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Follow the instructions for your operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 Click Start, point to Find or Search, and then click Files or Folders. Make sure that "Look in" is set to (C:) and that "Include subfolders" is checked. In the "Named" or "Search for..." box, type: hosts Click Find Now or Search Now. For each Hosts file that you find, right-click the file, and then click Open With. Deselect the "Always use this program to open this program" check box. Scroll through the list of programs and double-click Notepad. When the file opens, delete all the entries in the Hosts file, except for the following line: 127.0.0.1 localhost Close Notepad and save your changes when prompted. Windows XP Click Start > Search. Click All files and folders. In the "All or part of the file name" box, type: hosts Verify that "Look in" is set to "Local Hard Drives" or to (C:). Click More advanced options. Check Search system folders. Check Search subfolders. Click Search. Click Find Now or Search Now. For each Hosts file that you find, right-click the file, and then click Open With. Deselect the "Always use this program to open this program" check box. Scroll through the list of programs and double-click Notepad. When the file opens, delete all the entries in the Hosts file except for the following line: 127.0.0.1 localhost Close Notepad and save your changes when prompted.

BY B.K. SIDHU AND RASLAN SHARIF Mobile phone viruses are set to increase in number and virulence, an anti-virus expert said. This is because cellphone manufacturers are putting in more applications and functionalities into newer, more complex handsets, which open more doors for virus writers to exploit. “Users should be concerned about what’s on the horizon,” said Chong Yu Nam, a technical consultant with anti-virus company Trend Micro Inc. He also noted that cellphone viruses were being engineered to propagate faster. “This is just the beginning,” Chong said, commenting on the Commwarrior.A virus that reared its head on Tuesday. The appearance of this virus ushered in a new feature among cellphone viruses – besides spreading to other phones through Bluetooth wireless connections, the new virus also sends copies of itself via MMS (multimedia messaging service) to numbers in an infected mobile phone’s contact list. Like Cabir, the world’s first mobile phone virus “in the wild”, Commwarrior.A affects phones that run the Symbian operating system with the Series 60 Platform user interface. Known affected models include Nokia mobile phones (7650, 7610, 6620, 6600, 3650, 3600, 3660, 3620, and the N-Gage), the Panasonic X700 and Siemens SX1. Once a mobile phone is infected, the new virus’ continuous attempts at sending copies of itself via Bluetooth will cause the batteries to drain fast. But users of infected mobile phones will also be hit in the wallet, in the form of charges billed for the multimedia messages sent by the virus. However, despite the virus' new method of propagation, “it’s still not very efficient at spreading itself,” said Chong. The user of a targeted mobile phone has to provide authorisation twice before the virus is installed. Trend Micro has received only one report of infection so far in the world – from a cellphone owner in the United States. The virus also has a relatively small target to aim at. Phones affected by it make up only 1% of all cellphones in the global market. Last year, 674 million cellphones were sold worldwide, according to international research firm Gartner. Out of the 14.6 million mobile phone subscribers in Malaysia, less than 1% own phones that are potential targets for Commwarrior.A. But Commwarrior.A’s use of MMS suggested that mobile phone viruses were getting more sophisticated over time, said Chong. Mobile operators are increasingly concerned over the rising threat. The cellular services business is a multi-billion ringgit industry, and viruses can cause loss of revenue for the operators if people start cutting down on cellphone use. “It is the responsibility of the entire mobile industry to acknowledge that a real threat exists and to bundle antivirus solutions with the mobile devices they sell,” Maxis Communications Bhd said. DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd chief technology officer Jon Eddy said the company would assist customers through user education activities and awareness programmes. Assistance is also available from the service centre. Both Maxis and Celcom (M) Bhd have also offered to help users affected by cellphone viruses via their respective customer service centres.

Has anyone seen this virus?

That might be a Trojan Horse 17.BE. Are you getting multiple execution files.

Hey Joe, I like the Harry Potter movies too. You are really doing great learning how to use the message boards. Keep it up!

Democrats trying to head off the opening of an Alaskan wildlife refuge for oil exploration lost the year's first skirmish Thursday as the Senate Budget Committee voted to clear the way for drilling. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would satisfy only six months' worth of the nation's oil needs while oil drilling would "destroy" a wilderness that is calving ground to the 150,000 animals of the Porcupine Caribou Herd, former President Carter said yesterday. A Georgian with Alaska on his mind, the former president used a telephone interview to vigorously dispute arguments by Vice President Dick Cheney and other drilling advocates that oil exploration would have minimal effects and leave only a "tiny footprint" on the coastal plain of the 19 million-acre refuge. "(Cheney) may think it's a tiny footprint but the animals up there are not likely to react that way," Carter said. "Would we want to make a minimum impact with an oil well in Yellowstone National Park? Would an oil well in the bottom of the Grand Canyon leave a tiny imprint?"

I am sorry about your experience. Did you contact the management about what happened. Their number is (202) 543-5005.

Trying to dig a little deeper into the Social Security Issue, I contacted Congressman Charles B. Rangel office. I wanted to know his position on the Social Security. I was told that the President had a meeting with the Committee on Ways & Means at the White House. President Bush requested that he would like to present his Social Security privatization plan to the American people before the Committee on Ways & Means presented their response. As the ranking Democrat, Congressman Rangel agreed to the President's request. This is why the Democrats waited to release their statement against privatization after the President's State of Union Address. In addition, Congressman Rangel's office stated that the President's privatization plan does not relate to Social Security solvency. If the government is not allowed to touch retirement investment accounts, where will the money come from to pay for Social Security? What do you think?

Today I spoke with the press correspondant for Congressman Xavier Becerra, CA. I wanted to know what is the Democratic plan for Social Security. The response I was given is that there is no current Democratic Party plan for Social Security. Congressman Bacarra's office stated that Social Security would be solvent for the next 30 years.

Here are the Social Security Policy Framers:

The District of Columbia Department of Health today told DC Public Schools officials that classes can resume Wednesday at Hardy Middle School, 1819 35th Street, NW, now that cleanup work on a Monday mercury spill has been completed. The DCPS’ Office of Facilities Management hired an independent environment contract to do the cleaning. Once the cleaning was complete, air quality samples were taken. The results came back showing no significant levels of mercury, thus the school is safe for students to return Wednesday, DCPS officials said today.

Washington Redskins Cornerback, Fred Smoot, is visiting the Vikings, Winter Park today. Smoot, who will turn 26 on April 17, has 16 interceptions in four seasons with the Washington Redskins, including three last season. He rejected a recent contract offer from the Redskins that includes a $10 million bonus. Smoot, also appears likely to visit the Chiefs, who need a cornerback after declining to sign Rolle because of health reasons.

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I'm writing to tell you about a conference I am organizing, one that I think you'll find critical to upcoming policy debates. It is called F2C: Freedom to Connect. It will be held on March 30 & 31 at AFI Silver in Silver Spring. All details at http://freedom-to-connect.net The idea is to provide a! "first-mile" view of network progress and telecom policy, the view of the end user, the innovator and the smaller service provider. Along the way, we'll discuss the Grokster and Brand X cases, which the Supreme Court will have just heard. And there will be a Great Debate on the shape of the Next Telecom Act. Featured speakers include Vint Cerf, Dan Gillmor, and Jim Baller. Dianah Neff, the CIO of Philadelphia, and Terry Huval, the head of the Lafayette, Louisiana municipal utility district, will tell the story of their&n! bsp;cities' struggles to build broadband netw orks. Scott Heiferman, founder of Meetup.com will show how Freedom to Connect is crucial to Freedom of Assembly. Reverend AKM Adam, the Blogging Reverend, will explain how connectedness is next to Godliness. David Weinberger, a Philosophy Ph.D. who wrote jokes for Woody Allen, will deliver the closing keynote. Register at http://freedom-to-connect.net

Below is a photo of President Roosevelt signing Social Security Act of 1935. Also shown, left to right: Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC); Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY); Rep. John Dingell, Sr. (D-MI); Unknown man in bowtie; Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins; Senator Pat Harrison (D-MS); Congressman David L. Lewis (D-MD).

When W32.Kelvir.C is executed it performs the following actions: Sends the following message to all the Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger contacts on the compromised computer: hot pic!!~[Link to a Web site on the mxt-networkz.com domain]/parishilton.pif~ Notes: A recipient must click on the link, download the file, and then execute parishilton.pif. The www.mxt-networkz.com domain was unavailable at the time of writing. Drops the following files in the folder in which the worm was originally executed: Link.exe mafia.exe - a variant of W32.Spybot.Worm Once executed, the W32.Spybot.Worm variant copies itself as %System%\lsassx.exe. It sets the file attributes to hidden, read only, and system. The W32.Spybot.Worm variant adds the value: "Windows Taskmanager" = "lsassx.exe" to the following registry subkeys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServices HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OLE so that it will execute when Windows starts. Connects to an IRC server on TCP port 8080 on one or both of the following domains: bla.m0ker.com bla.w00pie.nl

As mercury spills in schools disrupt classes, teachers and environmental groups want to rid student labs of the versatile but dangerous metal. In recent weeks, mercury was found in stairwells and corridors of a high school in the nation's capital. The building had to be closed twice for decontamination and still more traces were found yesterday even as cleaning crews were wrapping up their work in preparation for reopening the school today. "We're shocked," said Leonie Campbell, a District of Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman. The building would be closed again today, school officials said. They were searching for an alternate location to hold classes. Although the spills get headlines, the use of mercury in schools actually is declining, said Ken Roy, a physics teacher in Glastonbury, Conn., and co-chairman of the National Science Teachers Association's safety advisory board. "The awareness is so high now that I would say a good part of it (mercury) is gone from schools," Roy said. "The problem comes when a teacher retires, and someone new comes in and finds a horde of it in a cabinet in a chemical storeroom. You've got to dig for it." In its elemental form, mercury is shiny, silver and odorless. It is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. In schools, mercury is found in fever thermometers, electronic light switches and other equipment. It is most common in science labs, where mercury-filled instructional tools have been used for many years. Mercury turns into a problem when it is spilled and evaporates into airborne vapors, which can be absorbed into the body through breathing. Exposure to high levels of metallic mercury can damage the brain, kidneys and lungs. Prolonged exposure to lower levels can cause problems with sleep, sight, hearing and memory, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The Environmental Protection Agency has encouraged schools to remove mercury compounds and mercury-containing equipment. The agency is helping schools dispose of it. At least nine states have created programs to speed up the removal of mercury from schools through lab clean-outs and educational outreach to teachers, the EPA said. Over the past few years, reports of mercury spills have come from Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Nevada.

Anyone read about how Green Tea reduces the threat of cancer?

Doctors treating Pope John Paul II considering performing tracheotomy on 84-year-old pontiff Please say a prayer for him.

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Where is the picture?

The District of Columbia Office of Planning has released the final draft of the Convention Center Area Strategic Development Plan (CCASDP) for public comment. It includes recommendations for maintaining a mixed-income neighborhood and guiding residential and retail development around the Convention Center. Please request a black and white 11x17 copy of the document by emailing or calling Johnny Milligan, Staff Assistant at the DC Office of Planning. Mr. Milligan may be reached at johnny.milligan@dc.gov or (202) 442-5077. Color copies of the final draft are only available from this website announcement. Upon reviewing the document, please forward all written comments to chris.shaheen@dc.gov or via fax, (202) 442-7638. You may also mail comments to: Chris Shaheen Project Manager CONVENTION CENTER AREA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN District of Columbia Office of Planning 801 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 4000 Washington, DC 20002-4202 ConventionCenter.pdf

Happy Birthday Tittsworth

Do you do local events?

I think Joe Gibbs should finangle to draft USC's Mike Williams. His is an intimidating receiver. He has tremendous ball skills, adjusts well to the ball while it's in the air, and makes tough catches in traffic... has great hands. He runs good routes, has tremendous acceleration off the line, and does a good job of gaining separation from his opponents.