Monthly Archives: February 2009

Crazy Firefox search hijack redirect

2/23/2009 – 7:37 pm

Quite recently, an exploit in the wild seems to introduce a trojan Firefox plugin. As of last week, nothing I ran picked up on it, even an updated Spybot Search & Destroy. Fortunately, someone figured out what it was. A tool called Goored will resolve it.
It’s an executable. If you aren’t [...]

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Tools for cleaning an infected Windows system

2/15/2009 – 2:15 pm

Lately I have come across stuff that owns Windows sytems via Firefox in some fashion. AVG was alone has been able to clean these systems up. I have found some tools that are effective.
Dr Web CureIt is the best AV package I’ve found thus far. It was able to heal W32 Virut. [...]

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Discover Card Cashback^H sucks

2/10/2009 – 4:09 pm

Perhaps it’s always been this way, but as the terms have recently been updated, I read the current agreement I have for my Open Road Discover Card. Except for 5% back on the first $100 of gas every month, it sucks:

You will earn up to 1% Cashback Bonus on all other purchases, including G&A [...]

By jasonb | Posted in Money | Comments (3)

dumping Wachovia for Fifth Third

2/9/2009 – 1:01 pm

I was relatively happy with South Trust, before it was bought by Wachovia back in 2005. I ended up with their Crown Banking Checking for whatever reason, which seemed like a good deal at the time. Unfortunately, it requires a $4,000 minimum balance, which carries an opportunity cost of higher interest elsewhere.
For ages, [...]

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