Some of us have been INFECTED Again, with a Virus…

Why ?

These are the words of my blogging buddy Sheila from the Ad Master –

My blog was hacked today.  Somehow someone inserted a huge line of code into my blogs header which caused it to redirect to a bunch of stupid sites.  I wish I could redirect something right back at them that would blow up their damn computers while they’re busy hacking into someone’s private property.  These people make me insane!!!!!   I wasn’t aware of how much I didn’t know about these morons.  I didn’t know that hacker isn’t really an appropriate word for these #$$@^&*(), the appropriate term would be cracker.  Hackers break code for good and crackers break code for evil.   Here’s some info from a great site which helped me better understand the world of a hack or crack or whatever the heck they are. hackingalert.com

Personally I notified several bloggers this week that they’d been infected with this stupid lil click trash. yes it’s a click virus.

Who Would Want to Make This Trash ?

this thing only has one purpose – to fake clicks

now we all know that this is behaviour created by people who want to cheat a click based reward system.  why do it ? well lets just say that somefolks have no initiative. they think everything should be handed to them on a Silver Platter.  I don’t think so crackers..

Check out this info on the Virus and then below it I give you a remedy

This is the Virus = Trojan-Clicker.JS.Small.c

Trojan Clickers

This family of Trojans redirects victim machines to specified websites or other Internet resources. Clickers either send the necessary commands to the browser or replace system files where standard Internet urls are stored (e.g. the ‘hosts’ file in MS Windows).

Clickers are used:

• To raise the hit-count of a specific site for advertising purposes
• To organize a DoS attack on a specified server or site
• To lead the victim to an infected resource where the machine will be attacked by other malware (viruses or Trojans)

What to do if you think you’ve been hacked:

http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/

Watch This for another Remedy

Trust Me – this will never be addressed By Entrecard,

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oooooooo dis no good, dis no goood;

I Tried it out and take a look at hows it sussed me out, raw down.

Maybe you didn’t know that most sites gather that data. Or maybe you did, but you always thought, “Who cares? That’s not personal information.” Unfortunately, it is.  Thankfully,  this thing is from the EFF.

Check out the details this script collected from one click to a page:

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wait no, wait, no; what ? whatever..

that’s how I felt everytime I heard people on the tech news casts talking about the new apple I-Pad.

honestly speaking Ladies, you know what I thought ? honestly I thought steve had just broken down and laid it on the altar. Have Mercy. I digress;

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Who will care for the children; will you ?

Did you know that over 50% of Haiti’s

population is younger than 16 years old..

What will happen to these new orphans, when added to the astronomical 350,000. already listed as orphans in Haiti ?  this is a question that is very close to my heart as a mother, an adoptee; and an orphan now that my parents have both passed away.

you cannot remove the children from Haiti without a search for some of their family, before declaring them orphans. it just makes me wonder about the safety of the children; and the reunification possibilities.  watch this video and then think of what a terribly perplexing situation this is for everyone involved.

Who is Speaking FOR The Children of Haiti ?

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Somehow We Knew it would eventually come to this..

You can check out the Pat Robertson voodoo curse on eBay here.

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tonight we received this mail from one of the web based public media charities we support. please take a moment and look at the links. there is much to be done, and we can all empower ourselves to be a force of humanity. each one of us has the power to help and to give with gratitude in our hearts.

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What would you do if they took away YOUR Internet ?

Watch This

This Is Part Two – it’s well worth watching, then click that button below to sign the petition. you and I pay for the internet, and the phone cops seem to have forgotten that.

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CNN Says – if you want to be healthier and apparently happier – you need to have MORE SEX.

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