Good IT Information: Watch Out for More Facebook-Transmitted Worms

March 26th, 2009

We stay up with not only technology, but with what is what in social networking. I feel it is important as that is how most people are connecting with clients and prospects. Well, Karl Logue A good friend of mine that is a big wig over at CMIT Solutions sent me one of their articles about a Facebook worm, so I wanted to pass the good information along to you guys as well.

“In the computer security industry, it’s a well-known fact that hackers and malware makers tend to go wherever the users go. That means that these days they go to social networking sites like Facebook: in the addition to high traffic, social networking sites offer up a treasure trove of personal information that hackers are constantly looking for new ways to unlock. According to a recent news report, Facebook dealt with five different security threats in the space of a week. One of the most serious threats is the Koobface worm, which surfaced in two major attacks last year and is now back for more. 

Once downloaded, the worm searches for cookies left on the user’s machine by social networks. It uses these cookies to connect to the site and find the user’s friends, and then sends them a message telling them to download a video.  People often click the link to the video because they tend to trust their friends and are too tempted by the promise of entertainment to resist. Of course, what they end up downloading isn’t a video at all — it’s Koobface. In addition to the Koobface worm, Facebook is also battling four new applications that attempt to get users to reveal their usernames and passwords. Facebook now has over 175 million users, and more people sign up every day to connect to friends, family, and work colleagues. If you’re one of them (and you probably are), just remember that the same good habits you learned for surfing the Web and handling email apply when you’re on Facebook as well. Keep your security software updated, don’t download unnecessary applications or plugins, and don’t ever trust a suspicious link.

Still worried about viruses, worms, spyware, and other Internet threats? CMIT Solutions can help. Our Marathon service automatically runs regular system scans and anti-virus updates.”

We here at Revolution Web Studios, hope you found this article helpful and if you did please leave us a comment here on our blog. Have a nice day.

 

By Jeremy Thompson 

About the poster: Jeremy Thompson is CEO and an Interactive Web & E-Commerce Consultant for Revolution Web Studios, consulting on web technologies for small business. You can reach him via email at Jeremy@revolutionwebstudios.com 

Article Provided By Karl Logue 

About the article provider: Karl Logue, MSOLE, President of CMIT Solutions of West Austin. Served as a programmer analyst at Dell, Inc. for sixteen years as architect, project manager and team lead in a variety of international projects, leading projects in Malaysia, India, Europe, Mexico and Australia. Karl graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. Edward’s University with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication and completed his Master of Science Organizational Leadership and Ethics from St. Edward’s University in Dec. 2007. In addition to his educational background, Karl is licensed in administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and actively provides MBTI consulting in the Austin area. You can view their site at CMIT-West Austin

Say What?

March 1st, 2009

Dear World, 

Revolution Web Studios will provide website hosting for only $5 for any website that we build for a church or ministry that is Christ centered for as long as it is on our servers. We will also provide hosting at NO CHARGE for every website that we build for any non-profit organization that helps battered women or child abuse. Please contact us at 877.814.5422 or email info@revolutionwebstudios.com.

Kindest Regards,
Jeremy Thompson
CEO
www.revolutionwebstudios.com

What can revolution Web Studios do for your business.

January 2nd, 2009

What we do here at Revolution Web Studios which has been very beneficial to business owners that we work which starts with our production system and how we nail every detail down affectively and efficiently while keeping budget in mind.

Below is some information that I have provided to detail how we work and what we do. Give us a call at (877) 814 -5422 for a quote on what we can do for your business.

Design Structure

The first thing we do is develop the main structure of the website to fit your business. A structure that will make it easy for your customers and employees to use and find the information or product they need. We have a company policy that we put into every website we develop and that is KISS (Keep It Simple Simon). The less complicated the website is to use the more business you will do, that’s just common sense that we follow here at Revolution Web Studios. We have over 40 thousand design structures that you can look through to see and get an idea of how you want your navigation and site structure set up. We are not a template company we just use these design structures to help clients visualize what their website can look like. We can use a combination of these from different structures as well. http://www.revolutionwebstudios.com//website-design-options.html

Custom Graphics

The Second things we do is customize all the graphics for your website to give the kind of impression that you want your customers to have when they come into your website. We take your vision and passion mixed with the kind of impression you want your company to give off on the web and create a powerful graphical presence for your website. Graphics that cause people to take action, action in buying, action in contacting you, etc…

CMS putting YOU in control!

Then what we do with every website Revolution Web Studios builds is add a Content Management System. This is what has made us popular and has been the deciding factor in business owners and companies going with us to develop their website solution for their businesses. Our Content Management System will allow you to update each page on your website very easily with our custom online website editor. As long as you or whoever you put in charge of updated information on your site knows how to POINT, TYPE, and CLICK you have it made. We provide this as away to make it easy for any business to be able to update, edit, or change their website anytime. Why spend hundreds or thousands of precious company funds to a web master to do updates for a business they do not have passion for. Now you will have the control and power with Revolution Web Studios supporting you. We do free training and support for you and your staff.

Ecommerce, Online Shopping Cart

RWS Shopping Cart offers a lot of Features, some of the standard Features are listed here.

General Features

  • Capable of using Secure Sockets Layer (https) Encryption (128-bit)
  • Flexible Tax Models
    • Model 1: Ship To Address-based Tax Calculation
    • Model 2: Store Address-based Tax Calculation
  • Shoppers can manage their User Accounts (registration required)
  • Shipping Address Management (Customers can enter their own Shipping Addresses)
  • Order History: Shopper can view all their previous Orders (and Order Details)
  • Order Confirmation Mail (customizable!) is sent to Shopper and Store Owner

Product Catalog Features

  • Powerful Web-Administration Interface (JavaScript-powered)
  • Manages an unlimited Number of Products and Categories
  • Can be used as a Shop or just as an Online-Catalog (you can even turn off Price Display)
  • Quick Search for Products, Categories and Manufacturers; filter by features or discounted Products
  • Product Ratings & Testimonials (moderated or auto-published)
  • Feature specific Products by setting them “on special”
  • Product Availability: show how fast a Customer can expect delivery
  • Handles downloadable Products (virtual Goods)
  • “Product is back in Stock”-Notification for subscribed Customers

Administration Features 

  • Multiple Images and Files (like Spec Sheets and Flyers) per Product
  • Product Attributes (like Size or Color) can be added to Product
  • Product Types for Classification (like “Car”, “Motorbike” or “Music Album”)
  • Shopper Groups for Customers (allows different Price Levels and Payment Options),
  • Multiple Prices per Product (Quantity-based and/or Shopper Group-based Prices)
  • Flexible Price Display (number & currency formatting; including or excluding tax)
  • Shop Statistics / Control Panel with a Summary of new Customers, new Orders….
  • Stock Level Control for Products and Item
  • Order Management with Order History, Customer Notification and Order Edit Functionality
  • Basic Reporting Feature: sold Items, monthly/yearly Revenue
  • Order Status Management

Payment Modules

  • Capable of live Credit Card Processing
  • Pre-defined Payment Gateways like authorize.net®, PayPal, 2Checkout, eWay, Worldpay, PayMate and NoChex

Shipping Modules

  • Flexible Shipping Carriers and Rates Configuration
  • Live-Shipping Rates using Shipping Modules (e.g. InterShipper, UPS, USPS, or FedEx.

By Jeremy Thompson 

About the poster: Jeremy Thompson is an Interactive Web & E-Commerce Consultant for Revolution Web Studios, consulting on web technologies for small business. You can reach him via email at Jeremy@revolutinwebstudios.com