Q+A: Is It Normal To Not Qualify For Most Of The Surveys I Receive ?

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Hello everyone…I have been getting this question pretty much everyday now..SO I will do another Q+A…Enjoy….

Q: Is It Normal To Not Qualify For Most Of The Surveys I Receive ?

A: There is no easy answer…other then to say there are some survey companies you may never qualify for. Then other sites/companies you will pretty much qualify  for ever survey you get. The issue is balance if you don’t get the number of surveys then Quite but be aware that you may then miss out on a survey later on…

Hope that answer your guys Q,

Remy “Se7en”

3 New Scam Mail Attachment Virus Attacks Recorded With in The Last 3 Weeks

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Ok, now I have had all sort of reports of at least 3 new scam mail attachment virus attacks….

**There are 2 major Hotmail scam mail attachments virus attacks and one generic please open this. All they have is “PLEASE OPEN THE ATTACHMENT FOR MORE INFO“. Then they a small attachment to open…Please what ever you DO NOT OPEN IT….It contains a Trojan Virus that will put a back door on your computer and in only 24-48 hours you may start to notice if you are connected to the Internet. That you no longer can control your computer…IE mouse cursor moving by it self..

Q: What should I do if I get infected by this virus….?

A: If you have opened this attachment…Dis-connect your computer from the Internet and run a virus scan ASAP. So far AVIRA and AVAST have picked it up but not AVG Free (9.0.707).

If you guys need more help regarding this virus attack. Please leave a comment or e-mail me @ computer.savvy@hotmail.com….

But I would advise you to dis-connect from the Internet As Soon As Possible…

Till My Next Post,

Remy “Se7en”

Scam Watch: How To Report A Scam Or Phishing Attack To The Computer Savvy Weblog

(Last Updated May 27, 2010 @ 3:45 pm EST) 

Hello and welcome everyone…Today I am going to talk about a subject I have gotten a very large number of e-mails regarding and that is “How do you report scams or phishing attacks to the Computer Savvy Weblog ?“

Ok, so it is really easy just follow these steps and you on your way….

Step #1: Locate the e-mail you want to report

Step #2: Please Make sure you tell me what your e-mail address is and what the scammer e-mail address is (I will not post e-mail address that I am unsure of)

Step #3: Forward e-mail to computer.savvy@hotmail.com (I will not accept any attachments)

Step #4: Your done (Provided you did what I asked about above, you’ll receive a reply from me)

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Q: What kind of reply should I expect from the computer Savvy Weblog ?

A: Well it depend on what you send me and what you ask me to do ?

** If you ask me to tell you if it is a real e-mail then that is what you’ll get in return a simple YES or NO answer

** If you are not asking me a question and are just reporting a scam or phishing attack. You’ll get a thank you in response to your e-mail and if their e-mail address will be added top my list/database. When the right number of scam e-mails in that category are fulfilled (If you want to know what that number is please refer to my (ABOUT PAGE TAB) -Under the Computer Savvy Weblog Policy’s-)

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Till My Next Update,

Remy “Se7en”

Blog Update #88 – Computer Savvy Weblog Main Features Are Back This Week

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I am very happy to report that  is this week. Computer Savvy Weblog will be brining you a new episode of “Scam Watch” and “WTF“. I hope that you guys are as excited as we are of the return of our 2 main features.

Later Days,

Remy “Se7en”

Mozilla FireFox 3.6 Beta 2 Available To Download

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It appears that Mozilla FireFox has a new 3.6 Beta 2 available to download in a ton of different languages to suit you taste and background.

** I have not downloaded the new beta version as of yet. But a few of my members plan to….

So I can’t say I would recommend it because it is still in Beta. But if you do give it a whirl by all means let me know…what you think and I’ll post it..

Here is the direct link to the FireFox 3.6 beta 2 download:  http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

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Remy “Se7en”

New Version Of Frostwire (4.18.4) Available To Download @ Download.com

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Well like I do every week….I checked my favorite download site download.com and what do you know I found a new updated version of FrostWire. Ok yeah I know I was a little late on this one. But at least I added…nothing big this time around…it is just a 0.1 update.

Enjoy the latest new version of FrostWire is now available to download @ the following link New Version Of FrostWire (4.18.4) Available To Download @ Download.com Direct Downlownd Link.

I have checked this link and it works…Enjoy….Please report via comment or e-mail if this link is broken….

Till My Next Post,

Remy “Se7en”

What Does The Term “Junk File” Mean ?

Junk Files – is a very common term that describes any files that is orphaned or has no real values to the user of said computer. Junk Files are also commonly refereed among tech people as “ghost files“ or “phantom files” for the main reason they don’t scream I am a junk file and you don’t need me. Junk files can be have pretty much any file extension such .tmp , .exe. But what they all have in common is that they are created from regular use of your computer or Internet and will after awhile will take up memory and slow down your computer and or clutter up your registry.

Now, there are many ways to get rid of such files and you probably have a program on your computer already. That will be able to locate such files and remove them. But I personally use to try to remove them myself by hand for sometime when I did not know any better. But now I use a few paid programs to get rid of them such as PC Pitstop, PC Tools, and Tuneup Utilities 2009. Now if you want to go free then there are CCleaner, 10bit,  Glary Utilities. What I recommend to people is try them on for size and see what programs you like. But a great resource and my personal favorite download site is http://download.cnet.com/windows/ …..Please do yourself a huge favorite and take the time out to read the descriptions and reviews….Trust me there are things users will figure out that are not said in the description.

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Remy “Se7en”

Blog Update #87.5 – This Weeks Scam Watch & WTF Features Will Be Postponed Till Next Week

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Ok, hello again everyone…I just want to let you guys know that this weeks “Scam Watch” and “WTF” episode. Will be delayed till next week so we can focus on the new AVG updates as well as the scam database updates. Sorry for anyone waring to read this weeks features. But they will be back next week.

Till The Next Update,

Remy “Se7en”

AVG Free Anti-Virus (9.0.707) Official Grisoft Fixes & Improvements List From AVG Free Forum

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Here is The Official List Of Fixes and Improvements For AVG Free Anti-Virus version (9.0.707)

Program update AVG Free 9.0.707

Fixes & Improvements

LinkScanner: Fixed problem with possible connection hang-ups.

So here it is straight from AVG Free Forum: http://forums.avg.com/ca-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&act=show&id=25409

Program update AVG Free 9.0.704

Fixes & Improvements

Core: Detection of the next modification of Virut has been added.
Core: Fixed possible false alarm caused by improper parsing of html files.
Core: Fixed report of broken digital signature on correctly signed files.
Safe Search: Improved blocking of certain types of known malicious web sites.
Safe Search: Added support for Japanese version of Yahoo!
Update: Fixed problem with proxy detection from Opera 10 browser.

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Hope this answers all the questions I’ve been getting about what are the improvements made to the new AVG Free (9.0.707)

Till Next Time,

Remy “Se7en”

AVG Free Anti-Virus (9.0.707) Available Via Automatic/Manual Update

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Hey everyone…This new version of AVG Free Anti-Virus is still not available via www.download.com. This new version of AVG Free Anti-Virus is only available Via Automatic or Manual Update. But when the new version is available @ download.com. I’ll let you guys know………….

Important Notice: This version is only available via Automatic or Manual update at this time…I’ll keep you updated when that changes…

Till Then,

Remy “Se7en”