ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
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Virus

Email Scam – Trying another route

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I got another Scam attempt in the e-mail tonight and thought I would share. I may have to make a whole new section of the site for these pitiful attempts. I guess it must sucker somebody, else they wouldn’t continue the effort. Maybe since I’ve ignored all of their other attempts, they decided they needed to switch directions. Received: from … Read more

Here’s to MAC Security

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This was another “Eaten” Post. I’m adding it back because I find it is still relevant information in the whole MAC vs PC debate going on these days. The information below is slightly dated but, it really hasn’t changed much in the past year. Problems still exist on BOTH sides. (Although the MAC guys would lead you to believe otherwise.)

Well, we always hear of the Apple Macintosh’s superior OS security… How they never get viruses; never lock-up, No “Holes” in their OS etc.. And, now that they have changed to the Intel Processor we are seeing Television ADs with two guys portraying and PC and a MAC… One time the PC guys has a “Cold”.. the next time he “locks-up”. All the while the MAC guy talking about how “HE” nevers has any of that trouble…

Well, you will be interested to see the bit of news posted May 11th…

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Another Spammer Mail

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Here’s another variation on that silly, “We’ve got some money for you” e-mail scam. Oh and, FYI, the spelling errors are the Spammer’s not mine. Obviously spammers cannot afford spell checkers. This is a scam!  If you get this, delete it.  After making fun of it of course. ATTENTION THIS IS TO ALERT YOU THAT THE POLICE HAVE GOT THOSE … Read more

About Your Payment. Really?

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I got an new variation on that Nigerian E-mail Scam today. Remember that one? It’s the one where somebody rich in Nigeria can’t get the money out of their relatives estate and needs to transfer it to your American Bank account. And, in return they will give you a generous fee… All you have to do is give them “ALL” … Read more

Microsoft Security Bulletin

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I periodically receive Security Bulletins from Microsoft and thought I would share the latest… ******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Release Issued: September 27, 2007 ******************************************************************** Summary The following bulletin has undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS07-042 – Critical Bulletin Information: * MS07-042 – Critical – http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-042.mspx – Reason for Revision: Bulletin … Read more

Outlook error: 0x800CCC90

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The other day a client called me reporting that he was unable to download his e-mail with Outlook 2003. He reported this error: Your incoming (POP3) mail server has reported an Internal Error. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet Service Provider (ISP). The server Reported: -ERR problem retrieving message. Now, this is a … Read more

Virus caused TCP/IP Problems

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Ok… Your PC was FULL of viruses and spyware. Boo!!! But, You've managed to successfully remove them… Hurrahhh!!! Well, upon reboot you now can no longer get to the internet.. Boooo!!! Dropping to a command prompt and doing an ipconfig returns this wonderfully cryptic information: Windows IP Configuration An Internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft … Read more