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This bogus e-mail has a virus loaded in the zip file attached to the e-mail.

Subject: DHL tracking number 5YNYDYQI

Sender: “DHL Express Services” <services@dhl-tracking.com>

Attached: [dhl_invoice_56b12d.zip]

There is an executable file with a virus inside the zip file: dhl_invoice_56b12d.exe

Norton calls this virus: Packed.Generic.243 virus
Discovered: August 6, 2009
Type: Trojan, Virus
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Packed.Generic.243 is a heuristic detection for files that may have been obfuscated or encrypted in order to conceal them from antivirus software.

Why should you Optimize your website?

Most of the web population uses the search engines to locate information. There are many search engines to use and they index the information differently. The main Search Engines are Google, Yahoo and Bing – they make up about 90-95% of all on-line searches. So the main reason to optimize a website is to have your website rank better than other websites in the search engines.

I have been doing SEO work for over 6 years.  The following  should give you more reasons to why you should.

My 10 reasons to Optimize:

1. The main reason to optimize your website is for better web rankings that will in turn increase web traffic.
2. Advertise your Products and Services so they show up where people can find them.
3. Target Selected Keywords that you feel you audience uses to locate your web site
4. Increased traffic should mean an increase sales (if not examine the landing page and determine what is missing).
5. Increase Brand Recognition – get your name and products out there in front of people.
6. Create a strong web presence.
7. Discover how people are finding your website – Optimization helps locate the best keyword phrases to find your products or services.
8. To create a website that search engines like – an optimized website can be indexed with higher ranking factors based on the criteria of each search engines, but most of the factors are universal.
9. To insure that each web page is prepared for an unique keyword phrase – this allows for a broader reach for more search terms from the web audience.
10. To make sure that your whole website is spidered and indexed for the search engines.

Look at your website -  is it ranking well? Do you get enough traffic from the web to justify the expense of having a website? We can also perform website reviews to locate issues and opportunities to market your website.

Kindest Regards,
Lee Smith
Smitty’s Holdings, Inc.
Office (954) 423-2785

http://www.smittysholdings.com

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Website Marketing & Design – Search Engine Optimization   -  Link Building
Pay Per Click Campaigns – Google & Yahoo Advertising -  Submissions
Consulting  -  Reporting & Analysis

I ran across a good article about securing your WordPress blog by Davide Di Cillo. I feel it is something all WordPress users should read and consider doing to their blogs.

To read more about this topic from Davide:
how-to-secure-your-wordpress-blog

Davide Di Cillo – his blog http://www.davidedicillo.com/

I am getting more spam and troublesome e-mails from all over. The latest one looks like a Hallmark e-mail. The problem is the long link to retrieve the card.  It points to an EXE file on another domain.

This is how the e-mail reads (this is an image of the e-mail and will not cause any problems to your computer):

If you do not recognize the sender or you think the e-mail is suspicious be very careful. These people are out to either steal your identity, your personal information or they just want to infect your computer with a virus, trojan or bot.

I have gotten this letter a few times already.

First, IRS will mail you their request with the US post Office.

Second, Never, Never respond to these e-mails.

Finally, Contact the IRS and forward the message to them.

http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement

The letter I received:

From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:no-reply@irs.gov]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:16 PM
To: XXXXX@smittysholdings.com
Subject: Notice of Underreported Income

Taxpayer ID: webmaster-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)

Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):

review tax statement for taxpayer id: webmaster-00000174073547US

Link Omitted
Internal Revenue Service

Twitter keeps it simple with new terms of service
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service.

The complete story…

My Notes:

This is an issue every person that every poster needs to be aware – be sure who really owns the content you are posting.