August 2008 Archives

You got to be wondering if this is another another petrol hike rise queue...

... well actually it isn't...

Penampang Servay Hypermart, one of the first established Hypermart in the Western Coast of Sabah - is on fire...

If you're a subscriber to AirAsia's on-line newsletter, the Malaysian based No-Frills Carrier (via AirAsia-X) has officially announced another flight path; this time to Melbourne, Australia - traveling from November 2008 to April 2009... pricing from RM99 onwards.

Booking for tickets however starts from 21st-24th August this year... so for those eager to fly there for vacation and sight-seeing, don't hesitate and book fast!

Even FaceBook has spam...

Those who have their computers infected will begin sending messages to friends on their wall:

"Wow... look what somebody wrote about you in their blog... it's a bit harsh. check it out Go here http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.com"

Clicking on that link will bring you to a forgery site (phishing site) where should you enter your login and password will have your accounts, hacked.

It's been quite sometime since I last wrote, I have a lot of personal issues to deal with lately... but I'm back and am starting on my thinking cap again about all the stuff I wanted to write since my disappearance.

Spam emails are getting very sophisticated lately, having copied email postings of big companies like Paypal, Hallmark with their notifications to distribute spyware/malware to your computer. Just last week I had a friend complaining of a laptop issue where the windows was sluggish, ask him if he ever downloaded anything suspicious and he claims he didn't... but upon inspection, I detected a few Hallmark card notifications which the links ended as .exe and .scr files instead of a proper link to where the card is located. Common extensions that harbour viruses and such.

In short, it took a painstaking 4 hours just to remove all problems on his system. What's the lesson to be learned here?