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Ecommerce / Web Marketing Ezine
July 29 2001
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Taming the Beast Ezine - July 29 2001
Greetings All,
Welcome to another issue. This time around I have an update on the SirCam virus, a particularly nasty worm and we'll catch up on the latest articles on offer from Taming the Beast. The articles are FREE for reproduction on sites, ezines and newsletters. Also, we have a FREE virus scanner available for download - not shareware or time-limited.
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Contents:
1. SirCam Virus - a worm with an attitude
2. Free antivirus software available for download
3. Article summary - Introduction to ebooks
4. Article summary - eBooks and viral marketing
5. Article summary - June 2001 Internet statistics
6. Article summary - error 404 - Web promotion hell
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1. SirCam Virus - a worm with an attitude
The SirCam virus has been doing the rounds, in overdrive. This particularly nasty virus is a worm, and replicates by sending itself to everyone in your address book. Under certain conditions, it can delete all the files in your Windows directory. What it will definitely do, and this is scary, is to append itself to a file in your "My Documents" folder. So, not only do you send everyone in your address book the virus, they also will get a copy of what could be sensitive information.
This particular virus will appear in your mailbox more often than not from what appears to be someone you know. The subject line will match the attachment name, but the message will read:
"Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks"
The virus is activated by executing the attachment. This virus has been particularly virulent, and I have had at least 20 of these messages sent to me from many different parts of the world in the past week. Luckily, Zone Alarm has quarantined the attachment each time, and my other line of defense, an up to date virus scanner, has been excellent back-up. Is your virus scanner up to date? If not, read on:
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2. Free antivirus software available for download
There's no doubt that while virus scanners are expensive, they are a definite necessity these days. If you are one of many people that is running a shareware, timed-out anti-virus program, this may be of assistance. Up until a couple of months ago, a good quality virus scanner called Innoculate (which utilises a VET engine) was available free of charge for download. It was the full version, no time-outs or cripples.
Downloads from the site have been discontinued, but I have a copy of it available for use. The scanner works well and I've tested it out on Windows 98 and ME. The great thing is that updates are still released for it, free of charge, every couple of days via an autoupdate option included with the program. Innoculate detected virii such as SirCam without a problem. If you would like a free copy, you can download it (approx. 3 meg) from our Australian mirror site, via the following link:
http://home.iprimus.com.au /tamingthebeast/bits/innoculate.exe
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3. Article summary - Introduction to ebooks
"Digital Publishing is fast becoming an important sales and marketing tool in electronic business success. Enter the ebook - a key to delivering secure, high quality information products online."
view the full article here:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /ebookcreation.htm
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4. Article summary - eBooks and viral marketing
"eBooks can also benefit any online business in a variety of ways, the most exciting being the viral marketing potential. Here's a scenario:"
view the full article here:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /ebooksviralmarketing.htm
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5. Article summary - June 2001 Internet statistics
"The following statistics were gathered for the month of June 2001. These stats can be useful to webmasters for planning the direction and appearance of their projects"
view the full article here:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /juneinternetstatistics.htm
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6. Article summary - error 404 - Web promotion hell
"HTTP 404 - File not found is a browser error message that we've all grown to know and hate. On a number of search engines, it gets to a stage where we feel that all their links will return this result? How is this happening, who is to blame and how do we fix it?"
view the full article here:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /httperrorcodes.htm
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I have published a number of other articles this month covering such topics as credit card fraud, identity theft and a guide to drafting a web design proposal. I hope you find them of some value. When reproducing articles, please remember to include our signature line and copyright statement.Thanks.
Well, that's all for this Taming the Beast update. We appreciate your support and the next time you visit, take the time to fully explore the site as it is expanding rapidly. We are very open to feedback, so please don't hesitate in contacting us.
We hope that life is treating you kindly.
Regards from Australia
Michael Bloch & Katherine Tyndale
Taming the Beast - Established 1995
michael@tamingthebeast.net
kathy@tamingthebeast.net
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