Yup, I have finally passed my UK Practical Driving Test! It has come finally after my second attempt.

This has been long over due as I have been putting it off for sometime. In fact some years. I’ve always been satisfied to take public transport as a young adult. However with other real life commitments it was about time I needed to do this.

So for everyone in the UK you better watch out! Discuss it here in our forum if you have comments on the UK or even other countries driving tests.

In Britain, we today remember those who fought bravely 90 years ago in WW1. I myself have had family members who fought bravely like many others in that period.

I had the honor to take part in a parade today when I policed an event locally with colleagues. Although not directly at the service, closing roads and such really makes you be a part of the event which is remembered all over the UK.

Usefull Info Links:

• BBC - Remembrance
• Remembrance Day - Wikipidia

Don’t forget the two minutes silence on the 11th of November at 11:00am!

“Lest We Forget”

Have you got your own story of this remembrance? We welcome all stories by commenting to this article or chatting about it in our forum here.

We haven’t blogged very much of late and for good reasons. We had a big move to complete and things in the background have kept us busy. However the following is an important tip for you to read.

Our friends at Security Garden have been running articles all month on Cyber Security Awareness. We make this a very Hot Tip and recommend you make yourself aware and read all articles.

Link - Cyber Security Awareness Month (by Security Garden)

As always you can discuss this also in our forum for a more open debate .

“A person well known to Spamhaus, Judy Devenow, one of long time spamming kingpin and convicted felon Alan Ralsky’s gang, plead guilty to conspiracy and aiding fraud in a US Federal court. She admitted she had sent millions of spam e-mails a day to generate excitement about junk stocks while working for Ralsky who has been indicted, accused of running the pump-and-dump spam scam.”

“Devenow said she was paid US$150,000 to send e-mail and manage others from January 2004 through September 2005. She, Ralsky and nine other people were charged in January 2008. Thomas Dukes, who specializes in computer crimes at the U.S. Justice Department in Washington DC, is quoted as saying that Ralsky sent tens of millions of e-mails over a 20-month period - and that’s a “conservative number,” Dukes told the judge. We agree; Spamhaus regularly sees spammers like Ralsky and his gang sending tens of millions of spam e-mails each day. They use innocent people’s virus infected PCs to do this and also forge the addresses of innocent people onto the spam’s “From:” line (”spoofing”) causing untold damage and costs.”

For more visit Spamhaus.org. And as always, you can discuss this matter also in our forum here.

Securitycadets.com can announce a server move which will take place over this weekend of the 4th, 5th of October.

For more information about this see our announcement topic in the forum.

Edit - The server move has nor been completed and it is business as usual. With this server move we will be able to offer some new services. Stick around to see what they will be.

According to an article on DomainNews.Com. Several quotes from the article:

“In addition to the constant monitoring of its infrastructure, EstDomains, Inc has created a unique system that allows reveal direct malware sources along with potentially dangerous web sites. Further, the detailed reports with warnings are sent to hosting companies and Registrars in order to notify them about the threat and to ask for the measures to be taken. In addition to independently lead investigations, EstDomains, Inc relies on the information available from such influential anti-malware organizations and listings as webhelper4u.net, malwaredomainlist.com, hosts-file.net, malwaredomains.com, malwarebytes.org and many others”

.. and ..

“The company also has a reliable ally in its battle against malware in a face of Intercage, Inc which provides company with the hosting services of the highest quality. But the outstanding performance of hosting services is not the sole reason why EstDomains, Inc appreciates this partnership so greatly. Intercage, Inc generously provides EstDomains, Inc specialists with reports regarding discovered malware vehicles. As the main database for additional domain name management services is located in Intercage Data Center, EstDomains, Inc has the perfect opportunity to get notifications of the slightest mark of malware presence in the shortest time and take measures in advance.”

If you ask me, it’s a load of nonsense. We have constantly reported EstDomains Inc to be involved with rogues. Why come out now?

And not even a month ago a member, who claimed to be from EstDomains, posted on Malwarebytes.org informing them he/she could close down sites associated with rogues. Going by the name of EstMate, this member appears to be shutting down domains so far.

I have some doubts about the timing of the article and them appearing on forums. Are they really bothered now? Or is it just a PR stunt? Chat about it here.

Links;-

• Digg It
• 247Fixes.Com

A new rogue security program is on the scene which goes by the name of Smart Antivirus-2009. And you know the score! It’s fake and there to commit fraud. We have full removal guides for you at the end of this post and other ways to seeks help.

Smart Antivirus-2009

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Websites used for this rogue:

Smartantivirus2009(dot)com
Smartantivirus-2009(dot)com
Smart-antivirus2009(dot)com
Smart-antivirus-2009(dot)com
Smartantivirus2009buy(dot)com
Smart-antivirus2009buy(dot)com
Smart-antivirus-2009-buy(dot)com
Smart-antivirus-2009buy(dot)com
Smart-antivirus2009-buy(dot)com
Smartantivirus-2009-buy(dot)com
Smartantivirus-2009buy(dot)com
Smartantivirus2009-buy(dot)com

As mentioned above, we have procedures to remove this rogue. Them being free removal guides. To remove thos rogue please click the following:

• How To Remove Smart Antivirus-2009 (removal instructions)

If following that guide doesn’t suit you, you can also receive step-by-step help with our helpers in the forum. Just click here. A topic in the forum has also been set up to discuss this rogue, click here.

A new browser has appeared on the scene and I’ll be testing it out over the next few days and weeks. It goes by the name of Google Chrome.

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Hopefully, after some time testing it, I will get a better picture. I’ll also be blogging about it then. In the meantime, why not discuss this new browser in our forum.

• Do you think we are ready for a new browser?
• Can it compete with others?
• Or do you simply think this new browser rocks?

Tell us!