Archive for May 18th, 2008

Tolls: Stop-and-pay is a thing of the past (Greensboro News & Record)

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

High-speed, high-definition cameras are taking the place of toll booths for the N.C. Turnpike Authority. (Credit: “By Taft Wireback Staff Writer “)

Spring Cleaning to Boost Your Credit Score (Carteret County News-Times)

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

(ARA) - As spring comes into bloom and you clean out your home, your closets and your yard, don’t forget to clean up something that can really impact your life: your credit score.

Put through the mill (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Day or night, the White Lily flour mill on Depot Street never closed. One shift would follow another as the mill worked to keep up with heavy demand for its products, remembers Mike Cruze, who spent 32 years at the plant, 15 of them monitoring the milling operation from a control room.

Hollywood bust as celebrities feel the credit crunch (Times Online)

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Dido may be able to play the piano and the violin, but coping with the Hollywood property market has meant a little fine-tuning for the mistress of hotel-foyer melodies.

AdWare - The Threat and the Solutions

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Adware or advertisement supported software is a type of malicious software that is hidden in your computer and automatically downloads and displays unwanted advertisements whenever you perform a certa…

Open Question: is Facebook a target for identity theft?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

All the applications on facebook are organised by different companies, not facebook. Ive just had to delete all my applications to be able to benefit from their privacy settings.

Open Question: I want to know which is best. A credit card . debit card or some other kind . I am concerned about security?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

I have heard many stories of identity theft and what happens when someone steals your information . I am someone who always has the cash on hand to pay for what I get. I am learning to use the computer some and have found some instances where I need a card to buy something . I do not own a card that I can use to buy things online. I was told at the bank that all cards are secure . Is this tue?

Open Question: my sister had WIN32 TROJAN ZLOB on her pc, need advice fast help!!?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

my sister called me this morning and said that her desktop was all messed up, it had been reset back to the original factory settings when you first buy it, it says preparing desktop, welcome center, default wallpaper etc.
it then said that MRT.EXE had removed a WIN32 TROJAN ZLOB
i then had her do a system restore to get back her personal settings which worked.
i then told her to do a scan with , windows defender and another with mrt.exe ( i know these are not exactly great apps but it is all she has.
HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS……
could doing a system restore reinstall the malware?
and is this the type of spyware that sends info to a hacker?
she has used credit cards and ss number on her pc and i am worried about identity theft.

if it reappears….
COULD PROGRAMS LIKE SPYWARE TERMINATOR OR A SQUARED FREE GET RID OF IT?
need advice please!!!

Raskolnikov took his cap and went out of the room, still pondering

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Raskolnikov took his cap and went out of the room, still pondering. It was the first time for a long while that he had felt clear in his mind, at least. ‘I must settle Svidrigalov,’ he thought, ‘and as soon as possible; he, too,

Local Briefs

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Selling stolen goods earns prison termBARRON - A 35-year-old Barron women convicted of identity theft for selling items she stole from Chippewa Valley stores on the auction Web site eBay was sentenced Wednesday in Barron County to five