Nasty New Worm for the New Year

There's a nasty new worm out there named W32.Downadup.B (symantec link here) that spreads in a large number of ways. The Symantec link describes it in detail, and has a great list of recommendations at the end of the posting.

Best ones are:
1. Don't open attachments unless you know what they are, who sent them and why!
2. Keep your anti-virus up to date ( and if you don't have one - get one- I'll help!)
3. Make sure your firewall is working

Have a great new year!
Perry

The Boston Globe did what?!

The Boston Globe, or someone who said they were from the Globe, called us on the telephone a couple of days ago with a weird story that our credit card for delivery had expired, and asked for a new credit card number and expiration date.

Well, the Boston Globe isn't exactly a paragon of identity protection so Sue naturally thought it was a scam. After all, in this day and age, who would call their customers asking for credit card numbers?

Well, we got a letter in the mail today - and guess what? It was the Globe, and our credit card really had expired. Haha - I wonder how hard it is for them to update their customers' credit card numbers now?