Yahoo! News - Daily Choice Turned Deadly: Children Left on Their Own: "Brooklyn prosecutors argue that no matter what, Ms. Brathwaite should not have left her children, 9-year-old Justina Mason and 1-year-old Justin Brathwaite, alone in a basement apartment in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, especially children as young and vulnerable as hers. "
And I would have to agree with them. I do not care how responsible they say that this child was. In the end, a 9 year old does not have the skills to care for a 1 year old unsupervised. On the other hand, the woman does not deserve 16 years in prision for trying to take care of her children's finacial needs. She is going to have to deal with the death of those children and the wrong mistake she made in choosing between them and a job, a choice I would not be sure I would have made differently if I had to make it myself.
Let the critics come out of the high dollar homes and go take care of the children instead of sending her to jail.

I must apologize for not posting much this week, It has been a weird week. I am up in the offfice during the days in a training class, and my usual hours have kinda disapeared so I sleep when I can etc. Any way, all should be back to normal next week.

Student faces suit over key to CD locks | CNET News.com
So let me get this straight.

1. I can stop copy protection from happening by holding down the shift key.
2. A student publishes this informatioin on a web site.
3. It is basic Windows 101.
4. Student gets sued.

And people said the Fox 'Fair and Ballanced' suit was funny.

gods dissolve in the rain - DAWN News from India and Indonesia (2003 #39)I guess that shows you who the real God is!

ZDNet UK - News - Accused port hacker says log files were 'edited'
And I expect that he thinks I will believe him if the tells me that the dog ate his homework too.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
SO what you are telling me is that if I run Linux, or if I hold down the shift key when I insert the CD I can rip all the files of of this new copy protection scheme that they paid big money for.... what is the matter with this picture? [giggle]

NewVirus Information

From Sophos
W32/Gibe-F Windows Worm (Email/Kazar/IRC) low risk
W32/Agobot-AE Windows weak password file shares
Troj/Ircbot-M Windows Backdoor program

From Trend
WORM_MEXER.D seems same as Gibe above.
TROJ_LADMIN.A Backdoor trojan

GeorgeWBush.com :: Official BlogNow here is a blog that may be worth reading. I noticed a lot of blogers with RSS feeds mention the democratic canidates blogs all the time. I wonder if they will mention this one at all.

Yahoo! News - 'Do Not Call' List Can Proceed, Court Says: "WASHINGTON/DENVER (Reuters) - Telemarketers may not dial the 51 million phone numbers on the national 'do not call' registry while a U.S. appeals court decides whether their free-speech rights are being violated, the court said on Tuesday. "
Why is this a free speech issue? Who pays for the phone going into my house. Why do you have a right to invade my property? Sorry that one does not wash!

SOX WIN It may yet be the end of the world yet! Or at least the sports world. Red Sox up against the evil Yankees tomorrow night. Meanwhile, tonight The cubs take on the Marlins. Could it be the curse of the bambino is broken. Could we see a Cubs-Red Sox World Series. Time will tell.

Jogger
Not as nice a tool as Blogger, but if you want to get your feet wet with things, this may be a way to learn some blog techiques. Of course you must be using Jabber in some way shape or form.

Yahoo! News - Cubs End 95 Years of Playoff Frustration
Could we possibly have a rare occurs. Could the Cubs face the red Sox (my team) in the world series. Yup. Of couse the world could end tomorrow also.

You are Romans.


Which book of the Bible are you?
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This is more me.

Athena


?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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Not that I beliive this stuff mind you!

Yahoo! News - Groups Unveil Anti-Schwarzenegger Ads
Where were all these stories a month ago.. dang, people are desperate in California

Virus News seems to have died for a while but now seems to be back with a vengence. Or maybe because I get RSS feeds from Sophos and Trend I can keep track of them. Most appear low risk, but do not take low risk to mean no risk. Practice safe Hex.

New From Sophos
Troj/Hackarmy-A (IRC Backdoor)

New From Trend
HKTL_MRC.A (users of DameWare Mini Remote Control )
TROJ_ZAB.A (Linux)
TROJ_LEMIR.E (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP)
DDOS_KEKE.A (DDoS Tool Windows)
TROJ_ISTBAR.A Internet Explorer (IE) toolbar Payload 1: Changes Internet Explorer startup page Payload 2: Adds adult-oriented links in the Favorites folder Payload 3: Modifies Files Downloads several softwares/utilities
VBS_VAGS.A (low risk high destruction) Payload 1: Clears desktop of all icons and hides icons Trigger Condition 1: When the current system date is set at September 19 Payload 2: Overwrites files Trigger Condition 1: When the current system date is set at September 19
TROJ_LEMIR.F(password stealer for game)
TROJ_VARDO.A
WORM_AGOBOT.AD (weak passwords allow it in, kills antivirus and firewall software running)
WORM_OPASERV.AD

Another new one:
WORM_DELFER.A RISK:LOW Buggy code

Do you really own your PC? | CNET News.com

From rend Micro These new viruses
vbs-taber.a risk:low
vbs-riosys.a risk:low
v97m_riosys.a risk:low word macro)
bkdr_graybird.g risk:low
scythe.d risk medium master book record infector (een a while to see one of those)
bjdr_sdbot.y risk:low
XF_SIC.A (also reporte below from Sophhos) risk low Information on the Macro
Payloads
When an infected document is accessed at exactly 11:30 AM, this macro virus displays the character string:
>?.
When an infected document is accessed at exactly 5:00 PM, it displays the following characters:
!?.
Other Details
This virus may cause the following string to be displayed on the Microsoft Excel status bar:
!!!!

BKDR_SDBOT.AX risk:low
W97M_SHORE.I risk:low (Word 95/97)
HIGHLANDER.Z risk:low (executable file virus infects com files)

Update the signatures.

New Virus as of 5:12 AM today:
XF97/Wisab-A
XF97/Wisab-A spreads using a Formula Sheet called XL4Test5. The virus creates a file in the XLSTART directory called BOOK1.
Information from Sophos