South Florida Web Marketing Blog

MySpace Reset Password Request – Bogus!

Smitty — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:50 +0000

First, do not open the attachment! It has a virus. It appears the bad guys are going after the MySpace User community. Looks like another attempt to release a virus into your computer. This innocent looking e-mail is a bomb about to go off if you open the attachment. I suspect this virus is designed to [...]

Bogus Facebook E-mail Password Reset

Smitty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:47:19 +0000

Watch out for the bogus e-mail from facebook – service@facebook.com – it is a fake! The e-mail actually comes from Return-path: <baikalk12@electricsheepcompany.com>. The attached document is a zip file that will unleash a virus. Be careful out there folks

Cool Website – Super Flash Development

Smitty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:33:18 +0000

Website recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time By Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press BOSTON — Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man’s first steps on the moon. Now, they’ll be able to watch the Apollo 11 mission recreated in real time on the Web, follow Twitter feeds of transmissions between Mission [...]

A Quick Overview of Web Marketing

Smitty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:08:03 +0000

I talk with clients all the time about how to market their websites and what they need to think about and expectations. The fastest way to get traffic is to use pay per click marketing with Google and or Yahoo - You pay a small amount of money every time someone clicks on your ad – no [...]

Twitter Worm

Smitty — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:13:01 +0000

WARNING: Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages We have received multiple reports that a new, convincing and dangerous worm and phishing scam is making the rounds on Twitter. Hacked accounts are sending DMs to users and stealing their login information. In fact, one of our own has received one of these direct [...]

10 Reasons to Optimize Your Site

Smitty — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:13:06 +0000

Why should you Optimize your website? Most of the web population uses the search engines to locate information. There are many search engines to use and they index the information differently. The main Search Engines are Google, Yahoo and Bing – they make up about 90-95% of all on-line searches. So the main reason to optimize [...]

Another Fake E-mail Not to OPEN from DHL

Smitty — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:36:50 +0000

This bogus e-mail has a virus loaded in the zip file attached to the e-mail. Subject: DHL tracking number 5YNYDYQI Sender: “DHL Express Services” <services@dhl-tracking.com> Attached: [dhl_invoice_56b12d.zip] There is an executable file with a virus inside the zip file: dhl_invoice_56b12d.exe Norton calls this virus: Packed.Generic.243 virus Discovered: August 6, 2009 Type: Trojan, Virus Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, [...]

Securing your Wordpress blog

Smitty — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:15 +0000

I ran across a good article about securing your Wordpress blog by Davide Di Cillo. I feel it is something all Wordpress users should read and consider doing to their blogs. To read more about this topic from Davide: how-to-secure-your-wordpress-blog Davide Di Cillo – his blog http://www.davidedicillo.com/

Watchout for the Fake IRS Notice

Smitty — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:31:46 +0000

I have gotten this letter a few times already. First, IRS will mail you their request with the US post Office. Second, Never, Never respond to these e-mails. Finally, Contact the IRS and forward the message to them. http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement The letter I received: From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:no-reply@irs.gov] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:16 PM To: XXXXX@smittysholdings.com Subject: Notice of Underreported Income Taxpayer ID: webmaster-00000174073547US Tax [...]

Beware of the Fake Hallmark E-card

Smitty — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:26:52 +0000

I am getting more spam and troublesome e-mails from all over. The latest one looks like a Hallmark e-mail. The problem is the long link to retrieve the card. It points to an EXE file on another domain. This is how the e-mail reads (this is an image of the e-mail and will not cause any [...]