.COM.AU is a program run by Microsoft in an effort to help University Students obtain legitimate copies of Microsoft Office 2007 for a very low price. For example you can Purchase a 1 Year Licence for AU$25, and with this you can use Microsoft Office 2007 for 1 year. Alternatively you can spend AU$75 and get Microsoft Office 2007 for life. If you don’t beleave me then you can visit the Microsoft Uni-student Offer page.

Now you question why I’m bloging about this, well I’m after a chance to win some prizes, because at the moment WWW.ITSNOTCHEATING.COM.AU is running a competition for bloggers.

The prizes include:

  1. AU$10,000 Cancas Prepaid VISA Card thanks to WWW.MYCANVASCARD.COM.AU
  2. Vista HP Laptop HPDV6000
  3. Palm Treo 500V Smart Phone powered by Windows Mobile

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