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Vundo

Link — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:28:38 +0000

The Vundo trojan is one of the most well-known and commonly spread on the Internet today. It commonly spreads through email attachments or a litany of browser exploits that take advantage of either built-in weaknesses in the browser itself or, regularly, through security flaws in popular browser plugins (ie, Flash and Java). Vundo also goes by several aliases including Virtumonde and Virtumondo.

What Vundo Does
Vundo, once installed, will disable most of the Windows notification systems to make sure your Firewall and Antivirus programs are running and up-to-date. Once that is done, Vundo will turn your computer into a weapon for Denial of Service attacks on popular websites and, most irritating to the infected user, assault you with non-stop advertising popups.

Reming Vundo
There are tons of Vundo varieties in the wild right now with more popping up all of the time. Since Vundo does so much to prevent the regular anti-virus operations of the infected machine sometimes removing Vundo can be a painful process. Here are a few links that might help you remove Vundo if your regular antivirus software can’t get the job done:

Removing the Exploit-PDF.b Trojan

Link — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:36:57 +0000

The Exploit-PDF.b Trojan has been all over the news for the last several years, with a new variant popping up a few days ago, so I thought I’d take some time to describe the threat and offer some Exploit-PDF.b removal solutions to anyone currently affected.

Exploit-PDF.b essentially exploits a vulnerability in PDF files and uses embedded JavaScript and a Flash object to download malicious software to install on the host machine. If you’re even a slight follower Apple’s recent fight over including Flash in their mobile products, issues like Exploit-PDF.b are some of their biggest pieces of ammo. Adobe has been pushing insecure products for too long, in the eyes of Apple and many others, and by refusing to include their software in their own products many hardware makers are claiming to greatly increase the security of their devices.

Exploit-PDF.b Removal
In addition to obviously maintaining an antivirus program that is up-to-date, here are a few links that might offer some additional help in removing Exploit-PDF.b from your computer:

Bomka.G Trojan Removal

Link — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:12:33 +0000

Through a series of rather unfortunate events investigating a problem related to a client I infected my Windows machine with the Bomka.G Trojan this morning. I couldn’t find a lot of details online about the specifics of Bomka.G but my antivirus program was pitching errors and warnings all over the place every few minutes about the threat that had been installed.

I had a tough time finding any Bomka.G removal information by searching online but I did find a recommendation for some other antivirus programs to try. So I ended up downloading Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 from FileHippo.com after the other virus scanning solutions I had previously installed found the problem but were unable to fix it. Malwarebytes’ program managed to remove all traces of the Bomka.G Trojan from my machine using the quickest scan option available. The whole process to remove Bomka.G took less than 15 minutes from start to finish.

Bomka.G looks like a pretty typical Trojan in that it infects your machine, takes control of your computer and then takes your information while you’re unaware. As usual, you can help prevent these kinds of things from affecting you by keeping your antivirus software up-to-date and functional. Even though the particular antivirus program I was using before today couldn’t fix Bomka.G, it did notify me of the problem so that I wasn’t unaware of the damage being done to my computer.

Using WordPress For Internet Marketing

Link — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:34 +0000

I’ve been a big proponent and user of WordPress for a variety of sites for years now. I like using WordPress 4 Internet Marketing in e-commerce sites, blogs (of course) and even simple content sites with AdSense and affiliate links. The beauty of WordPress is that its simple installation routine and easy-to-use admin interface allows people with even minimal technical knowledge to launch and manage a website on their own. Once you factor in the thousands of available themes and plugins that offer even more flexibility to your site it becomes a no brainer for anyone looking to enter into the vast world of Internet Marketing to use WordPress.

Two of the most common WordPress affiliate centered sites are reviews and online shopping. A WordPress review site plugin let’s you build a site that focuses on product reviews that are laced with affiliate marketing links that give you a cut of each sale the site generates. By using a WordPress plugin to manage the site you get an incredible level of control over the site’s content. On the other end, using a WordPress shopping cart plugin will let you build a store to sell physical or digital products in a matter of minutes. I know how hard it is to get an online shopping cart up and running and a WordPress plugin will go a long ways to making your life easier.

New York Web Design

Link — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:44:27 +0000

NGKSoft, a division of visualscope, is a New York based web design and programming company that specializes in Search Engine Optimization (or, SEO) and ecommerce solutions. SEO and ecommerce go hand-in-hand these days so it’s nice when you can find a web design firm that offers to handle both for you at the same time. Without good SEO practice, most ecommerce sites will struggle to get themselves off the ground and you typically must coordinate multiple vendors to get the results you need. NGKSoft’s skills in both means you can do some one-stop shopping for your business website.

NGKSoft also offers other business solutions. Their strongest service is basic web site design and development. They also specialize in marketing options such as brand identity which is something not every web development company offers. In addition to SEO services, NGKSoft also handles Pay Per Click (PPC) setup and maintenance. This is a nice extra since many businesses new to the web find PPC advertising quite intimidating. Click here to learn more about NGKSoft’s services.

You can learn even more about NGKSoft.com by visiting their website. They also have a nice list of web design resources you can read here.

Build Your Own Ecommerce Store

Link — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:28:43 +0000

I run into a lot of small business, with equally small budgets, looking to get their businesses online. Usually they’re looking for more than just a simple “brochure” site with contact information and hours of operation. They want to be able to create a website to sell their products to their website visitors with as little hassle, and as much success, as they possibly can while keeping their own costs low. These projects can often times be handed over to a professional but the costs can vary wildly and the site owners, at the end of the day, might not have the level of control over their own business’s website that they’re comfortable with.

Thankfully, there’s a product out there called WebStudio that is a full-fledged website builder with ecommerce capabilities. With WebStudio you can build your own online store using their browser-based application in a matter of minutes. There are templates to pick from for your site so that it has a professional look to present to your customers. All of the site maintenance and updates are handled by the storeowner themselves so they always know that they’re in control and responsible for the content on their own site.

Transitioning From Web Design To Web Development

Link — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:17:03 +0000

Originally, my freelance career was built around the concept of design site services for local and regional small businesses. As the years have gone by and my client list has matured and grown the transition from 100% devotion to design has started to decrease.

I find myself relying more and more, as the demand for my development services increases, on finding an outside website design company to help me with the graphical front end to my own personal, side projects. This has proven especially true with the growth in my web development career where I’m more interested in getting side projects done quickly and efficiently so that I can get back to focusing on client work.

The vast improvement in free web design templates has also helped me out a lot lately. Again, for personal projects, a free or low-cost design template is a great way to get an alpha or beta version of a site idea out and into the wild quickly. I find myself prototyping layouts and admin panels for my projects using free templates more and more. When the project hits a certain point where I’m happy with the behind-the-scenes action I can then go back in and worry about improving the look and feel of the site for visitors.

Copy MySQL Table Structure & Data

Link — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:52:20 +0000

Here’s a quick hit set of MySQL command-line instructions that will take create a new table in your database with the structure of an existing table and then duplicate the content as well:

CREATE TABLE new_stuff LIKE old_stuff;
INSERT new_stuff SELECT * FROM old_stuff;

This is a great and quick way to make dummy tables of data for testing purposes or for making regular table backups inside your own database for easy comparison or a million other uses that come up every day when working with databases.

Custom Postcards For Your Business

Link — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:20:15 +0000

I’ve always told myself that I should probably do a better job of advertising my services to the local business community. As a programmer I’m not exactly the sharpest marketing tool in the drawer so I need help when it comes to things like advertising. A big part of advertising when you’re trying to operate locally is with direct mailings and printed materials. Companies like PS Print Printing offer printing solutions for individual and business use that you might find helpful.

PSP provides a low cost alternative for printing custom postcards, business cards and even greeting cards. You supply them with a photo, or a prepared advertisement image, and PS Print will print your item for you. They have a simple ordering process that makes it easy for anyone interested in printing their own cards for Christmas, birthday parties or weddings to get the job done.

For my purposes, business card and brochure printing is available for cheap prices. I’m also thinking about getting some postcard printing done for some direct mail work to area businesses to promote my services in programming and web site design. Outside of work I find a lot of the services offered by PS Print to be useful when the holiday come around and my family is looking for a change of pace from the typical store bought greeting cards.

Good Web Site Sales Are Evaporating

Link — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:15:19 +0000

I’m a pretty avid watcher of the website sales at SitePoint and Digital Point. I’ve written about my experiences at these two sites before as a matter of fact.

Recently, over the course of the last few months, as the economy has taken a nosedive I’ve seen a similar drop in the number of quality sites being listed and sold at these sites. You can take a quick look yourself and see that people on SitePoint and DP that are selling anything are more or less pushing spammy junk for cheap prices. It’s a rare occurrence when something good comes along and when it does it isn’t on the market for long before someone snatches it up.

Finding Good Sites For Sale

Since the people normally involved in the buying and selling of websites trade are slowing down their activity it’s time for people looking to buy in this market to get proactive.

If you’re looking to buy a real, quality web site you should no longer be looking on SitePoint and Digital Point with any hopes of success. Instead, go out and find sites you like and contact them directly and ask if they’d be willing to sell.

You might be surprised to discover not only the number of people willing to sell their site to you but their asking prices as well. I certainly recommend giving it a shot and seeing how things go. The worst thing that can happen is someone says no.