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Facebook ads malware
Not sure what is going on with Facebook but I logged on this evening and within two clicks, received a scareware/malware-type popup message. It said something about “Hey your computer is infected, Do you want to scan it now?” This was a Javascript popup message with an “OK” and “Cancel” button. I clicked “Cancel” and immediately the browser window was covered up with a fake Windows dialog box showing a progress bar and a flashing “Scanning!” prompt. I closed the browser immediately and noticed the URL of the malicious page. It was from (DO LOAD THIS WEBSITE)
http:// 217.23.5.205/ index.html
The IP address appears to be owned by an outfit in the Netherlands.
This page had some simple attempts at Javascript obfuscation but essentially it covered up the browser window with a <div> that looked like an Explorer window with infected files. Bear this in mind while browsing.
Churches helping churches
Watch this short film put together by Mars Hill Church (in Seattle) and Harvest Bible Chapel. Pastors Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald took a 32-hour trip to Haiti to survey the condition of the local churches and body. It will leave you wrecked.
Google thinks I’m a robot?
So Google thinks I’m a robot? I was doing a fair amount of searching because I had a server down and needed to fix it, but seriously?
Facebook boom
Good grief. Seriously, is it just me? Is the whole Internet crashing? Google, YouTube and Facebook in the last week.
Youtube boom again?
Is it just me? Why oh why?
Youtube goes boom?
Well, I must say I’ve never seen this before when going to Youtube.
Google is sloooowwwwww
Dunno why but Google is just crawling today. Searches take a very long time to return, if at all. Sometimes only half the page loads, too.
Updated 2009-05-14 @ 2:41:15 pm: Yep, according to cnet, widespread outage.
Updated 2009-05-14 @ 10:02:40 pm: It’s really nice when a company owns up to their mistakes.
Windows command-line tool for testing SSL
THCSSLCheck is a great command-line tool to test supported SSL protocols and ciphers. I stumbled upon it a few months ago then needed it again today but couldn’t remember what it was called. I thought I had installed it on my previous system so I figured I had to download it again. I tried searching on the Internet for all kinds of combinations (for nearly two hours!) but still couldn’t find it. Then I got desperate and started looking through my “C:\Program files” directories to see if I stashed it on this system and, lo and behold, I found it!
So, if you are trying to get your servers PCI compliant and need to test what SSL protocols and ciphers are currently supported on your server, a handy tool to use is THCSSLCheck. It’s tiny (6K!) and it works.
