Category: internet

Working on website

Posted onAuthorTruXter

Well everyone, I am not going to take all day explaining because I really have a bunch to do.

I revamped my website and went with css.  well the index is css only. The rest of the site is still html, until I get around to that section. I do have a few pages mostly converted but they are stored in a folder on my desktop labeled “wired”. The issue is I have less link for my site than what I really want.

I like the bubbly look of it right now. Won’t be but four or five months and I will make another change. I really do have an awesome plan in mind (I mean come on listen to the web address) but i also have a job and am not ready for the commitment of  all the services just yet.

A Letter To Comcast- You Blocked My Site!

Posted onAuthorTruXter9 Comments

I am the owner of iworkwithpeople.comI have not been able to connect to my website now for nearly a week, I have seen that I can connect while at work on a t3 line, and I can connect on my female friend’s computer that has a dsl line, and a few friends from live.Pirillo.com have helped me and checked the connection from where they are and they all connect.. except the people on comcast . My site’s address is iworkwithpeople.com and the service I have is through 50megs.com. i assume they took it upon themselves to block 50megs.com for what ever reason they saw fit. in the process of blocking 50megs, they blocked me.. This reduces the number of page visits considerably. Considering they monopolized the cable industry, it looks more like a 20’s gangster bull crap “ehh mugsy don’t let no one connect to them until they pay me 50% seeeeeeee” .I am not happy with this .

The letter I wrote is to follow…

Comcast Houston blocking my domain.
I own a website, through 50megs.com
I can connect to my file manager on sbc dsl, I can connect through sprint dsl and I have connected at work with a t3 line, but when I get home or to any of my friend’s houses with Comcast I can not connect to 50megs.com . I am near time to re up on my domain name and hosting bills and getting really frustrated that I can not connect from home where i feel safe. I want to connect to my service and it appears you are blocking me. Please look into this and solve this issue.

From work we did a tracert

After doing a tracert and a whois we find these services
1 19 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 74.7.23.193
3 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms 172.22.213.125
4 14 ms 7 ms 9 ms 192.168.39.48
5 13 ms 9 ms 7 ms 192.168.38.34
6 12 ms 8 ms 9 ms ge-1-6.r03.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [128.241.1
.177]
7 13 ms 9 ms 8 ms xe-0-1-0.r20.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250
.2.228]
8 15 ms 16 ms 14 ms as-0.r20.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.1
29]
9 17 ms 17 ms 16 ms ge3-0.cr02.dal01.pccwbtn.net [206.223.118.48]
10 54 ms 50 ms 48 ms unitedonline.ge2-5.br01.lax01.pccwbtn.net [63.21
8.25.14]
11 52 ms 57 ms 57 ms ve113.r1.bu3.lax.untd.com [64.136.1.171]
12 51 ms 48 ms 57 ms pop.communityarchitect.com [64.136.25.170]

Trace complete.

communityarchitect.com
northsky.com
freeservers.com
direct-connect.com

tell me if you can connect through Comcast

these three are the chain I chased at work.

Now from home I do a tracert

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:Documents and SettingsTruXter>tracert 50megs.com
Unable to resolve target system name 50megs.com.

C:Documents and SettingsTruXter>

It has been confirmed by my Domain Host that Comcast is surely blocking all of 50megs.com domain hosting from being connected by Comcast users !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Message today 1-15-08 from 50megs.com

We have contacted Comcast and have ticket open with them. They are working to clear out the cache and correct the outage issues.

We have resolved the issues on this side.

It should be up and running shortly. Mike

Mysite Customer Service

Original Message Follows: ————————

Form Message

Complaint: Looks like comcast is blocking all connection to 50 megs. I can not connect to my site or the file manager located on 50megs.com
Full Name: Mr. TruXter
Email Address: XXXX@comcast.net
Web Site URL: iworkwithpeople.com
Partner Domain: 50megs.com
service_level: 213
user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Java Script: YES
Application Name: Netscape
Application Version: 5.0 (Windows; en-US)
Subject: MWS-Complaints: Looks like comcast is blocking all connection to 5

Message from comcast today 1-15-08

Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting Comcast Cable.

I understand that you are experiencing difficulties with your Comcast
service. Offering our customers the most effective possible support is a
priority at Comcast. We appreciate that you have given us this
opportunity to communicate with you and we want to address your concerns
as quickly as possible. Although most issues can be addressed from
within the email forum, in some cases "Live Interaction" is necessary as
this issue will have to be escalated for resolution. In order to assist
you, we ask that you use the link below to open a "Chat session" with a
representative or call us using the information provided.

 http://www.comcastsupport.com/chat

If you require assistance and prefer to speak to a representative:
Please call us at 1-800-COMCAST (266-2278) - Customer Care and Internet
Support 24/7

If you need further assistance, please feel free to respond directly to
this email. We appreciate you taking the time to contact us.

Thank you for choosing Comcast.

Sincerely,

Tonya
Comcast Customer Care Specialist
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Comments:
Comcast houston blocking my domain.
I own a website, through 50megs.com
I can connect to my file manager on sbc dls, I can connect through
sprint dsl and I have connected at work with a t3 line, but when I get
home or to any of my friend''s houses with comcast I can not connect to
50megs.com . I am near time to re up on my domain name and hosting bills
and getting really frustrated that I can not connect from home where i
feel safe. I want to connect to my service and it appears you are
blocking me. Please look into this and solve this issue.
IPAddress:
98.XXX.X.XXX




Kinda looks like they sent me a bunch of nothing from comcast.. feels like I am trying to teach my cat how to pee in the toilet.


************update****************


Someone sent me a link to a proxy thingy for myspace

and it actually worked, just typed in my web site address and bamI whent directly to my site. I did not type in my password or anything though, I really do not know  if I trust a third party site like that… ya know?  so if you are on comunismcast or any service that can not see my site right now, gie that a try. see for your self that you are actually blocked.


************update***********

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
50megs.com is down


				
					
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They host my stuff and for two days now I can not log into my account or even see http://iworkwithpeople.com 


which is hosted at 50megs.com .. heck i can’t even go to 50 megs. . this is killing my visit count.


You know, I am starting to think  comcast is blocking my host’s i.p. address.


No one can go there that I know of, who are on comcast.


I mean my buddy in another city on dsl can go there


I can go there from my job just 4 miles up the road, and my job uses a whole nother service.


if you can go to 50megs.com or iworkwithpeople.com   please leave a notice as to what service you use and which of the two sites you can access.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Is Norton better than free?


				
					
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Let’s look at a free online virus scanner compared to Norton antivirus


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I scanned with Norton first and found nothing, then scanned again with bit defender online free virus scanner.


what do you think is the better choice?





A-Squared


Found Riskware.PSWTool.Win32.Brutus






AntiVir


Found SPR/Brutus






ArcaVir


Found Trojan.Psw.Tool.Brutus






Avast


Found Win32:PolyCrypt-ASO






AVG Antivirus


Found  nothing






BitDefender


Found Application.PWCrack.Brutus.A






ClamAV


Found Virtool.Brutus






CPsecure


Found PSWTool.W32.Brutus






Dr.Web


Found Tool.BrutusPWS






F-Prot Antivirus


Found security risk or a “backdoor” program






F-Secure Anti-Virus


Found not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Brutus (6, 2, 605)






Fortinet


Found HackerTool/PWCrack






Ikarus


Found HackTool.Win32.Brutus






Kaspersky Anti-Virus


Found not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Brutus






NOD32


Found Win32/PSWTool.Brutus application






Norman Virus Control


Found  nothing






Panda Antivirus


Found Application/Brutus.A






Rising Antivirus


Found  nothing






Sophos Antivirus


Found  nothing






VirusBuster


Found  nothing






VBA32


Found Win32.PSWTool.Brutus






									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Why hackers hack


				
					
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[tags] norton,macafee,avast,avg,protection,virus scan,trojan,worm,hack,security,spyware,adware,file protection,service[/tags]


See like a year ago I wrote a short story  about what I think a hacker is, and how to protect yourself from them/one.


Well today I went back and read my story again. God the typos. Wtf was up with my firefox spell check that day ? Well while reading it I scrolled down and started reading what everyone else said…. These freaking people are saying stuff like “crackers aka black hat hackers” … Ok just thinking that line makes my nose bleed.


For the record, a cracker is a dude that cracks programs to circumvent copyright… don’t believe me? go to google and type this in “Torrent: Microsoft+Crack” and you will find some sort of executable file that allows you to use some sort of microslob product without authentication and or verification of purchase. In those results, take the time and count how many links you find with that result that are legit to what you searched… no go back to google and search “crack+network”   you will not find squat. why? not because it’s uber top secret, it’s just misguided kids using a phrase improperly.


Now on to defense, set your router to stun, set email to text only, use mvps hosts file, run spybot search and destroy and the  other two like. do not give your password to third party. update any virus scanner you have. If you don’t have one, well really it’s useless any, most virus writers attack the virus scanner right off these days anyway. That is why I use online scanners! Sounds cheap, only to the unwise.


Stay away from dirty sites, do not download from places you do not know, if you do for god knows what reason have to download from a strange place, google “jotti’s virus scan”  and scan that single file with 20+ virus scanners at one time… Save yourself some heart ache.


I do not use avg or avast or nod32 because avg sucks from the get go, avast is nice and  well enough but after a month it bloats your machine into oblivion.  Nod32, if some newb tells you to use that junk it’s because he heard some dude on his favorite podcast recommend it, unknowing that the podcaster just got paid for that plug.  again, when you go to jotti’s site, scroll to the bottom and look at the current virus finds, sit there and hit refresh for as long as it takes you to be satisfied with what you see, nod32 almost never finds anything.


People lay to much faith in software. If it’s your stupid mistake, it’s yours … own it.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
is digg.com rigged?


				
					
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Have you ever noticed that the same people keep getting the highest diggs?


Have you wondered why? or how they always do? have you wondered why your submissions never even get noticed? I know that I have. On a few occasions I have submitted stuff beforeanyone else and only got like one digg, then flamed to hell and noticed that someone else submitted the same story after me and pulled well over 1000 diggs. Why is that? Do you do follow up later to see what is going on?


See I go to the photos sections.


And, well, I notice something. That only certain people get butt loads of diggs. Is it that people will only digg something from someone if they see they already have a bunch of diggs? is it that people will only digg something if they know that everyone else already thinks it is cool? I mean is that what it takes to be cooler? is to be cool already?


I just wonder if this is a simple advertisement scam. I mean not all of it has to be a direct advertisement, but I would bet that more than 90% are in some shape or form, just a scam to advertise either the content directly mentioned in the post, or something within the page that is linked from the digg post. If a post is dugg 2000+ times, do you know everyone that has dugg that post? do any of the names look familiar? Have you read the responses in there? Are the posts automated? What percentage of the voted actually posts?