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Editorial

There has been a lot happening on the net over the past month, broadband prices are coming down (be careful and read the fine print). Wireless broadband is becoming more accessible, however it's still a little expensive. But for those city dwellers who can't get cable or ADSL (and there are a lot suffering these limitations) are probably now within a wireless footprint. If you are still plagued with SPAM then remember you can manage it with applications such as Mailwasher. Also think about contacting your ISP and get them to apply filtering to your mail account. Some charge but most do this free.

Do you backup your data? If you don't then you most probably have never had a hard drive failure or had you computer stolen. Spend a few minutes looking at the data you have on your hard drive; documents, pictures, music, movies, accounting package data, your emails (and archive), address lists, password lists, your favorite places, databases, spreadsheets, project files, image design files etc etc etc... If you can't afford to lose any or all of this data then it's time you thought about a backup strategy. You can use re-writeable CD's, tape drives, external hard drives or even other computers on a network. But the important thing to do is get a copy of your important data located somewhere else.

Bruce Beresford, Manager & Editor

In this Issue:

• Featured Site
• Virus Watch
• Destructive Mac virus spies on Apple users
• Australian music piracy case hits court
• News from Hosting Shop re Service Levels
• Quotes of the day

Featured Site  

This month's featured site is All Seasons Campervans.

If you are looking to travel Australia, All Seasons Campervans have a range of campervans and motorhomes that are economical and easy to use.

Our rental vehicles give you the flexibility to travel from city to city exploring the hidden beaches or the stunning outback of Australia.

We have a Campervan or Motor home to suit most needs starting with our 2 berth Mini camper for a more budget adventure right up to the well-equipped Mercedes Motorhome.

Visit the All Seasons Campervans website and review their services offered.

Virus Watch  

Latest Threats - from Symantec

19-11-04 W32.Sober.I@mm

19-11-04 SymbOS.Skulls

Destructive Mac virus spies on Apple users  

A new script-based virus that spies on Apple Mac users was discovered over the weekend 23/24 October. The malware, which has been dubbed ‘Opener’ by Mac user-groups, disables Mac OS X’s built in firewall, steals personal information and can destroy data.

"Security" experts say these traits are common among the thousands of viruses targeting Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system but are virtually unheard of on Apple's Mac OS. Paul Ducklin, Sophos' head of technology in the Asia-Pacific region, said that the virus, which Sophos calls Renepo, is designed to infect any Mac OS X drives connected to an infected system and that it leaves affected computers vulnerable to further hacker attack.

Ducklin said Opener disables Mac OS X's built-in firewall, creates a back door so the malware author can control the computer remotely, locates any passwords stored on the hard drive, and downloads a password cracker called JohnTheRipper. Read on >>>

Australian music piracy case hits court  

Lawyers for music industry players claimed Stephen Cooper received "hundreds of millions of hits" per year to his allegedly illegal music download site, "mp3s4free", as the long-awaited court case against the retired policeman kicked off at the Federal Court in Sydney. Read on >>>

News from Hosting Shop re Service Levels  

For those using cPanel server hosting the IP address has been changed on 26 October 2004.

The new IP address is: 202.60.64.22

This will not affect your site or current login details. This change has been made whilst Hosting Shop make preparations to increase and secure their network systems.

These changes will include:

• Removing the old datafast network link.
• Adding new Cisco Hardware including Firewalls.

The New Data Providers are:

• AAPT / Telstra 100mb Link
• WebCentral 100mb Redundant Link
• 100mb QIX (Queensland Peering Link)

This will ensure a 99.9% network uptime each month.

Courtesy Jon Eaves, CEO Hosting Shop

Quotes of the Day  

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race (1922)

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. Jack Benny (1894 - 1974)

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling. Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"

Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much. John Wayne (1907 - 1979), Advice on acting

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