It is interesting what people think about when they hear the word hacker. You mention the word hacker and people think you are evil and up to no good. To learn more about hackers check out this video of Darren Kitchen from Hak5.
Hak5 is a great place to start if you are interested in learning about hacking and computers. Want to dive deeper check out this excellent collection of free courses about computers –> free courses.
Remember hackers are people too… and they just might save the world or your computer from a bad virus/spyware infection!
Here are some updated pics of the basement remodel. All the framing is finished and we are waiting on the electrician to come tomorrow then I will run cat5 cable for Internets.
Also had a shed installed recently… prepping the area was not a fun job. I had to dig out a 10 x 10 square and it had to be 4 inches deep. Then I had to fill it with crushed limestone. Just finished moving all the limestone today.
If you are the one or two people who actually read my blog you would have noticed that it has been unreachable for a few weeks. So, after a minor setback my blog is back! I have a lot of posts to catch up on.
What to be looking forward to in the near future…
Updated pics of the basement remodel!
A possible new design and plus a new direction for my blog.
The changes probably will not be drastic in the beginning and it will be spread out over the next few months as I come up with new ideas.
The renovations have begun on the basement… I will be posting pics as the work continues.
This next pic is unrelated but had to throw it in here. I snapped it one night when I got home from work which is about 2 am. Never seen a halo around the moon that big.
Browsing some websites within google I stumbled upon this page.
Being on a Mac sites like this do not affect me… but on a windows computer it would have been a different story. As you can tell from the picture above it resembles a windows machine and wants you to download a scanner to scan your “so-called” infected pc. This is not the case… if you continue to do this it will load spyware on your pc instead of removing it. I would close firefox (yes I know all of you use firefox, if not grab it here.<– click here) to prevent infection, I would even close it from task manager and sometimes might be forced to close it this way.
If your computer does get infected by one of these nasty boogers, it will most likely need professional help. I posted a spyware removal guide for basic cleanups that could help you on your way to restoring your pc back to a healthy system.
Microsoft released its new free anti-virus program which has received good reviews. In most cases instead of using AVG anti-virus this will become my program of choice.
This is awesome and was featured on Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory show on MTV.
The sidehack according to the show, is supposed to be available for purchase from walmart. After doing a google search for Dyrdek sidehack this website was apparently hacked or a better known term is hijacking.
My browser telling me of the possible hijacking. In fact just to err on the side of the caution I would close my browser out instead of clicking on the buttons which is probably overkill, but many sites like to imitate legitimate services as the one above.
This was the original link I clicked which redirected me to this picture below.
This is the website that I was redirected to. This is probably a rogue anti-spyware program which tells you, you have spyware and are in need of scan when in actuality it is infecting your system.
So what is the lesson learned from this… Do not click on anything your not sure of!
So yesterday we decided to head out to Gratis Fest to enjoy some music, beer, and hanging with friends. They also had the best pastry cakes (elephant ears) I have ever had! The real story begins when we got super lost… on the way there… crossing over 2 creek beds… gravel roads turning into a path carved out the side of a hill… where we met a guy on a horse who gave us directions… words can’t possibly describe what happened so enjoy the pictures and video.
