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For other types of detailed searches use     Search every major search engine at once!   Click here to add 1USA.COM site into your favorites! Today is This page last modified What's new on 1USA Today? Sober Worm Masquerading as Antivirus Software Frisk Software International and Kaspersky Labs last week posted descriptions and fix instructions for the W32Sober.A virus that masquerades as antivirus software. To add insult to injury, it adds words of praise for the author of the SoBig worm. CNet is also reporting on a the heightened probability of a Son of MSBlast virus. http://www.viruslist.com/eng/index.html?tnews=1001&id=308296 Newsweek: Cyber and Real Terrorists To Join Forces Echoing a warning of many of the experts we've interviewed, Newsweek Magazine this week speculated on the possibility that future cyber-attacks (aiding by uncareful users with broadband connections) may be coordinated with terrorists' physical attacks to disrupt both the Internet and computer networks that control the basic functions of modern society. http://www.msnbc.com/news/985295.asp?0dm=C18NT Viruses Hurt Microsoft's Bottom Line... On Thursday, Microsoft admitted that a $700 million decline in future "unearned" revenue was due to skittishness on the part of some of its big customers to sign long-term contracts with the software giant. "This is the first time in Microsoft's earnings that they have really mentioned that a security problem has hurt the bottom line," said Matt Rosoff, an industry analyst. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39117358,00.htm ...And Not Even Macs Are Safe We had this slot all warmed up for Douglas Schweitzer's "There's No Worm in My Apple" story in ComputerWorld when we spotted this more recent item that shows those who think an Apple today will keep viruses away could be sorely mistaken. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/mac/0,39020393,39117455,00.htm Tip of the Week: The KRESV Test for E-Mail Attachments The CERT Coordination Center advises that users be instructed to apply the so-called "KRESV" test to insure e-mail safety. KRESV stands for Know (do you know the sender?), Receive (do you know the receiver?) Expect (are you expecting the e-mail?), Sense (does the subject header make sense?), and Virus (does it contain a virus?) According to CERT, "You should apply these five tests to every piece of email with an attachment that you receive. If any test fails, toss that email. If they all pass, then you still need to exercise care and watch for unexpected results as you read it." http://www.cert.org/features/green/email-attachments.html Site of the Week: Whatis.com Whatis.com provides a comprehensive, deeply-hyperlinked glossary of more than 6,000 computer-related terms and acronyms. You can easily search for the term you're looking for, browse topics related to the term, or navigate by choosing a letter from an alphabetized list. Quote/Weakness of the Week: Refloozling Your Hossenblobbets "Most look at me as though I'd just asked them if they refloozle their hossenblobbets with tinklewickets." -- Computer teacher Scott Grannerman describes his students' reactions when asked if they've updated their antivirus software lately in his "Joe Average User Is in Trouble" article that recently appeared in The Register. Oct 30, 2003 25 safest cars on the road - Sedans to SUVs Consumer Reports publishes its results in five categories: Upscale and large sedans. The Lexus LS300, the Audi A4 and the BMW 330i topped the charts. The Buick LeSabre Limited and Chrysler 300M came in at the bottom of 14 vehicles tested in this category. Family sedans. The Volkswagen Passat GLX (V6) came in at number one, with the Toyota Camry XLE (V6) close behind. The four-cylinder Passat GLS, the Nissan Altima 3.5 SE and the Subaru Legacy also did well in this category. Safety dogs were the Pontiac Grand Prix GT, the Oldsmobile Alero and the Pontiac Grand Am. Small cars. Volkswagen also took top honors in the battle of the bantamweights. The VW Golf TDI came in at No.1. Close behind was the Honda Civic EX and the Volkswagen Jetta GLS TDI. Trailing in this category were the Hyundai Elantra GLS and the Chevrolet Cavalier LS. Pickup trucks. In the full-sized pickup category, pole position went to the Toyota Tundra SR5 4.7, the Dodge Ram SLT 4.7 and the Ford F.150 XLT 5.4. Taking the top honors in the compact crew-cab pickups were the Toyota Tacoma TRD (V6) and the Nissan Frontier (V6). Rated as poor were the Dodge Dakota SLT, the Chevrolet S-10 L5 (V6) and the GMC Sonoma 5LS (V6). "Pickups generally don't do well in these assessments," says Champion. "They usually don't protect the driver in crashes and some of them have poor brakes and sloppy handling." Sport utility vehicles and minivans. In the small-sized SUV category, the top vehicles for safety were the Saturn VUE (V6), the Honda CR-V EX and the Hyundai Santa Fe GLS (V6). In the midsized category, the winners were the Lexus RX300, the Acura MDX and the Toyota Highlander. SUVs that did poorly were the Chevrolet Trail Blazer, the GMC Envoy and the Jeep Grand Cherokee. As for minivans, the Honda Odyssey EX, the Toyota Sienna LE and the Mazda MPV LX all did well. But the Chevrolet Venture LS, the Oldsmobile Silhouette GLS and Pontiac Montana fared poorly. Zuby says that the Pontiac Montana, a minivan, probably was the worst vehicle the institute has tested that's still being sold. "The crush zone didn't crush as much as it should have done, meaning there's a high likelihood of a serious injury in an accident." More details.... Related: Car thieves' top 10 targets Oct 30, 2003 Many Internet Services (ISP's) buy equipment and run it until it dies of old age. The problem with that is.... the ISP's customers have to put up with aging equipment. Here at 1USA we proactively replace good equipment with new equipment after only a 2-year lifespan. So far in the last year, we've replaced 7 of our 21 heavy-duty Unix systems (web servers & email servers), and we're in the process of upgrading the Dial-in Network from V.90 to V.92, the Radius computers, and other things. While this is the expensive way of running a business, customers who switch over to 1USA from other ISPs (like Netzero, Juno, AOL, MSN, Earthlink) really do see the quality difference. Selling point.... you don't need to switch to another ISP to get better service! In fact, those customers are moving to 1USA! As part of all this re-investing, We have LOTS of new phone numbers... too many phone numbers to simply put onto a web page. No, you cannot simply begin using one of them.... they are organized "onto a network".... meaning that we have to setup your account to use that network. The web pages will be updated over time, but it will take awhile to build it into a useful tool to help new customers signup & choose a local number. Oct 30, 2003 1USA now has Email Retrieving capability. Retrieve all your emails from multiple email accounts and see them all at one place! -- your @1usa.com email account! This means that it can retrieve emails from any other POP3 mail server in the world - which makes it easier for people when they switch to 1USA from another ISP. POP3 is a 'real' mail server. We specifically do not support email retrieving for the following providers --because they're only Webmail services, not a real POP3. (Webmail is sending-receiving your email through a web page, similar to Hotmail or Yahoo mail) adelphia.net altavista.com altavista.net att.net attglobal.net compaq.com compuserve.com cox.rr.net cs.com excite.com excitemail.com gateway.net gte.net home.com juno.com mail.com netscape.com netscape.net onemain.com qwest.net rediffmail.com usa.net webtv.com webtv.net worldnet.att.net (If you're one of their customers, now you know there are better, more convenient ways of doing email!! Join 1USA!) Some websites out there will charge $10 per month for a forwarding service. What a rip-off! 1USA does it for free! Satellite data reveals rapid Arctic warming 10/15/2003: More Windows Updates from Microsoft to close security holes. All versions except Win98. Details... What percentage of email is spam? More than 50% worldwide. Postini says spam has increased since January 2002. On a given day 70% of email is classified as "unsolicited commercial solicitations". Details here. Your friends at another ISP are probably complaining. 1USA customers say "Gee, I don't get many spams in my mailbox." The Answer: 1USA is the ISP with the answer. Invite your friends to join and get Free Service. 10/11/2003: 1USA is working on improving speeds through the phone lines to realize speeds faster than 56k. Using a particular modem our guy Bill Calamia has achieved a speed of 192k. This is a first! We now need to do further testing so that it can be duplicated at will. This will provide Broadband Speeds to everyone... not just people who are within DSL or Comcast service areas. More details later. "Spam Wars" Cybersoft's Gary L. Blawat reflects on the "spam vs. antispam arms race," the current economic and regulatory landscape, the "no-win" situation facing ISPs and the need to balance stringent spam detection against personal choice and business profitability. More details... The bottom line: If you're receiving Spam, signup with ASKmail. CBS News Hacked on Behalf of Candidate Political advocacy and antisocial hacking combined when CBS News' home page was replaced for a pitch for Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, who is running dead last in the race for the Democratic nomination among mainstream voters but can count on at least one fervid supporter in the hacker community. "Our campaign would never do such a thing or condone such a thing. We are not interested in taking over someone else's Web site, I can assure you," Kucinich spokesman Dennis Swanson told CBS News afterwards. Authorities are continuing to investigate. More details... Disabling VBS Scripting Our friends at Sophos Software have put up a quick and illustrated instruction guide so that Windows 95/98/NT 4.09/200/Me/XP/2003 users can disable Windows Scripting Host (Microsoft calls it WSH) on their machines-- and disable it if they feel that losing the infrequently-used function of running VBS scripts is worth not having to worry about the worms that often exploit them. More details... Privacy Advocates Up in Arms Over Lover Spy Privacy advocates are up in arms over an $89.00 keystroke-logging software program called Lover Spy that allows the terminally suspicious to send it out disguised as an e-mail greeting. Once opened, it installs itself on the recipient's machine, tracks keystrokes and records them onto the Lover Spy server for later anonymous retrieval. But the company -- and anyone using its products -- could face up to 10 years in jail under the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. More details... Hackers Heist Half Life 2 Source Code Valve Software executives were steaming last week after discovering that a hacker had used keystroke-logging software to steal the source code of the upcoming sequel to its wildly popular Half Life computer game -- and they're asking the online community for help in tracking down the culprit. More details... See? Anyone can become infected, even Pros. This is why 1USA is here to protects its customers. 10/7/2003: Latest eBay scam phishes for user details. Details... Cash machine security: Could someone steal your PIN number? Details... Want to stop spam? Stop buying the products! Article at Reuters details the big war that's going on. 9/17/03: Warning: Domain Registry of America DROA renewal scam We have discovered that a company called, "Domain Registry of America", has been emailing Domain Name Owners with deceptive messages about domain transfers. The goal of the e-mails is to trick people into transferring their domain names away from the current Domain Name Registrar. The emails falsely claim to be a response to a transfer request made by our customers. If it does not come from your regular Domain Name Registrar, DO NOT PAY IT. If you feel, as we do, that the Domain Registry of America has acted deceptively, you can make your feelings known by writing to the Federal Trade Commission and/or Buffalo Police fraud unit at 716-851-4440. Surf the 'Net and answer the phone at the same time. 8/31/2003: CitiBank Scam Alert Believe that Windows is the best operating system? Microsoft Is Using Linux To Protect Its Own Website Details... How to fix the W32.Blaster.Worm - 1USA Subscribers may download the Remover program and the Windows Fix from here. In spite of everyone hating Spam, the Spammers will continue because there are dumb people out there willing to divulge their credit card numbers even though there is no way to call the company if the order isn't received. Details... Here at 1USA we try to teach our customers to use that gray matter between their ears. : ) Please read the 1USA Newsletters and share them with other family members! 7/2/2003: A new customer signed up with 1USA. She had a hard time connecting and retrieving emails. We referred her to a computer shop local in her area. The computer doctor found 16 different viruses that had infected 983 files. I think that's a Record. 6/26/2003: The US Do Not Call list is active at www.donotcall.gov. The website is www.donotcall.gov but the server has crashed a few times in recent days. They say it may take up to 18 months to have participating companies remove your phone number. Notice that only American companies can sometimes be fined for calling, not companies outside the USA. No jurisdiction. So... what happens when the government gives the list of No Calls to companies who will be calling from outside the USA? Think about that. If you believe that the government can pull this off without a flaw, or without divulging your identity to other new callers, then go ahead and sign up. It would probably be better if you bought one of those CallerID boxes that emits tones to those companies who do call your number. Manage the calls yourself. No sense waving a flag to invite others, eh? BarryZ, consumer advocate By the way: 1USA's ASKmail service does for your Email what the DoNotCall list does for your phone. Get a 5X faster connection on 1USA for the same price as a 'regular' MSN or Earthlink account !! Surf the web up to 5 times faster for the same $21.95/mo !! From: "Netscape" <netscape@unidial.net> Subject: Netscape Registration- Action Required Dear NetscapeUser, We are sending this message to remind you to confirm your Netscape registration using this email address. It's urgent that you click the following URL and submit the form within 48 hours or your account may not be activated. Please help us by confirming your registration below. (virus attached... filename="spider.sav.exe" ) It's a VIRUS! Gee, I wonder how many AOL customers will click on that! (since AOL owns Netscape...) BarryZ, 1USA One of the reasons that you should only use your 1USA email account: There's a new virus out there that sends you a virus that says "Subject: Warning: could not send message!" Inquisitive people will click to see what message it is.... and... they become infected. On 1USA, you will not be catching this virus! You are protected. In addition, 1USA can provide you with a free copy of Grisoft anti-virus software for your computer. Just ask the Webmasters for it! Shannon Doyle, the Pennsylvania Outstanding Young Woman for 2003, visited 1USA on July 14th 2003. We had a party at Pizza Hut, West Lawn, PA around 1PM on July 14th. Sorry you MISSED IT! : ) Get on the Invitation List! Next year, if you would like to bring your camera and enjoy an hour with Pennsylvania's brightest high school grad of the year, contact the Webmaster for a reservation. Details on the POYW program are at http://poyw.com So, is Martha Stewart innocent or guilty? Refer 6 new 1USA customers and get a Vacation 6/11/2003: 1USA will be blocking emails coming from Hotmail.Com that use the WebDAV protocol due to Microsoft not willing to close a hole and prevent Theft of Services on their Hotmail.Com service. Tell your friends who use Hotmail to find another email service. Details here. American Idol Tour Dates Dialup Subscribers: Go beyond.... way beyond.... 56k with MegaSPEED! Info here 5/20/2003: SpamAssassin is being implemented. Weather Reports for your area - including precipitation maps.   The FCC is thinking about not requiring Verizon, BellSouth and PacBell to share their DSL networks. Verizon gave a $2 Million party in Washington DC last year. If the phone companies are not required to continually advance with technology, within 3 years your phone company would be "stuck in time". Details... After all the whoopla wore off, only 2 million out of 200 million people signed up for DSL in all of North America during 2002. DSL and CableModem service only services 10% of the America. The rest of us use 56k and 112k. Check out 1USA's MegaSpeed service! 3/12/2003: AOL investigated for misstating their earnings? naw.... not AOL too! A myriad of low-cost high-quality training courses where you'll actually learn something! Many subjects to choose from.   Details Having a bad day? Be glad you're not a Computer Repairman!! Here are some situations that compare with "stupid pet tricks"... Click on the "Next" Page link on each page to see them all. Entertainment: Scamming the imfamous Nigerian Scammer Good for a chuckle. 9/29/2003: 1USA scans for 82,867 malwares (viruses, trojans and worms). 1USA's mail servers blocked 2,729 viruses between 8/25/03 and 9/2/03. It's rediculous how many people don't have antivirus software on their computers, and most of them are using DSL or Cable-modems! 1USA mail servers scan for 81,650 malwares (viruses, trojans and worms) as of Tuesday 8/26/03 1USA's Mail Servers blocked more than 5,600 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during Aug 2003. 1USA's Mail Servers blocked more than 3,000 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during July 2003. 1USA's Mail Servers blocked more than 2,000 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during June 2003. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 727 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during May 2003. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 330 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during April 2003. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 283 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during March 2003. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 372 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during February 2003. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 486 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during January 2003. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 627 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during December 2002. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 469 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during November 2002. 1USA's Mail Server blocked 616 viruses from infecting 1USA customers during October 2002. Each occurrance represents a potential $75 savings per infection. 1USA loves to protect its customers while saving them money and grief ! 1USA is collecting all kinds of Educational software to donate to Threshhold. If you would like to donate any software, please email the 1USA Webmasters Bored Stiff? Play 5-across Tic-Tac-Toe against our computer. In a continuing effort to provide more ethnic diversity amongst the ranks their drivers, NASCAR announced this week that Amish racecar driver Jakey Zeigenfus will be attempting to qualify for many of this year's premiere Winston Cup events. Photo No bathroom in the Digital Home of tomorrow... Microsoft's own computers hit by the Sql Slammer virus 1USA.Com Consumer Alert: Fake emails going around that requests your eBay account information. Details... BarryZ of 1USA was interviewed recently by LehighAnn Jacobsen, a reporter for the EPA Business Journal, to provide technical input to a news article on Pop-up Banner advertising. The subject of her article is "Pop-up Banner Ads". Please go give your opinion. Ready for Tax Season? Here's the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams What is your opionion about Homeland Security? This week's new viruses created by sick people. How many computers were infected with viruses today? What was the first Personal Computer? More What's New on 1USA Today - Check out What's New This Week Keep your Internet experience the best it can be. Downloads for 1USA Subscribers 1USA needs a person to sell advertising to local merchants in our news publication and on our websites. Contact the 1USA Webmasters . Territories available for Berks County, Lancaster County, Lehigh County, Pottstown area, Kutztown area. Please inquire. No Pop-up or Pop-Under advertising on 1USA! Tired of those Pop-up Banner Ads on most websites? You won't find them here on 1USA. 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Weather Darnit, I could have saved $106.00 per year on my internet service - by joining 1USA! • And I wouldn't get any Busy Signals.... • and I would have REAL PEOPLE when I call in for Tech Support... • and I wouldn't get any Viruses in my E-mail... Inquire Here   1USA Subscribers Member's Only Areas for 1USA Subscribers Requires a These areas for Members Only What's New Members.1USA.Com HomePage Member's Info Page Web-based Email Dial-up phone numbers Tutorials Tech Support       for 1USA Subscribers Newsgroups Post an Announcement IRC Chat Server (live chat) Recommended Downloads Local File Libraries Registry - Find other Members Vote: Polls & Questionnaires Buddy Cards Your Account Info Members' Personal Websites Testimonials How to refer others Referral Form