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• Of a Beachball, Barbells, and the Trojan Horse

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:25 am

  Tags: Toys, Myth, Charlisms, Sensory, Parenting, Classics, Asd, Aspergers, Athena, Autism, Beachball, Cable, Children, Education, Family, Greek, Mythology, Odysseus, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Prize, Teaching, Toys, Trojan Horse, Troy, Ulysses, Video

  great invention—the Trojan Horse—in a thought bubble. I hear the sound of Charlie running and he stands in front of me, holding onto an as yet uninflated beachball. “Mom, ball, give.” “Mom, blow up the ball,” I prompt. “Mom, blow up ball, says Charlie; Jim volunteers and Charlie, very excited, runs to

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• Britney Spears and the Mystery of the Trojan Horse: Blind Item Solved?

  Published: August 15, 2007, 10:49 pm

  Tags: Alli Sims, Blind Item, Britney Spears, Crazy Days Nights, Kevin, Lynne, Mystery, Ted Casablanca, Trojan Horse

  yourself: "Ever hear of the Trojan Horse? No, not Trojan condoms, although please do always wear protection. Ever wonder how someone could get so much information without actually being there to see it or hear it personally? Ever wonder if maybe one person who is sleeping with someone who has all the inside information. Fall outs and fall

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• Computer Viruses Keep Your Eye On These

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:54 am

  Tags: Computers, Anti Virus Software, Email, New Computer Viruses, Security Related, Trojan Horse, Virus Backdoor, Virus W32 Netsky, W32 Beagle, W32 Mytob

  viruses, security related, trojan horse, virus backdoor, virus w32 netsky, w32 beagle, w32 mytobDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Intego reporting new OS X trojan horse in the wild

  Published: October 31, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Dnschanger, Security, Trojan Horse, Trojanhorse, Ultracodec

  reporting an OS X-specific Trojan horse showing up on some sites and forums. The bit of nasty, which Intego is calling OSX.RSPlug.A and other sources refer to as DNSchanger or Ultracodec/Zlob (Windows version), is delivered on the pretense of installing a QuickTime codec necessary to view adult videos. Once the .dmg is downloaded and the

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• Seagate Accidentally Shipped 1,800 Trojan-Horse Tainted Drives [Security]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: External Hard Drives, Hard Disk Drives, Hard Drives, Maxtor, Peripherals, Seagate, Security, Trojan Horse, Virus

  Seagate were infected with a Trojan horse virus that sent personal information back to China, according to the Taipei Times. The disk drives, sold at retail in Taiwan, were presumably messed with when they were in the possession of one of Seagate's Chinese subcontractors. The situation has been locked down, but it certainly puts a new spin on

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• Seagate Halts Hard-Drive Poisoner, Hardens Prevention Measures (Full Story) [Virus Lockdown]

  Published: November 17, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Basics 3200, External Hard Drives, Feature, Hard Drives, Hdds, Kaspersky, Kaspersky Labs, Maxtor, Maxtor Basics, Mcafee, Norton, Peripherals, Ps 3200, Seagate, Security, Top, Trojan Horse, Virus, Virus Lockdown

  about Seagate selling 1,800 Trojan-horse-infected Maxtor hard drives at retail. I checked in with the company to learn the details, and see if they busted the perp. The official word:The internal investigation by the contract manufacturer determined that the virus was accidentally transferred by one of its employees and not a malicious act. But

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• Seagate Fingers Hard-Drive Poisoning Employee, Hardens Prevention Measures (Full Story) [Virus Lockdown]

  Published: November 17, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Basics 3200, External Hard Drives, Feature, Hard Drives, Hdds, Kaspersky, Kaspersky Labs, Maxtor, Maxtor Basics, Mcafee, Norton, Peripherals, Ps 3200, Seagate, Security, Top, Trojan Horse, Virus, Virus Lockdown

  about Seagate selling 1,800 Trojan-horse-infected Maxtor hard drives at retail. I checked in with the company to learn the details, and see if they busted the perp. The official word:The internal investigation by the contract manufacturer determined that the virus was accidentally transferred by one of its employees and not a malicious act. But

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• Skype's Encryption May be Used as an Excuse for Trojan Viruses by German Police [Skype]

  Published: November 23, 2007, 5:32 am

  Tags: Bka, Encryption Codes, Gadgets, Germany, Police, Skype, Software, Spyware, Trojan Horse

  suspects' hard drives using Trojan Horse spyware, but he stressed that these cases were rare. "We currently have 230 proceedings related to suspected Islamists," Ziercke said. "I can imagine that in two or three of those we would like to do this." [i4u and VoIP News]

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• Insignia photo frame virus much nastier than originally thought

  Published: February 15, 2008, 7:24 pm

  Tags: Best Buy, Bestbuy, Costco, Infected Photo Frame, Infectedphotoframe, Insigna, Malware, Mocmex, Photo Frame, Photoframe, Sams Club, Samsclub, Target, Trojan Horse, Trojanhorse, Virus

  were carrying a much nastier trojan that we'd originally heard. According to an analyst form Computer Associates, the trojan, called Mocmex, is able to block more than 100 types of security and anti-virus software from killing it, and bypasses the Windows firewall to download files from remote locations, spreading them randomly over your hard

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• Maxi-dress reality check

  Published: May 31, 2008, 12:06 pm

  Tags: Maxi, Maxi Dress, Maxidress, Shenanigans, Trojan Horse, Trojanhorse, Untailored

  Shenanigans. This style is a trojan horse, a trick to get you to buy something unflattering just because it is new and comfortable. Continue reading Maxi-dress reality checkPermalink   Email this

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