Virus Attack On Pro-Tibet Internet Users

With the torch relay event just graced us last Monday, the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 is seems to be what people are talking nowadays. It is a hot topic in the kopitiam, on the television news, in the newspapers and of course, the ever reliable Internet. But the games is hardly what’s on everyone’s mind. […]

Terminator: P2P elimination

It seemed like the era of P2P might come to an end after all, in the near future. The Japanese ISPs have apparently agreed to disconnect any users that they detected to be using any P2P (peer-to-peer) program such as BitTorrent, BearShare, and Japan’s very own Winny. They did have a go with an attack […]

Will Malaysia block YouTube website?

News came in yesterday that Pakistan has blocked access to the popular video sharing website, YouTube because of objectionable video content. Reports said the content deemed offensive to Islam which resulted in the ban, included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, and a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which portrays […]

Cannot send out emails in Outlook?

If you found yourself suddenly couldn’t send out emails from Outlook or any of your email clients today, don’t panic. Thanks to Tmnet for blocking port 25 for all out going emails. What is ridiculous is Tmnet did this without any prior notice. I receive no notification from them other than lots of junk mails […]

I nearly lost USD100 on a fake Paypal website

Believe it or not, I nearly got tricked to login and send USD100 through Paypal. Luckily Firefox is pretty smart in detecting that the Paypal website is a phishing site and prompted an obstructive alert! See a screen capture below. Click here for a bigger version. The website looks exactly Paypal, new logo and everything […]

How to remove Spy Shredder?

My friend called me frantically today. I thought what good stuff he has for me… turned out it was his computer that needs some serious attention. To illustrate the matter better, I requested him to do some screen shots. Whenever he starts his computer, Spy Shredder would popup and claims there are viruses and trojans […]