Almost 500,000 people have been caught out by a booby-trapped media file, says security firm McAfee. McAfee said the fake media file outbreak was the largest it had seen for about three years.

Those running the fake file get bombarded with pop-up ads and risk compromising the safety of their PC.

The fake file or trojan has been widely distributed on the eDonkey and Limewire file-sharing networks.

The titles make the file appear to be music tracks, pornography and full versions of popular movies.

Anyone downloading the trojan and trying to run it is asked to install a codec that will play the supposed media.

Instead of playing the media, running the file installs a bundle of adware that plagues a user with pop-ups.

FAKE FILE TITLES
girls aloud st trinnians.mp3
changing times earth wind .mp3
heartbroken fast t2 ft jodie.mp3
meet bambi in kings harem.mp3
paralyized by you.mp3
pull over levert.mp3

said by Doctor Four :

I have no idea what I might want, but my stimulus check
arrived the other day via direct deposit.

said by backfeed :

The Tax Stimulus checks are coming in....What are you thinking about getting??, Paying down debt?...Or purchasing new technology?....I am looking at a hot-rod Bare bones kit from Tiger direct, and a 22" monitor....

said by primeangel :

crunchy or creamy..?

said by primeangel :

crunchy or creamy..?

said by Dominokat :

Are you kidding?
Mine is going strait to Exxon to pay my gas bill.
Oh, I may have enough left over to buy a jar of peanut butter.

Pffft..... stimulus my ass.

said by backfeed :

The Tax Stimulus checks are coming in....What are you thinking about getting??, Paying down debt?...Or purchasing new technology?....I am looking at a hot-rod Bare bones kit from Tiger direct, and a 22" monitor....

said by backfeed :

The Tax Stimulus checks are coming in....What are you thinking about getting??, Paying down debt?...Or purchasing new technology?....I am looking at a hot-rod Bare bones kit from Tiger direct, and a 22" monitor....

The switch to digital broadcasting, the biggest change for the television industry since color TV, will get a trial run in September in Wilmington, N.C.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin plans to announce today that the agency will run the test of the transition to digital to work out the kinks before most of the country's broadcasters stop transmitting traditional analog signals and upgrade to digital-only programming. Congress has mandated that broadcasters move to all-digital technology on Feb. 17, 2009.

The test in North Carolina, Martin's home state, is scheduled to take place Sept. 8, five months ahead of schedule.

The FCC will monitor the switch to digital programming at Wilmington's four commercial stations to get a better idea of the potential problems other markets can expect on a larger scale next year.

A federal appeals court has denied a request from owners of thousands of low-power television stations to force a ban on government-subsidized converter boxes that can't display their signals.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Wednesday rejected the request for help filed by the Community Broadcasters Association.

The CBA in March asked the court to order the Federal Communications Commission to ban all digital set-top converter boxes that are not equipped to receive an analog signal, a request that had the potential to derail the biggest broadcasting transition since color television.

The problem facing the 2,600 low-power television stations represented by the association is that they are not subject to the deadline. Most of the converter boxes now on sale will actually block the low-power analog signal from those stations, while the full-power digital signals will display normally.

said by RadioDoc :

Your point?

The entertainment industry's controversial efforts to get universities to be more proactive about policing peer-to-peer piracy have begun to spread from Capitol Hill to the states.

On Thursday, what appears to be the first such proposal in the country became law in Tennessee--home to Nashville, the country music capital of the world. A similar measure is currently being considered in Illinois. And California held an "informational hearing" last month featuring a Recording Industry Association of America representative, although no legislation has been introduced there yet.

It requires any higher education institution in the state, whether public or private, to develop and enforce a policy that prohibits its students, staff, and faculty from committing copyright infringement. It also requires schools to make "reasonable" attempts to prevent copyright infringement on their networks if they receive 50 or more infringement notices during a preceding year, but it does not explicitly define what those steps are.

Similar legislation is pending in the Illinois state legislature, except it appears to be stricter at this point. It would require universities to "undertake reasonable efforts to install and implement a technology-based deterrent system to attempt to prevent the infringement of copyrighted works" over its networks if it receives at least 10 infringement notices in a given year.

The Commission will consider a
Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
seeking comment on rules governing the Upper 700
MHz D Block, the public safety broadband
spectrum, and the 700 MHz Public/Private
Partnership.

said by NY Tel :

Boy it really is raw, rotten and penetrating outside today and now tonight. Perfect night to stay in and just enjoy a warm spot and relax with a "warming beverage".

NOTE: I did not say a warm beverage. :P

said by S_engineer :

AMD was doomed the moment they bought ATI. They should have invested in R & D. Their 16 core "Bulldozer" is due sometime late in 2009, if they survive that long.

Too bad too, I like AMD

said by N3OGH :

After 5 years pounding the ground, I finally scraped together the money to start flying again.

Happy Friday everyone, and best wishes...

said by fatness :

Glengarry Girl Scouts

said by kamm :

quote:

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Q: If the game isn't going to require an authentication every 10 days, will it ever require re-authentication?
A: Only if the player chooses to download new game content.

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In other words any update including patches and error fixes will still require re-validation the game but if the player doesn't want to or cannot download anything (e.g. game runs fine or no internet connection), after initial activation of the game (s)he can play the game forever without any further hassle.