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Archive for December 16th, 2010

This site contains no malware.

Posted by Xeno on December 16, 2010

Here’s the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for this site.

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=xenophilius.wordpress.com
Plug in other sites after the “=” if you doubt they are safe… but still be careful.

I just discovered that Bushwacked.net, a Sacramento web site ranking site I’ve had my banner on for years, is listed  tonight as hosting malware:

Of the 2 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-12-15 …
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including toolbarinc(dot)com

I’ll let the owner of the site know so he can get it fixed.

Posted in Technology | 2 Comments »

Russian ethnic riots: Hundreds arrested in Moscow

Posted by Xeno on December 16, 2010

Police block Moscow's Manezh Square outside the KremlinMore than 800 people have been arrested in central Moscow in an attempt to prevent further ethnic clashes over the shooting of a football fan, police say.

The arrests came as groups of youths, many shouting nationalist slogans, gathered near a Moscow train station.

The death of a Moscow Spartak fan, allegedly in a fight with North Caucasians, has prompted riots and attacks targeting ethnic minorities.

Dozens more people were reportedly detained in other Russian cities. …

via BBC News – Russian ethnic riots: Hundreds arrested in Moscow.

Posted in Crime, Politics | Leave a Comment »

 
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