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Conficker, It’s Alive!

Martin Witiak Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

And this may only be the start of what’s to come. The Conficker worm that has infected millions Windows PC’s woke up last Friday April 10th at midnight London time. Researches noticed a huge encrypted TCP response (134,880 bytes) from a known Conficker P2P IP node which was hosted somewhere in Korea.

Researchers say it started downloading and installing on previously infected PCs. It already started turning PC’s into robot spamming machines in eastern Europe. It downloads new malicious files that can be activated at a later date and also the inclusion of the Waledac Malware or “ScareWare”. The Waledac is a fake anti-virus software that bombards you with pop-ups to pay a $49.95 fee for its bogus antispyware protection and get rid of the detected serious threats it found on your PC. Waledac is currently only detected in about 25% of the major anti-virus products on the market.. that’s scary.

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Creativity Gone Totally Wrong

Colton Perry Friday, April 10th, 2009

I was watching TV the other night and on comes a new Burger King spot advertising their kids meal product. What have the creative minds at Crispin Porter + Bogusky come up with? A mashup commercial featuring a version of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” changing the hook to “I like square butts”, hoochy dancers shaking their scantily clad phone book stuffed rears, an already creepy BK King touching and measuring said hoochy dancer rears, and Sponge Bob Square Pants thrown in to just add to the confusion of this psychedelic soft core porn experience for 5 year-olds gone awry. Exerperience the commercial for yourself below.

 

I sat there thinking is this really appropriate for the audience? I conducted an informal poll of my Twitter followers and while some found the commercial personally amusing, it was unamimously deemed inappropriate for the likely consumers of Burger King kids meals. This is an example of an agency going too far in an attempt to be edgy. But hey, as Sir Mix-a-Lot himself surmises at the end of the commercial, “booty is booty.”

The Alliance to Eradicate Receipts for Anything Under $5.00 from the Earth

Dave Larkins Friday, February 27th, 2009

I definitely don’t need a receipt for the $1.29 cup of coffee i buy everyday. but i take it and shove it in my pocket because i have been programmed to do so. By the end of the week i wind up with anywhere from 10-15 receipts in my jacket pocket. I hate them. Couldnt I just immediately throw them away? Yes, but I dont, because I also magically forget about them as soon as I take them from the cashier. I’m about to start a facebook group called “The Alliance to Eradicate Receipts for Anything Under $5.00 from the Earth.” I mean we would save trees right? There must be a calculator for this somewhere. How many convenience store receipts equal one tree? Someone knows this.

I am also working on unprogramming myself from just taking receipts. After I type the pin number for my debit card, I wait until I hear the machine start to print my worthless receipt, then i run, ok walk, to the door. The problem is this does not eliminate the receipt, it just makes someone else shove it in their pocket. Waste, waste, waste.

Is 3-D coming back? Love those glasses…

Denise Zimmerman Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

One second commercials for Miller during SuperBowl and now 3-D? What is the world coming to?? Read the article.

When loyalty is flogged

Denise Zimmerman Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

I love this brand of shoes. I just bought 3 pairs and over the years I have probably bought 20 pairs from them but this was an online purchase and it has not been smooth. First, the 3 pairs were supposed to be 5 pairs (no – not all for me!) and the shipping notice made no mention of the missing pairs of shoes. Were they coming later? Ever? Not in the mood for a mystery I tracked down the customer service email and asked the question. That was a week ago and I have yet to get a response — or the shoes. So the dilemma remains – what do you do when the product is great but the service is subpar? I think I will be trekking to the mall – which is a shame. They have forced me to choose a channel based on their incompetence not my preference and they have probably lost multiple sales in the process since I shop online far more often then I get to the mall. I am also much more likely to try an online competitor who gets the online process. If I have a good experience with the new competitor then maybe I won’t love my former favorite so much anymore. Too bad for them. Don’t throw away

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