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For people in the AboutUs community to share information.

Template:DailyBuzz/Archive Welcome to the Daily Buzz. This page operates under the theory that "A wiki, like a ship, or other transportation mode, needs a log of activities." Use this as a general place for members of the active AboutUs community to share conversation and just say, "Hey I saw this thing, and I think the AboutUs community would get a kick out of it." If you're looking for a places to make suggestions, comments, ask questions, go to the ContactUs page.

What defines "community"? Well, if you're here then you're part of the community. If you already have a log-in, go ahead and share your thoughts. It would be great if you created an account.

• If you have a specific idea, try adding it here Features and Fun, Ease of Use and Function Brainstorming There are standing pages for the community to collaborate and create running lists of ideas on.

12-Apr-2007

• AfterDawn.com has an awesome feature What is this site about? box. MarkDilley
• I think SpySheriff.com is problematic because the community review information is posed as the descriptive information of the website. This may be ok here because of the nature of the site, but not sure about the general concept. Also, do we feel comfortable calling it Malware or is PossibleMalware more accurate? MarkDilley

• Because the template is generic, "possible malware" may be correct but SpySheriff in particular is clearly malware.Just look at the Google results for a search for "SpySheriff" (http://www.google.com/search?q=SpySheriff&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a )for a idea of how notorious SpySheriff is. --Spacegeek4 20:53, 12 April 2007 (PDT)

• Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007

11-Apr-2007

• Template:malwaresite has been created as a tag for pages described below. What do folks think? SpySheriff.com has it placed on it.
• It's been a few weeks since I've logged in (my bad), and was surprised to see a really neat caricature of myself on my User page. Too cool - looks better than the original Redlake6

• Glad you like the caricature. Not sure which of our magic elves orchestrated that one, but credit for how it looks of course goes to Rhoda at DigitalPainting.com. She does all the various caricatures you see on the site, along with those on ICANNwiki and WikiIndex.org. -- TakKendrick | Talk

• What should we do about articles about websites that are pure malware?

I can name a few articles like this:

SpySheriff.com

Contrary to what the article says, SpySheriff.com is a extremely well known malware program and serves no other purpose.

See:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest_Trap
• http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic22402.html
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2005-122910-4625-99
• http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=spysheriff&threatid=40066
• http://www.delphifaq.com/faq/windows_user/f850.shtml

WinFixer.com

Contrary to what the article says Winfixer is a extremely well known malware program , is a vundo variant and serves no other purpose.

See:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFixer | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFixer
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2005-120121-2151-99
• http://fixwinfixer.wordpress.com/
• http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic18610.html
• http://www.stopbadware.org/reports/reportdisplay?reportname=winfixer

PcMightyMax.net

Same!!

See:

• http://www.stopbadware.org/reports/reportdisplay?reportname=pcmightymax

--Spacegeek4 19:11, 11 April 2007 (PDT)

• Spacegeek4, thanks for pointing these out. I think that the value of AboutUs is the fact that we have information on these sites so that users can know that these are malware and have a discussion about this. I note that both pages have "Community Reviews" attesting to this, but this information can be made ever more valuable by supplanting those reviews with the information and links you've provided here. I don't want to speak for the rest of the AboutUs community when I say this, but that's certainly what I'd do with these malware sites and other known "bad guys". I see AboutUs as potentially being a great resource when people are considering purchasing or downloading software (or other goods and services), and that the open edit format allows users to share first hand not just their advertising-slanted text, but real human concerns and experiences that might not be voiced on the so called "objective" websites. Sorry for the diatribe, but this is a soapbox I'm very fond off. -- TakKendrick
• I aggree. It is a good idea to warn users about the "dark alleys" of the internet but the link on top of every page could be dangerous. According to Stop Badware's website guidelines (http://www.stopbadware.org/home/guidelines#website) a SINGLE link to an exploit site makes the linking site a "website that hosts or distrubutes badware" and a large amount of links to other badware sites also makes the site bad.Its a bit over protective but those are the guidelines.I'll rewrite the articles that I noted sometime.--Spacegeek4 20:58, 11 April 2007 (PDT)
• We don't have an easy way currently, but it would be good have a "no links" option for these types of sites -- RayKing
• Here is a video of spy sheriff in action:

• Ray, I've spoken with the rest of the staff and we've agreed to give up our salaries for the year in exchange for daily lunch at Thai Lahnna, and one of these!

I'm in too, that little guy is just too cool! -- RayKing

10-Apr-2007

• Houston, we have a problem. Someone moved Google.com and I can't move it back. :-( TedErnst | talk
  • Never mind, I found the page move log, and was about to "revert" from there. TedErnst | talk
• Great post from MuseumTwo.com on Radical Trust TedErnst | talk
• Today's agenda included a heated discussion on what the AboutUs adult content policy should be. We'd love to hear thoughts from our community members, so please feel free to add your input to the bottom of the AdultContent page. Isabel 16:32, 10 April 2007 (PDT)

09-Apr-2007

• Reporting traffic growth reaching a record high of 100K Visits/day! -- RayKing

08-Apr-2007

• Site News:The dev ninjas have got the 'Who's Online' box working again. The format can be modified by using the Template:WhosOnline page.

Ahhhh, what better day than today to post some pre- and post-fame videos of Bill O'Reilly:

07-Apr-2007

• Happy Birthday Internets!
• The ProjectPage has been given the new portal treatment. This page lists the current projects prioritized through the planning game. The page also lists upcoming meetings to discuss cards and projects. More improvement is coming and suggestions are welcome. ScottKeeler | :::talk:::
• Google.com has launched a free 411 service. Just call 1-800-GOOG-411. TechCrunch.com has a story here.

06-Apr-2007

• In case you didn't notice, the brand new main page layout is now live! This includes re-visioned pages for Welcome content, Help guides, Guidelines, information on how to Create pages and users on AboutUs, Community information, and FeatureMe info on featured wiki pages. Thanks to all the AboutUs Staff who's been working hard on this the last couple of weeks. There's still some tweaks planned over the upcoming days, but everyone seems to be happy with things so far. Please feel free to leave Thoughts on New Home Page. -- TakKendrick | Talk
• In further Mac news, hackers have dissected the $300 AppleTV and converted it to the world's cheapest Mac yet. Apparently the conversion isn't the easiest of tasks to perform, but its at least interesting to read about even if you're not ready to get your hands dirty. Read the article here Chris
• In it's latest batch of 'whoop-ass', Apple has released a neW version of the MacPro tower which has had everyone at the office salivating for the past 24 hours. The computer boasts 8 processors with configurations up to 16gb of RAM and 2 terrabytes of hard drive space! If you're interested in spending the $10k+, check out Apple.com for configuration information. Keep in mind, this computer can literally kill you it's so fast. Chris

05-Apr-2007

• Speaking of the new Portal:AboutUsCommunity page (see the note below), we're unveiling a new home page look and improved AboutUs informational content tomorrow. We're still working out a few bugs, but feel free to take a look at WikiTest and leave us a note on Thoughts on New Home Page. Keep in mind that some of the items on the WikiTest are still primative and might not "go live" tomorrow. -- TakKendrick | Talk
• What's the Buzz? -- Okay, to avoid confusion caused by the launching of our Portal:AboutUsCommunity page tomorrow (go ahead and take as look though, see if you like it), we've renamed the good old CommunityPortal page to DailyBuzz. Same old goodness, just a new name. -- TakKendrick | Talk
• Pepsi has launched a new promotion and a website to go with along it. At DesignOurPepsiCan.com link you have the chance to design the new Pepsi can, and win $10,000 in the process. Since Pepsi's inception in 1903 they have changed the design of their can only 10 times, but plan on tripling that amount this year with over 35 new can designs.

• Howdy folks, wanted to make available a proposed agenda for what content and community folks are working on, figuring out what is most important to us (the royal us :-) -Check it out, make some suggestions. Content and Community Planning Meeting - Cheers, MarkDilley
• Just the other day we were gabbing about the lack of wi-fi on airplanes since Boeing's pilot program (no pun intended) -- Connexion -- had it's flights canceled (pun intended) back in August. Well, today Electronista.com is reporting that Colorado-based AirCell has purchased the rights with the FCC to proceed with a new service putting wi-fi hotspots on airplanes by 2008. Read the article here. -- TakKendrick | Talk

04-Apr-2007

• Howdy folks, as I went through the RecentChanges from the last day, I noticed these RecentChangesQuestions. Please look at them, correct them, discuss them, think about them. I think there are so many because of the new patrolling tool, just wanted to give a heads up. MarkDilley

• On this day in 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was standing on the balcony of a Tennessee hotel when he was struck by a single gunshot and killed. He had gone to Tennessee in support of sanitation workers, demonstrating against low wages and substandard working conditions. ScottKeeler | :::talk:::

• Check out the proposed memorial

03-Apr-2007

• We've got YouTube video functionality up and running thanks to our awesome development team. Check out AboutUsVideoSupport for information on how to AddVideo to your page.
  • Yeah, I'm not digging this at all. It's way too weird and complex. Why is it that plenty of other sites are able to simply use the embed code provided by YouTube.com, yet we're not? I don't think adding video is useful when we go away from internet standards and force people to learn new things just to use our site. I don't understand the XSS (XSSed.com) argument as MySpace.com doesn't have a problem with it. ScottKeeler | :::talk:::
• A WiserEarth.org event in Portland: (via BrownPaperTickets.com)