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Quote from: lumine on August 08, 2007, 10:16:58 PM
hello leo! do u have a contact number or e-mail ad of michael canares? i have lost contact with him naman gud.

i believe he's in UK this time... ill try to contact his sister about is email address.

hehe speaking of bejabas, ka-remember ko sauna nga sugoon mi sa akoa bro nga maglungag para tamnan ug saging kay maghapit jud mi pamayabas. weekend mi mamayabas ha dli ting-klase.

na-feature naman na sya sa "balitang k" ni korina sanchez sa abs-cbn, bag-o lang mga 1month tngali (TFC).

tinuod jud to nga sa cebu? ngano naghimo man sila ana? aw dli man kung unsa, what i mean naa sila activity ngano nanayaw sila? wala lang ko makatuo nga nanayaw ang mga priso.

back to the topic, sa akoa nahibal-an sa former kauban nako didto, pwde man daw "more than one" maybe duha ra tngali pud basta ang papa nimo naka-serve sa government (or military) or both parents mga only-child.

Quote from: Ginger on August 09, 2007, 03:24:05 AM
ambot kaha karon ug amigo na ba ang taga Main ug taga TC...mura raba iring ug iro ang Commerce ug Engineering.

sometime in 2000, dili gihapon close ang commerce ug engineering  

pero ang nursing ug engineering tingali karon close na kay naa naman ang nursing sa TC. daghan na girlalu ug feeling girl sa TC... then mga lalaki sad dli na ruggedly handsome.

Quote from: junayag on August 09, 2007, 01:59:37 AM

galen,
would appreciate to have your list sa imong nahibaloan aron sad maka start ta ug initiating a bohol chapter.

di ba karon bulana ang University Day sa USC?

ill try to check if makakuha ko sa updates...

hehe good luck sa binignit nga bejabas!

bejabas soup sa samar? heheh, d ko ka imagine unsa ang porma sa bejabas nga sinabaw.

Quote from: Ginger on August 08, 2007, 10:59:52 PM
si Teng na sobrahan sa tagay wa na ka tingog!

heheh palabian sad diay ninyo ug tagay?

sabaw sa bejabas?   

yey!!! i-send lang thru email! hehehe or pwede sad i-post ngari para makatilaw tanan. hehehe

hahaha nice cone! mao diay mihinay sila compare sa selecta.

Quote from: lumine on June 23, 2007, 12:52:03 AM
wowww! inon-on ra jud ako ika-offer,

pwde ko mangayo sa sabaw sa inon-onan?   

by the way, congrats mike!

last year mga october man tngali to, mahal sa ayala-cebu nga outlet pero nag-book ko online kay barato ra man. pero usa ra jud akoa ikasulti sa cebupacific... nagpalit mo ug ticket together ang delay ug uban mga palyar sa ilang sistema. pero mao man ang barato nga ticket so go lets nalang. just make sure nga wla mo meeting or important business on the next day sa flight sched.

mura ubay2x man tngali, pero mostly wla sa bohol or sa pinas... naa ko mga ka-batch pero naa sad sa manila.

apil ka? kuha lang usa ka galon diha, dugay pa na mahurot unless mag-down ang server sa naghost sa virtual tagay. hehhe

Quote from: buenavista on August 07, 2007, 08:58:47 AM
hangtud anus-a ila promo?naa man gud ko mga amiga mangule this week.

not sure pero sa akoa nabantayan sa ila promo as long as naa pa bakante.   kalit mag-promo then kalit ug end sa promo man na sila. so mag-tan-aw2x lang jud sa website nila.

especially kung huwebes... tagboon mo ug takla sa merkado. heheh  i mean namaligya ug takla.

kusog ang signal sa celsite sa calape, even sa amoa dapit sa loon mga around 5-6km away from the town proper of calape kaabot pa man gani.

cheers for bud! 

Quote from: Capitan Berong on August 05, 2007, 01:42:14 PM


Ambot ngano nga wala man sila magpropose ug alternative scheme nga mas barato, pananglitan WiMax technology ug uban pa nga communication methodology para sa Bohol, meanwhile nga pipila pa lamang ang heavy volume voice/data prospective customers.

besides, maintaining fiber optical cables is too expensive to handle but its a good investment gyud hinoon. pero unsaon man sad nato pagsiguro nga kani nga mga IT installations dili panggub-on sa mga dautan nga tawo? like sa mga globe nga mga cel cites. sayangan ra man gud ko nga naa na unta chance for improvement ang bohol pero mangahadlok na nuon sa pagpadayon tungod sa mga panghitabo.

Quote from: your servant on August 05, 2007, 12:41:58 PM
Ang problema gyud sa mga basketball teams sa ato kay mga dagko ug ulo ug mga laog.

They've never learned the primal basketball principle: this game is not designed for individual efforts but teamwork.

pakitanggilas basin diay makuha sa NBA.

tingali 3-point zone got lesser accidents compared to the 2-point zone area, and its more fatal offensive strategy against taller opponents kana kung nindut sad ug pulso ang mga players. 

Quote from: Ban-alam on August 01, 2007, 03:41:03 AM
Dili managad kay TNT man tawon mahadlok isumbong! ahhahahahaha!

hahah! tumpak! dili nila i-reveal ilang true identity kay basin mahibal-an nga TNT.

S. Korea? heheh kadugay pa moabot atoa... prince with a sword then magsakay ug kabayo going to philippines para sa usa ka princess.

hhmmm... kadugay atoa moabot kung magkabayo ra.

heres another one:



nice view...



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SOURCE: Sun.Star Online

WEB Site: Cabilao Solar Project

CALIBAO ISLAND, BOHOL--The residents and foreign tourists here, who were deprived of the benefits of the information technology (IT) evolution because of limited power supply, will now get to experience the country's first solar-powered computer laboratory-cum-Internet café at Cabilao National High School (CNHS).

The solar-powered computer laboratory on Cabilao Island was made possible through the consolidated efforts of the Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (Cite), and the German Development Service (DED) with funding assistance from the Gate program of Gessellschaft fuer Technische Zusamme-narbeit and the Municipality of Loon, Bohol, Philippines.

Allan Hendrick Buena, electrical department head of Cite, said the budget for the entire project was P1.9 million covering the purchase of 28 solar panels, batteries, computers, inverter and other on-line services for one year.

The Municipality of Loon, Bohol, Philippines provided the local counterpart funding of P200,000 for the infrastructure and monthly payments of IT technicians in the laboratory, among others.

Konrad Bortoli, DED coordinator for the Economic and Employment Promotion, said the project's main objective was to bring computer literacy to the 379 high school students of CNHS and to provide an income-generating project for the school.

"Before, students here didn't have the formal computer education because of the limited power supply here, where communities in the island are allowed to use power supply only from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. with their existing diesel power plant here," he said.

Bortoli said the realization of the project came after several of their friends who are also the resort owners of the diving resort in the island who showed interest in an Internet and computer laboratory that would also connect the island to the outside world.

Solar panels

Buena said energy produced by the 28 solar panels would be stored in the 24 batteries. Then from direct current, it would be converted to alternating current.

Afterwards, power will be brought to the controller-a gate to give 220 volts, from which it will then go to the laboratory.

He said the laboratory has six computers, five of which will be for the use of students, and the remaining one for the teacher administrator in charge of the laboratory.

Buena said locals and foreign tourists on the island would also get to enjoy the service. Locals pay P20 per hour for the Internet service, while foreign tourists will pay P100 an hour.

"Our Internet service provider is the AZ Communication using the satellite communication service with 128 kbps or speed per second passing the Agila 2 satellite launched by former President Fidel V. Ramos," he said.

With the solar-powered computer laboratory, Cabilao National High School principal Mario Garcia said its students will now have the edge in terms of IT education over other schools in Bohol.

He said the computer course for the students will be put under the Technology and Livelihood Education Curriculum for the third and fourth year high school students.

Department of Education-Bohol education supervisor I Marcelo Vigante expressed gratitude to the German community that made the project possible.

Loon Mayor Yul Lopez said the Internet lab is a priceless project for Cabilao Island, which will now have a bridge of information to the outside world. (Clara Mae Hortelano)

glass building man sya noh? so meaning ang CR nila nakaGlass sad. hehhe

kalooy sa priso, magtuwad2x nya makita sa hi-way. hehhe

wa man ko kita ana nga sign sa great wall pag-adto nako... heheh basin sa opposite side tngali kay naka-CR naman ko.

WC man tngali sa china, mura wa ko kabantay gamit sila word nga toilet sa ilang signs.

if ang mga priso sa pinas tngali kakita ana nga building, basin mag-strike sila.

Quote from: Happy on July 31, 2007, 01:12:12 AM
Whats wrong here is that, this product is not a filipino product, isn't it? If it would be a filipino product then, its okey that its called filipinos. They should have ask a permission from the Republic of the Philippines before they used that name, if they didn't.

you have my vote!

nindot pa unta f wla ra sila mananghid then ila ta hatagan ug royalty man lang.

mura man sad ta ug maligid magtan-aw...

SOURCE: www.abs-cbnnews.com




Isa ang patay at pito ang nasugatan nang magkasunod na pasabugin ang bus at terminal ng Yellow Bus sa Koronadal City, Sultan Kudarat bandang 5:30 pm.

Unang sumabog ang bomba na nakalagay malapit sa comfort room ng terminal ng bus. Dito namatay ang pastor na si Winnie Boy Caritan na galing Panabo City.

Nakababa na ang apat na pasahero ng bus kaya walang nasugatan.

Batay sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, pangingikil o extortion ang nakikitang motibo sa pagpapasabog.

May pinasabog na ding Yellow Bus noong July 7 at nitong July 18.

Ayon kay Robert Kiunitala, Provincial Police Director ng South Cotabato, "Yung managements mismo. Tumawag yung a certain ‘Al-Khobar’. Nagdedemand, di pa daw nag-cocomply yung hinihingi nila. Nag-alert kami pero nakasingit pa rin sila.”

May ikatlo pang pagsabog. Pero, ito'y mga bagahe na pinasabog ng mga bomb expert sa hinalang may lamang bomba.

Naalarma din ang mga dispatcher ng isa pang terminal, ang Holiday Bus.

May isang bagahe na naiwan sa isang bus at upang makasiguro ay pinaputok na rin ito ng mga otoridad

“Yung mga K-9 natin, inupuuan din yung ibang baggages. Siyempre may indication na possible IED (improvised explosive device) kaya pinasabog na rin namin yung mga naiwan na bagahe," giit pa ni Kiunitala.

Sa ngayon ay patuloy pa rin ang ginagawang imbestigasyon ng mga otoridad habang itinataas ang alerto sa lahat ng dako ng Koronadal City.




Sugatan sina Danilo Montefrio konduktor ng bus, Modista Aurego, Jerome Gacita, Daisylyn Gacita, Josie Alo at Emmanuel Jamilago.

Tatlong minuto pagkatapos ng pagsabog sumunod namang pumutok ang bomba sa loob ng papaalis na bus papuntang General Santos na may plate number MVR 278.

Quote from: Happy on July 31, 2007, 10:43:14 PM
na! mao lagi nya, 5½ ka tuig naman sab ko nawala sa ato intawon, maong dako kaayo ako pasalamat aning tubag bohol kay daghan na kaayo ko ug nahibaw-an bahin sa ato

mao nga nagpasalamat ra sad ko nga duol2x ra ko sa bohol. heheh

by the way, naa promo ang cebu pacific karon (http://www.cebupacificair.com). kinsa to naa ra sa asia, maka-avail mo ania.



FYI lang ha.

Quote from: Barbaro on August 04, 2007, 05:48:10 PM
imong inom ,imong tagay..

kang mike na diay unta to... tsk tsk tsk... unsaon nga wala man. hehhe

china... so how about the philippines? im not really sure if na-push ni sya nga project pero kadungog ko sa akoa friend sa NEDA cebu nga tagaBohol sad nga naa daw fiber optic cable project for bohol. this will serve as the backbone daw sa bohol IT infrastructure.

not sure ha if plano ra ba ni sya or nagsugod na or unsa pa.

hahha yeah, multi-tasking jud! mao man na ang pinoy... janitor nga guard, receptionist nga secretary, driver nga bodyguard, cook nga waiter, photographer nga gunner... unsa pa?

ah ok... hehehe

lima nalang ang kulang sa 7 sigbins... hehehe si bodoy (sigbin I) then si sigbin II, kinsa man ang lima ka mga sigbins?

any volunteers? heheh

duol ra man na sa airport, panagsa ra sad ko moabot diha kana lang gkan ko sa pinas.

bag-o pa ko ngari, naa ra ko sa woodlands (kakahuyan) area.

maglaway sa suka nga gkan jud sa lubi dili suka nga chemical... kamahal ra ba sa datu puti ngari nga suka, imported from philippines! imported sad kaayo ang presyo.

Quote from: your servant on August 03, 2007, 10:15:43 PM
Sauna sa Dumaguete pa ko nag-eskwela, gipangutana ko ug taga-Negros kung moagi pa ba ug Zamboanga kung moadto ug Bohol.

mas grabe na jud na kay silingan ra nga isla gud unta... heheh college level to sya mike? or basin high school pa to sya, nahagbong sa sibika nga subject. 

Quote from: lumine on August 03, 2007, 10:20:45 PM
usa sa amo lingaw sauna manginhas unya magdala pagkaon sa hunasan dayon.

mamonit ug lukot then suka nga aslum kaajo, payts na!

Quote from: PrincessSaDagat on June 28, 2007, 06:29:56 AM
Damn EXPENSIVE!

Rate:  £1.00 British Pound = $2.00 (1.99877 US Dollar) 

Scenario:  My miscellaneous grocery items (8 little items like milk, 1 cooked chicken, ice cream, etc...) I need cost £25.86 today. According to www.oanda.com it cost me $51.69 = P2,399.41.  Unfortunately, my pocket are in Dollars.

dli nalang lagi mag-convert... heheh

you're earning dollars so gasto sad ka ug dollars...

Quote from: Sigbin II on August 03, 2007, 10:52:27 AM
You can riposte by asking "Sa'n nga ba ang Bulacan?  Sa may Batanes ba 'yan?"

heheh basin makakita na pud na ug away.

cge, apil sad ko...  hehehe

unsa imong ngalan: Galen R. P.
diin ka natawo: Loon(don), Boholand
diin ka nag-eskwela: SHA, USC-TC
asa na man ka karon: Singapore (kakahuyan)
unsa man imong trabaho karon: Systems Engineer
unsa/kinsa man ang dili nimo mahikalimtan sa bohol: Dagat sa likod sa amoa.
unsa man ang imong gikahidlawan sa bohol: saging nilung-ag with ginamos unja dad-on sa dagat
unsa man imong mensahe para sa mga taga bohol: be proud, be true and be honest...
unsa man imong mabuhat alang sa kalambuan sa atong islang bol-anon: hmmm... remittances

Quote from: Snowhite on August 03, 2007, 06:14:06 PM
himuon man nang tuba-tuba nga bunga into fuel... kuno ha. ako ra pod nang nahibaw-an ganina gkan ni frenz naay intrisado ana diri sa ato. gusto nila nga ang mga tao mag-tanom ani aron ilang paliton.

btaw, mura dako tngali na nga tabang sa mga tawo kay manggibuhian man ang tuba2x pwde ra gud na i-ubdok aron mahimo nga koral.

Quote from: Sigbin II on August 03, 2007, 07:46:42 PM
Snowhite, because I loves you and you loves my adobo, moabot ra nimo ang special batch of adobo nga ahong lutuon para nimo.   Ayaw lang katinga nga nagtuwad ang maghatud.

oist! basin magtuwad na sad si snowhite after niya ug kaon sa imong adobo ha. heheh lain paminawon nga snowhite and the 7 sigbins  hehhe

peace!

Quote from: Sigbin II on August 03, 2007, 07:53:33 PM
In Philippine lower mythology, the sigbin has, for the most part, not been depicted as a ghoul or as a consumer of viscera and blood.  So one need not fear the sigbin so much as one should fear a wakwak.  Pero kung naa ka sa nihit nga lugar mura'g angay na jud pud kahadlukan ang sigbin.  Ug kay ako sigbin man, kahadluki ko ninyo.    

hehe

asa man ni nimo nakuha? sa "the adventures of Pedto Penduko"? hehheh

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 31, 2007, 05:20:32 PM
Wa ka ka-sigurado. Asa man inyong balay?

hehehe wa man ko balay. 

Quote from: ..yadz.. on August 02, 2007, 01:47:52 PM
ikaw ba ni galen?? kaning ngkalo ug red??

toink! dili sad oi... heheh ako ang nag-take sa picture!

mike, atoa nya ni i-post sa LTO, BIR, ug uban pa...

Quote from: your servant on July 31, 2007, 06:11:49 PM
Missbohol Online is on the way!

unsa ang address??? 

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 31, 2007, 06:04:30 PM
Aw, taympa, galen.  Bahalina ni o bahal? 

bahalina naman imong nasulti so bahalina! 

mura'g kita ra man duha ang nag 1-on-1 ania... daghan ra ba ni atoa tuba dri.  asa ra man to mga tig-tagay ba?!

oist! si mike! imo na sad! 

maayo ra sad dili ta silingan ninyo noh?   

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 31, 2007, 05:01:14 PM
Unsa man ni?  Let's morning the night?!   Naa pa juy Jaz sa kilid!

another round na sad!

mura na nahubog si sigbin kay nag-cge na ngisi!   

peace! heheh

Next na sad!

ladies na sad...

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 31, 2007, 04:04:36 PM
Naay tagay?  Asa?

tagay na!



naa pa ra ba daghan...

regarding this issue, the group decides not to speak to the media. gi-settle lang ni sya thru the embassy, i believe both parties agreed to some standards and procedures.

Some 6,000 Filipino hackers based in Singapore are set to try to break into the Internet voting system

-- the IT group is around 1600 (registered) mostly computer programmers, ok, let say 6000 IT Pro (un/registered) here in SG but i dont think makaabot ug maski 1000 man lang ang "security expert" even sa group maybe less than 100 ra (including security know-how lang).

anyway, naa na progress about sa system penetration so we'll just wait for the results. pasalamat lang sad sila nga positive kaayo ang representative sa grupo, gisigehan pa jud sya contact sa ABS-CBN for his reports pero wla lang niya gihatag kay dili sya ganahan nga mahimo nga negative ang thinking sa mga tawo regarding internet voting.

NOTE: im not the official speaker of the IT group in SG, just wait for the final statement from the group

yeah, same case sad sa uban nga forum nga akoa giapilan... maski 90% didto mga pinoy pero dili lang gihapon magkasinabot hehhe (hope wala ko maligsan) pero sa akoa lang na-obserbahan daghan kaayo reklamo gikan sa mga taga-luzon nga makasugod ug flame sa topic. at least diri maglalis man gani pero at peace ra man gihapon inighuman! hehhe

tubagbohol rulez!

Welcome kaliwatnidihay to the addictive site of Mike!

naa pa lain, basin manghilak mo ha... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NR2mG7kHA&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8MshzZwizg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-C6a6cyNAw&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QgTdk6fLAk

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 29, 2007, 10:55:30 PM
Oy! nindota, nakasabot ko mike nganong makahilak ka, ako sab kahilakon, nisamot na gud ako kamingaw sa pilipinas... how I wish that tomorrow is May 2008, para uli nako..
Galen, thanks for the link, karon pako ka kita ani, karon pa sab ko kadungog sa kanta.

i think a year or 2 years ago na nga song para sa WOW Philippines (tingali), naa na kanunay ipasalida sa oceanjet (cebu-tagbilaran) mao nga familiar ko sa kanta.

count me in!

not sure about the reunion...

Quote from: Snowhite on July 30, 2007, 02:24:05 PM
langgam: antolihaw (wa ko kabalo unsa ni!   )

Oriole


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Quote from: your servant on July 30, 2007, 09:17:10 AM
Galen, sa Thailand bisag kinsa makakuha ug debit card. Only Thai citizens and foreigners with huge amount of money in banks can get a post-paid credit cards.

Same case in singapore, for PR (permanent residents) "daw" they need to have SGD30,000/yr to get credit cards then maybe more for an ordinary foreign workers. no idea for debit cards...

pero ang importante, spend wisely!

yeah, its a phishing scam... if i recall correctly, metrobank ang usa sa nabiktima anaa... just like sa citibank, the email will point you to a site nga similar jud kaayo sa site nga ilang gigamit (let say citibank) pero the only difference kay nag-gamit sila ug lahi nga URL. check number 3 item from the citibank picture, so you need to be careful sa pag-click sa mga links.

another info for phishing: http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/phishing.htm

Quote from: your servant on July 30, 2007, 09:03:53 AM
Getting a credit card in the Philippines is like climbing Mt. Everest.
Kinahasolan. NBI. Police Clearance. BIR. Postal I.D. Company I.D.
Water Bill. Electricity Bill. Letter with your address on it and
authenticated Stamp. Payslip, yes, Payslip. Wa na ko kahibalo
kung banks need my Transcript of Records, Barangay Clearance,
Medical Certificate, Press I.D., High School Report Card, and the
latest record kung kanus-a ko nangihi. I just gave up and forgot
about it.

nalingaw ko mike!

during sa akoa (that was 2005), just faxed my payslip (latest) together with my application form then that's it! wait lang ko i think a month man tngali for the approval but i believe ang dako nga impact sa pag-approved kay ang company kung asa ko nag-work.

SOURCE: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2005/phishing.asp

It is becoming increasingly common to tune in to the news or load your favorite news Web site and read about yet another Internet e-mail scam. An e-mail scam is a fraudulent e-mail that appears to be from a legitimate Internet address with a justifiable request â€" usually to verify your personal information or account details. One example would be if you received an e-mail that appears to be from your bank requesting you click a hyperlink in the e-mail and verify your online banking information. Usually there will be a repercussion stated in the e-mail for not following the link, such as "your account will be closed or suspended". The goal of the sender is for you to disclose personal and (or) account related information. This type of e-mail scam is also called phishing.

    phishing [View Webopedia Definition]
    (fish´ing) (n.) The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a Web site where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information.

How to Spot A Phishing Scam
At first glance, it may not be obvious to the recipients that what is in their inbox is not a legitimate e-mail from a company with whom they do business. The "From" field of the e-mail may have the .com address of the company mentioned in the e-mail, and the clickable link may also appear to be taking you to the company's Web site, but will in fact take you to a spoof Web site. Looks can be deceiving, but with phishing scams the e-mail is never from who is appears to be!



Phishing e-mails will contain some of these common elements: (view screen capture above from Eudora)

1. The "From Field" appears to be from the legitimate company mentioned in the e-mail. It is important to note, however, that it is very simple to change the "from" information in any e-mail client. While we're not going to tell you how, rest assured it can be done in a matter of seconds!

2. The e-mail will usually contain logos or images that have been taken from the Web site of the company mentioned in the scam e-mail.

3. The e-mail will contain a clickable link with text suggesting you use the inserted link to validate your information. In the image you will see that once the hyperlink is highlighted, the bottom left of the screen shows the real Web site address to which you will go. Note that the hyperlink does NOT point to the legitimate Citibank Web site URL.

In this instance, the text you click is "here", However, this may also state something like "Log-in to Citibank" or "www.citibank.com/secure" to be even more misleading. This clickable area is only text and can be changed to anything the sender wants it to read.

Additionally, you may spot some of these elements that did not appear in this particular scam:

Logos that are not an exact match to the company's logo, spelling errors, percentage signs followed by numbers or @ signs within the hyperlink, random names or e-mail addresses in the body of the text, or even e-mail headers which have nothing to do with the company mentioned in the e-mail.

Who Is Behind the Phishes & Why
The people behind phishing e-mails are scam artists. They literally send out millions of these scam e-mails in the hopes that even a few recipients will act on them and provide their personal and financial information. Anyone with an e-mail address is at risk of being phished. Any e-mail address that has been made public on the Internet (posting in forums, newsgroups or on a Web site) is more susceptible to phishing as the e-mail address can be saved by spiders that search the Internet and grab as many e-mail addresses as they can. This is why phishing is profitable for scammers; they can cheaply and easily access millions of valid e-mail addresses to send these scams to.

Common (Phish) Sense
After reading this far, we hope that you will be able to spot a phishing e-mail without too much difficulty. The e-mail represented above is just a sample; phishing e-mails can appear to be from any bank, PayPal, eBay, credit card companies, an online retail store â€" basically from anywhere a person may have registered for an account, and usually would have supplied financial information when registering.

The golden rule to avoid being phished is to never ever click the links within the text of the e-mail. Always delete the e-mail immediately. Once you have deleted the e-mail then empty the trash box in your e-mail client as well. This will prevent "accidental" clicks from happening as well. If, for some really odd reason you have this nagging feeling that this could just possibly be a legitimate e-mail and nothing can convince you otherwise, you still need to adhere to the golden rule and not click the link in the message. For those truly worried that an account may be in jeopardy if you do not verify your information, you need to open your Web browser program of choice and type the URL to the Web site in the address field of your browser and log on to the Web site as you normally would (without going through the e-mail link as a quick route). This will provide you with accurate information about your account and allow you to completely avoid the possibility of landing on a spoof Web site and giving your information to someone you shouldn't.

Now that you know how to avoid being phished, there is still the question of what to do about phishing e-mails should you be a recipient of them. First of all, you can visit the Web site of the company from whom the e-mail appears to be from and take the time to notify them of the suspicious e-mail. Many companies do want to know if their company name is being used to try and scam people, and you'll find scam and spoof reporting links within some of these Web sites. Additionally, you can report phishing to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and depending on where you live, some local authorities may also accept Internet phishing scam reports. Lastly, you can also send details of a phishing scam to to the Anti-Phishing Working Group who is building a repository/database of common scams to help inform people of the risks.

The New Phish - Spear Phishing
As with all malicious code, once a small percentage of the population starts to catch on, the perpetrators find ways to make the attack a little different, and this case, make the phish harder to net. The newest type of phishing scam is one that focuses on a single user or a department within an organization. The Phish appears to be legitimately addressed from someone within that company, in a position of trust, and request information such as login IDs and passwords. Spear phishing scams will often appear to be from a company's own human resources or technical support divisions and may ask employees to update their username and passwords. Once hackers get this data they can gain entry into secured networks. Another type of spear phishing attack will ask users to click on a link, which deploys spyware that can steal data.

Quote from: proudbojolana on July 30, 2007, 07:15:34 AM
Wala pa man tingali pod Debit card sa Pinas?

i believe naa na... some of my friends have it.

Quote from: your servant on July 30, 2007, 03:42:06 AM
you'll find that our senators are still using yahoo.com e-mails instead of info@pesonalname.com.

unsaon nalang pagkahimo nga Asia's IT Hub sa Pinas if mao na ang sitwasyon... tsk tsk tsk

to those wala pa kita ania...  check the link below.

Link from youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM4X8M2GiEw

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 28, 2007, 06:24:17 AM
Oh, beta raba ako yahoo ug youtube.

beta version is ain't that bad either...

Quote from: Ginger on July 27, 2007, 07:11:20 PM
ambot unsa na sa english...basta solid iron bar na siya nga gamiton ug mag buho or mag lukat ug dagkong punu-an sa kahoy...bug-at pud kaayo na siya.

kabra de bara nga dako man tngali na imo pasabot, or budlong sa amoa...

Quote from: your servant on July 27, 2007, 10:45:28 AM
The Philippines' number one and most trusted newspaper in the country both online and offline has been tagged by McAfee SiteAdvisor as "spammy", meaning PDI is behaving in the web universe like a SPAM advocate. It is ironic that while PDI has gained trust and respect not only in the Philippines but also in countries abroad, it had unknowingly failed to pass McAfee's stringent test.

maayo pa diay ang sunstar network online 

For M$ Internet Explorer:

http://www.siteadvisor.com


For FireFox:

http://reviews.cnet.com

the green portion at the lower right

Quote from: Snowhite on July 19, 2007, 05:12:18 PM
Pero grabe pod ang Insik manghayo na mopalit ka sa ila product, gunitan imong bukton, T-shirt, o bag! 'Di ka palakwon!

i remember when i was assigned in china, midako jud ang liugan sa t-shirt sa akoa kauban tungod lang sa sapatos... heheh

Quote from: Ban-alam on July 27, 2007, 02:03:36 AM
ako gani sa una na kabalo man unta ko na makahilo nikaon man gani gihapon ko out of curiousity...ehehehehe!

unsa may lami? as in hilaw lagi imo gikaon? 

cge, ako na sad ang mo-ambit sa lechon pabo.

Quote from: udtohan on July 26, 2007, 01:48:07 PM
ang bunga sa tubatuba. murag mani daw ang lasa.

tambal jud na sa mga panuhot ug uban pang sakit2x sa kalawasan..

.

heheh maayo sad wla ko mokaon sa bunga

unsa man ang ilang kaunon sa tuba2x ang bunga? ka-remember ko sauna sa akoa lola, iya ko sugoon kuha sa dahon sa tuba2x para tambal sa luas niya gamit ang duga gkan sa dahon.

Quote from: your servant on July 25, 2007, 05:31:50 PM
"Hello im Sonny from STI COLLEGE LIPA, the original creator of TAGA LIPA ARE! virus...Its a virus but it gives no harm to your computer."

im not really sure if this virus/worm gives no harm to the system, but some infos found on the net tells the virus causes too much traffic to the network. anyway, hope mike's solution solves your problem. 

good luck!

by the way, is there any law sa pinas about releasing viruses/worms to the wild(internet)? mura nagkadaghan naman pinoy nag-release ug mga virus just for fun.

maybe true nga nagkamaayo ang pinoy, but it also means ignorance ug pagka-iresponsable...

bato bato sa langit... 

this is just my opinion...

Quote from: your servant on July 25, 2007, 04:12:55 PM
Galen, salamat kaayo aning detailed nga instruction on how to obliterate Godzilla. Really appreciate it.

post lang sad ngari ang result mike maski failure! basin dli matabang na to. hehehe

good luck! 

Problem - My IE title shows 'Hacked by Godzilla'


Hacked By Godzilla - MS32DLL.dll.vbs - wscript.exe
Ariticle By
Chua Kia Nee - Techie Corner



Recently my IE title shows “Hacked by Godzilla” after transfer some files to a handy drive. “Hacked by Godzilla - MS32DLL.dll.vbs” also known as VBS.Zodgila worm was discovered since Nov 23, 2006. It has very low threat (according to symantec report). “Hacked by Godzilla - MS32DLL.dll.vbs” worm spread thru handy drive or floppy disk.



This is basically what Hacked by Godzilla - MS32DLL.dll.vbs - VBS.Zodgila do when it execute:

Creates the following files:

[DRIVE LETTER]:\MS32DLL.dll.vbs
[DRIVE LETTER]:\MS32DLL.dll.vbs
[DRIVE LETTER]:\autorun.inf

Note: %Windir% is a variable that refers to the Windows installation folder. By default, this is C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP) or C:\Winnt (Windows NT/2000).

Adds the value:

“MS32DLL” = “%Windir%\MS32DLL.dll.vbs” to the registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
so that it runs every time Windows starts.

Adds the value:

“Window Title” = “Hacked by[REMOVED]” to the registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Main
to modify title in Internet Explorer.

Attempts to copy itself to removable drives and create registry entries every 200 seconds.

Information above was taken from Symantec website.


If your computer affected by “Hacked by Godzilla - MS32DLL.dll.vbs” worms:-

Your Internet Explorer title will end with “Hacked by Godzilla”

You might not able to open any of your drive thru double click (you still able to open/explore using right click -> explore)

How to remove “Hacked by Godzilla - MS32DLL.dll.vbs” (VBS.Zodgila) worm?

* Open Task Manager ( Right click on your taskbar and click “Task Manager” )

* Click on Processes tab and select “wscript.exe” and click “End Process” button. (Remember to remove all wscript.exe)

* Go to My Computer, Click on Tools -> Folder Options, click on View tab Under Advance settings,
check “Show Hidden files and folders“,
uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types“,
uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”
and click “OK” button

* Go to C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT and delete file MS32DLL.dll.vbs

* Now go to all your drive in your computer, and delete autorun.inf and MS32DLL.dll.vbs including your USB Drive and Floppy disk. All the autorun.inf and MS32DLL.dll.vbs file is located at the root directory of your drive, ex: c:\MS32DLL.dll.vbs, d:\MS32DLL.dll.vbs …

Note:- To access your drive, Go to My Computer, right click on the drive and select “Explore”


*Next we are going to clean your registry record. Click Start -> Run, type regedit

* Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \Current Version \Run and delete MS32DLL (right click on it and select delete)

* Now we are going to disable CD Autorun, Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \Cdrom look for Autorun and double click on it and enter 0 as it’s DWORD value


Note:- You can skip this steps if you do not wish to disable CD Autorun feature. But Hacked By Godzilla worm spread when CD Autorun is ON.

*Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Main and delete “Window Title” which has it’s value of “Hacked by Godzilla“

*Now go back to My Computer, Click on Tools -> Folder Options, click on View tab

* Under Advance settings,
uncheck “Show Hidden files and folders“,
check “Hide extensions for known file types“,
check “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”
and click “OK” button

*Empty your Recycle Bin.

*Restart your PC and your PC should be clean from Hacked by Godzilla now

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haven't tried... pero check lang sad... 

HTH

heheh what a disaster! hehhe ill try to check on this mike, na-intriga ko ani godzilla nimo... maybe we can find some similar issues over google.

naa international flights ang tagbilaran mike? sorry if wala ko kahibalo, layo man gud amoa sa tagbilaran... mas duol pa mi sa cebu.

at least makuhaan na ang mga buaya sa BIR...

daghan ra ba na sila ug pasalubong every december, if wala ka dala ingnon ra ka balika ra ni sunod semana dong... tsk tsk tsk

Quote from: ..yadz.. on June 02, 2007, 03:43:25 PM
windows IE works perfectly fine for me.. what you need is a good virus scanner. it is also good to format your hardrive once in a while to get rid of viruses and malwares..

the best thing to do? replace the user... hehe joke!

much better if you have multiple layer of security, so acquire safefox! i mean firefox! then some other firewall software besides Micro$oft.

and also make sure that you're not locked up by your own security system.   

Quote from: buenavista on July 20, 2007, 03:27:30 PM
unsa man ni na building city hall?

cityhall sa loboc   joke!

Quote from: si on July 20, 2007, 11:17:50 AM
would you guys advice firefox?

FIREFOX!
ok ra sad ka gamit ug lain nga browser, ayaw lang ang M$ IE...

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 19, 2007, 05:58:43 PM
Ok ra pud ko og lechon manok.

gipanggutom na jud mo noh kay lechon manok naman lang inyo. heheh panit gihapon sa lechon manok inyo??   

Quote from: swakee on July 20, 2007, 12:58:11 AM
aws... oo, hehehhe... naa mi sa Moto Sur nagpuyo ron... just behind the private cemetery sa mga Veloso... asa man fud ka'ng suoka sa kalibutan gipadpad Galen?

lajo ra ko sa moto sur, pero akoa kaliwat (father side) taga Napo... then didto ko nagdako sa bario sa pondol ug diha ra pud ko gihapon mag-ulian (kung makabakasyon).

Quote from: your servant on July 20, 2007, 09:14:05 AM
My apology. It was an FDM Disaster, not DAP Disaster.
Mao ni resulta sa kulang ug tulog.
I have corrected my earlier post.

so dili diay ko dapat mo-upgrade... thanks for the tip! heheh

Quote from: Ban-alam on July 19, 2007, 07:38:43 PM
mao sad na nakadaut sa akong norton 2006 b4. now im using Free Download Manager, not as fast as DAP but its faster than firefox and IE.

ill drink to that! i love FDM!

Quote from: ..yadz.. on July 19, 2007, 10:45:32 AM
yup..pwede na ka mg renew sa driver's license sa sm..naa sila'y branch didto..just like sa nbi nga pwede na sad ka mg renew adto sa robinson's...dili pa ka init mg linya-linya kay aircon..hehehe!

yeah, its another "palosot agency"...
kahinumdom nuon ko akoa friend, gikawatan ug car stereo sa iyang van (van stereo diay) nga iyang gi-park sa atubangan sa NBI office sa capitol. dako kaayo nga TOINK ug wa jud sya nahimo sa iyang reklamo!

Quote from: ..yadz.. on July 19, 2007, 11:07:32 AM
hmmnn...someones proposing in here....

hehehe korek!