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Monday, July 9, 2012
Click it: Remember to check computer for malware
Webroot's SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 software for computer security on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Webroot's SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 software for computer security on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A customer holds Webroot's SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 software for computer security at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Internet users scanning their Twitter feeds or Facebook accounts Sunday might want to add one more quick click to check their computer for malware.
Thousands of people around the country whose computers were infected with malicious software more than a year ago faced the possibility of not being able to get online after midnight EDT.
At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the FBI planned to shut down the Internet servers set up as a temporary safety net to keep infected computers online for the past eight months. The court order the agency obtained to keep the servers running expired, and it was not renewed.
The problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the world. When the FBI went in to take down the hackers late last year, agents realized that if they turned off the malicious servers being used to control the computers, all the victims would lose their Internet service.
In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up the safety net. The bureau brought in a private company to install two clean Internet servers to take over for the malicious servers so that people would not suddenly lose their Internet.
The FBI arranged for a private company to run a website ? http://www.dcwg.org ? as a place where computer users could go to see if their computer was infected and find links to other computer security business sites where they could find fixes for the problem.
From the onset, most victims didn't even know their computers were infected, although the malicious software probably has slowed their web surfing and disabled their antivirus software, making their machines more vulnerable to other problems.
Many computer users don't understand the complex machines they use every day to send email, shop, and cruise for information. The cyberworld of viruses, malware, bank fraud and Internet scams is often distant and confusing, and warning messages may go unseen or unheeded.
Also, some people simply don't trust the government, and believe that federal authorities are only trying to spy on them or take over the Internet. Blogs and other Internet forums are riddled with postings warning of the government using the malware as a ploy to breach American citizens' computers. That's a charge the FBI and other cybersecurity experts familiar with the malware quickly denounce as ridiculous.
Still, the Internet is flooded with conspiracy theories:
"I think the FBI just wants everyone to go to that website to check our computers so they can check our computers as well. Just a way to steal data for their own research," one computer user said in a posting on the Internet.
Another observed: "Yet another ploy to get everyone freaked out ... remember Y2K."
There also is an underlying sense that this will be much ado about nothing, such as the approach of 2000. The transition to that year presented technical problems and fears that some computers would stop working because they were not set up for the date change. In the end there were very few problems.
Considering there are millions of Internet users across the country, several thousand isn't a big deal, unless you're one of them.
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., and co-founder of Congress' cybersecurity caucus, said computer users have a responsibility to practice good sense and make sure their computers are not infected or being hijacked by criminals.
"These types of issues are only going to increase as our society relies more and more on the Internet, so it is a reminder that everyone can do their part," he said.
FBI officials have been tracking the number of computers they believe still may be infected by the malware. As of Wednesday, there were about 45,600 in the U.S. ? nearly 20,000 less than a week ago. Worldwide, the total is roughly 250,000 infected. The numbers have declined steadily, and recent efforts by Internet service providers may limit the problems on Monday.
Tom Grasso, an FBI supervisory special agent, said many Internet providers have plans to try to help their customers. Some may put technical solutions in place that will correct the server problem. It they do, the Internet will work, but the malware will remain on victims' computers and could pose future problems.
Other Internet providers are simply braced for the calls to their help lines.
By Monday, if you can't read this online, those customer support lines will be your only solution.
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Lolita C. Baldor can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lbaldor
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Medical problem diverts LA-bound flight
By Jason Kandel and Toni Guinyard, NBCLA.com
A medical emergency prompted a flight from Orlando to LAX to be diverted late Sunday to Texas, and the flight was canceled after a maintenance issue was discovered after landing.
United flight 1742 landed safely at the Midland International Airport at 9:20 p.m. Central time on Sunday.
This story was first reported by NBCLA.com.
Firefighters responded to a 49-year-old man who was unconscious and unresponsive. He was taken to a hospital where he was listed in critical condition on Monday, hospital officials said.
Passengers witnessed the attempts to revive the man both in the air and on the ground.
?There were a lot of children involved, a lot of crying,? said Alice Martinez, a nurse who tried to resuscitate the unresponsive passenger on board.
Flying with her own 6-year-old, Martinez said the ordeal was ?pretty scary.?
?We were not wearing any seatbelts or anything as we were landing,? she said.
The 151 passengers who were aboard the flight were housed in a ?quiet terminal? overnight because there were no available hotel rooms in the immediate area, United said in a statement.
They took a rescheduled flight out of Texas and arrived in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon.
Airline officials said that the passengers were held for 45 minutes on the plane before being allowed into the terminal.
?Due to hotel unavailability in Midland, the customers remained overnight in a quiet section of the terminal,?said Christen David, a United spokeswoman in a statement. ?We provided our customers with meals, beverages, pillows and blankets."
Still, many passengers said the airline should have done more, such as offer them a place to "wash up, to sleep, to rest."
A new flight from Midland departed for LAX just before 11 a.m., a passenger told NBC4.
Details about the maintenance issue on the Boeing 737 were not immediately available and the circumstances surrounding the illness were not immediately known.
?After landing, we discovered an aircraft maintenance issue and we were forced to cancel the flight,? David said in the statement.
Passenger Renee Shropshire said about three hours into the flight she saw the flight crew rush to the back of the plane and try to resuscitate a man in the 32nd row.
Minutes later, the captain announced he was making an emergency landing. Ten minutes after that, they landed safely.
?It frightened everyone,? said Shropshire, who was returning home to LA from after a Caribbean cruise with her family. ?But we all were very cool about it. No one panicked, thank God.?
Once they landed, paramedics came aboard and tried to revive the man, but there was no response, she said.
Passengers, meanwhile, were furious at the way they were treated by the airline and airport officials.
Alison Quinlivan, of Tustin, was on the flight with her husband and her kids, ages 6 and 7, including one who is autistic.
She said that once the plane landed in Midland, they heard an announcement about a mechanical issue involving a leaky brake line. She said that officials knew about the mechanical issue in Orlando, but announced then that they didn?t think it would be a problem.
Once on the ground, she said, some passengers read officials a section of the Passenger?s Bill of Rights governing stranded flights.
?They said there was no lodging because this is Midland and there are no hotels, no availability,? she said in a phone interview with NBC4. ?They said, ?Where did we expect them to get food for us at that time of night in a tiny town that?s just the oil workers??
She said her husband suggested the town had to have a 24-hour pizza parlour and two hours later 60 pizzas were delivered.
?My husband had to go and remind them that we needed drinks,? Quinlivan said. "And then he said how about blankets and pillows. They said, 'How long do you want to make the list of your demands?'"
?Over six hours with children -- no drinks, no food and no announcements.?
United gave them $75 vouchers toward their next flight, Quinlivan said. Passengers were given $10 vouchers for breakfast, Quinlivan said.
NBCLA.com is operated by KNBC, NBC News' station in Southern California.
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[Full-time] Customer Service Associate Jobs at Summit Media in Philippines at Summit Media
Job Title: Customer Service Associate
Work Location Mandaluyong City
Date Posted Thursday, May 31, 2012
Responsibilities
Ensure a high quality of customer service to subscribers (through phone, e-mail, online, and walk-in)
Coordinate and monitor subscription deliveries with the courier
Process and encode new and renewed subscriptions
Ensure production deadlines are met
Cashiering and soliciting subscriptions during selling activities
Requirements
Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Business Studies/Administration/Management, Marketing or equivalent.
Applicants should possess very good communication skills and must be customer service oriented.
At least 1 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
Applicants should be Filipino citizens or hold relevant residence status.
We are looking for young, dynamic, committed and very talented individuals who have the passion for work, with excellent communication skills.
Please note that only qualified applicants will be notified.
To Apply:
http://www.summitmedia.com.ph/
Deadline: 30th July 2012
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
New NASA spaceship arrives in Florida for test flight
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At July lull, presidential race is close as ever
FILE - In this June 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak Orlando, Fla. The presidential race enters the sultry summer _ a final lull before a sprint to Election Day _ with President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney neck and neck and no sign that either can break away. Both sides have money concerns _ for all the flood of cash _ as well as political worries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
FILE - In this June 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak Orlando, Fla. The presidential race enters the sultry summer _ a final lull before a sprint to Election Day _ with President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney neck and neck and no sign that either can break away. Both sides have money concerns _ for all the flood of cash _ as well as political worries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
FILE - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Atlanta. The presidential race enters the sultry summer _ a final lull before a sprint to Election Day _ with President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney neck and neck and no sign that either can break away. Both sides have money concerns _ for all the flood of cash _ as well as political worries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The presidential race is entering the sultry summer, a final lull before the sprint to Election Day, with President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney neck and neck and no sign that either can break away.
As both candidates take a breather this week ? Romney at his lakeside compound in New Hampshire and Obama at the Camp David presidential retreat ? each sees problems he'd like to cure before Labor Day.
Obama and his allied groups aren't keeping pace with Romney and the Republican fundraising machine, and that places more pressure on the president to solicit huge sums himself. And the Supreme Court ruling that saved Obama's signature health care initiative last week didn't change the fact that most Americans don't like the law.
Romney's fundraising is impressive. But, in a sign of his hurdles, he's spending heavily in North Carolina, a state he almost certainly must win to have a chance at the White House. And some voters in key states appear uncomfortable with his record at a corporate restructuring firm before he became Massachusetts governor.
National polls suggest that Obama holds a small, perhaps meaningless lead as he awaits a new jobs report Friday that could bring bad news similar to last month's. Romney is offering few details of his own health and economic proposals for now, perhaps thinking outside forces will dislodge the president.
"When it's a 2 or 3 point race, that's not good for an incumbent president," said Republican strategist Rich Galen, who is not affiliated with Romney's campaign. "Obama's political career is totally dependent on Angela Merkel holding the eurozone together," he said, referring to the German chancellor and Europe's financial woes, which could further hurt the U.S. economy.
An eventful June began badly for Obama. Anemic job-creation numbers followed news that Romney's campaign was raising more money than his. Things got worse when Obama told reporters, "The private sector is doing fine," a line now featured in countless GOP attack ads.
The month ended better for Obama. The Supreme Court struck down much of Arizona's strict anti-immigration law, a law the president opposed. Then the justices upheld the 2010 national health care law, a victory that nonetheless forces Obama to keep defending an unpopular mandate to obtain insurance or pay a fee, which the court labeled a tax.
"Last week was a reminder to the American people of who the president is fighting for," said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki. She cited "access to health care" and "immigration reform."
"But we're looking ahead, and we know this race is going to be really close," she said.
Obama on Thursday starts a two-day bus tour of Ohio and western Pennsylvania, a trip that partly mimics Romney's earlier and longer recent tour. The president might spend part of his drive time dialing for dollars. It's a chore all candidates face, but it poses new urgency for the president, because pro-Romney "super PACs" are raising far more campaign money than are Democratic groups.
In a leaked recording of a conference call Obama recently placed from Air Force One to top donors from 2008, the president implored them to match their earlier generosity. "We're going to have to deal with these super PACs in a serious way," Obama said, according to the Daily Beast.
Obama's team may find some comfort in knowing that since April 10, pro-Romney forces have spent more money on TV ads in North Carolina ? $6.4 million ? than in any other state except Florida and Ohio. Four years ago, Obama narrowly won North Carolina, which had voted Republican in seven straight presidential races. Most plausible scenarios for a Romney presidency require him to secure the state, the sooner the better.
The two campaigns, including their allied super PACs, are matching each other nearly dollar for dollar on TV ads in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Virginia and New Hampshire. Romney's forces are out-spending Obama's in Iowa and Michigan. The opposite is true in Colorado.
Romney is vacationing this week in New Hampshire, where family games might mix with talk of who his running mate should be. Romney, whose oversight of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games won wide praise, plans to attend the Summer Games later this summer in London.
He also will go to Israel, a trip that could appeal to Jewish voters and donors, and to conservatives who see Israel as a vital military and political ally.
Meanwhile, Republicans worry that Democrats are making headway with claims that Romney supported shipping jobs overseas when he headed a corporate restructuring firm called Bain Capital. His campaign says Romney did not oversee the export of U.S. jobs, although Bain at times invested in companies that helped pioneer outsourcing certain jobs to places such as India.
"It is a problem," Galen said of anti-Romney ads citing Bain and outsourcing. But he said the ads might have had greater impact if Obama could have saved them for September. Instead, Galen said, Democrats had to throw every weapon possible to counter the damage from Obama's "private sector is doing fine" remark.
It's not clear how June's biggest political headline ? the Supreme Court's decision to uphold "Obamacare" ? will play out in the campaign.
Congressional Republicans have jumped on the court's conclusion that a fee to be imposed on people who refuse to obtain health insurance is actually a tax. Romney tiptoes around the issue because the fee/tax is similar to one he imposed on Massachusetts residents who failed to buy medical insurance.
"Once the dust settles, the health care issue still serves as a way for both sides to motivate their respective bases, but it's hard to see it playing much of a role with the rest of the electorate," said Dan Schnur, a former Republican adviser who teaches political science at the University of Southern California. A more important issue, Schnur said, "is Bain vs. Solyndra."
Solyndra was a California-based solar panel manufacturer that received a large federal loan and big compliments from Obama before filing for bankruptcy.
"There's no question the Bain argument is working very effectively for Obama," Schnur said, "because it hits directly at voters' biggest concerns about a private sector-driven approach to the economy. But Solyndra accomplishes exactly the same thing for Romney, when he argues about too large a role for government."
The economy, Schnur said, will remain the top issue until polling places close on Nov. 6.
Summer vacations and Olympic Games might distract voters for the next several weeks, and political and legal activists might keep arguing over health care and immigration. But Romney is staking his candidacy on the claim that Obama has failed on the economy.
An election that seems destined to be tight will largely turn on voters' gut feelings about job security, the government's role in boosting or hindering employment, and candidates' visions for the nation's role in a global economy.
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