As I continue to enjoy my holidays (while reluctantly welcoming the coming year), it seems that spam, trojans and generally nasty baddies are lurking around and having some fun as well.
If you're one of the lucky/unlucky ones, an email containing a link to uhavepostcard.com with a subject like "New Year Ecard" should be in your inbox/spam folder right now.
Visiting the website seems to be fairly harmless for now, but following the site's instructions is not such a great idea. Especially not when the file they ask you to receive is the infamous Storm worm.
You may think you're safe as you may have heard that antivirus software has since been able to detect the Storm Worm, however, the Storm Worm is able to evolve and change its signature so it'll be some time before newer variants are detected. Which is what this executable happens to be.
Friends don't let friends get infected, so spread the word and stay vigilant.
See more here, here and here.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
At last, the transformation is complete. It has been quite a journey, beginning with this and slowly morphing till it reached this final stage. Seems the eventual theme for this year is a Google Christmas tree, complete with a sprinkling of glittering stars, red and white striped candy and a red bow ribbon. Unsure of what the blue hue in the background is though, but it sure adds to the effect. But I must admit I'm slightly disappointed that there aren't any little stick figures making merry in front of the holiday logo.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Well, well, what have we got here. Butterflies/Fireflies, an uprighted bow ribbon, a fishing figure and a Christmas caroler? Or is he grooving to Christmas tunes instead? The pieces are falling into place and yet I still have no idea what Google is up to. Can't wait to see what's in store tomorrow. Btw, you've heard it before but here it is once again - Merry Christmas!
The end is coming, but what is it?
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Well, it looks like I was partly right, but the rest of my predictions were just plain off target. The construction dude was working on a red ribbon bow, but its companion was not washing the logo. Instead, it was candy coating the red letters. Wonder what their friends are up to with that giant green glass jar. Is something about to happen with the letter l?
What's next?
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Ok, wow. I was totally not expecting this. In case you missed part 1, this was how Google's logo looked like yesterday. Now tell me you had predicted the logo was going to look like this today. The recurring theme this year appears to be two stick figures sporting construction outfits and doing something in general. This time though, they're hard at work instead of just messing about. Suspended by a single wire, one of them is giving the Google logo a good scrub. Its partner appears to be in charge of transforming that red ribbon into a bow. Looks like that red ribbon is in fashion again.
What's coming next?