Today I got notified by a hosting customer that his website had their content and design copied and reposted under another domain name hosted elsewhere.

The copied domain is here - www.nim-company.com while the ORIGINAL design and content are here - www.webpositionexpert.com.

The original site is a friend with a business in Antigua, while the content and design thief is apparently named Robert Soloway, and is in my back yard, up in Washington State.

Spam is at an all time high, and there’s simply no stopping it. Oh yeah? Check this out…

I’m an affiliate for SpamArrest, and to this day, have never found a solution that I like better for up to 5 email addresses. The price is right, and it REALLY does work.

To say “spam is out of control” is not really accurate, so let me give you some figures that will put it in perspective.

For my own domain pdxtc.com, August 2006 brought me these numbers…

• 19,306 total incoming emails (and we only have 9 addresses!)
• 16,209 were identified and blocked as spam before a human ever saw them

Several web hosting customers have reported that their email to AOL members has been occasionally undeliverable. After a bit of research, and I’ve discovered why…

Some people have their own domain names hosted with PDXTC, yet continue to have their email forwarded through our system to their AOL addresses because it’s easier for them.

This is a note to my web hosting customers in Portland and elsewhere, but since it applies universally, I’m posting the info here…

OS Commerce and PHPbb are free, or “open source” software programs available with all PDXTC web hosting packages. Upon installation from your web hosting control panel, you have access to the latest version, and any known security vulnerabilities are patched upon installation.

You might have heard on the news that AOL and MSN are considering charging businesses for each email they send. Well that’s simply not true, and Here’s the full details of what’s going to be happenning…

Basically it says that they may soon be charging senders for DELIVERY to their addresses. sort of like an e-stamp, to insure the mail gets past their spam filters.

I got a text message saying Spamcop got a report that our mail server IP address was sending spam. After checking my mail 1/2 hour later, I determined that it was a flook, and surely Spamcop wouldn’t blacklist me.

so I sat down and banged out about 4 email replies and a couple of new ones and hit “send and receive”…

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By now you may know the story of the week old Windows flaw that has so far mutated and distorted into over 60 different variations of trouble for you. This is not “a virus” or “some spyware” and you are NOT protected against it no matter what Antivirus or Firewall software you have, or the status of your Windows Updates.
Your hardware firewall MAY protect you, but why risk it?

update 1:45 pm Jan 3, 2005 -
the site below is down, and has been all day since everyone in the world linked to it!

Use the solution from New Years Eve if it’s not up when you try it…

Since my previous post, Ilfak Guilfanov has a better option for fixing this dangerous flaw.

I got an email today from one of my old computer repair customers in Portland that told me I was sending out viruses, and wondering how I could be so careless.

I know darn well I’m innocent, but trying to explain that to people can be a pain in the neck. Now, when someone tells you that you sent them a virus or a phishing scam, you can just send them a link to this blog post.

I got an email this morning telling me that Winpatrol was not helping with their Spam, and they were still getting a lot. I explained that Winpatrol is not for spam, but did refer them to Spam Arrest. Spam Arrest will stop 100% of your spam, guaranteed, for up to 5 email addresses, and they’ll even give you a 30 day free trial!