I’ve had a few site problems whereby my host Site 5, said I was using too many resources and crashing their systems. Naturally, I was appalled. I traced this to a variety of plugins plus some errors in php files which must have arrived either during the periodic updates or during editing. These were errors whereby extra text (either blank space or a carriage return to be precise) were added to the end of the php file, which usually makes it fail. This a is a Google search on the main error I received,
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent … ( This is then followed by error details; usually error on line xx, repeated several times for a variety of xx)
After battling for some time, I just gave up, exported my database key tables (things like posts, comments, etc but omitting plugin inserted tables and the very large options table which I deemed to be very bloated after over five years of continuous WordPress operation…!) and re-installed WordPress as a fresh installation on my server.
Weird Permalink Problem Following Clean Install of WordPress
http://strangelyperfect.tv/%post_id%/victory-or-is-it-victory-jesse-willms-surrenders-all-to-ftc-onslaught/ (error shown in bold)
…which redirected to the homepage of the site, http://strangelyperfect.tv/ This was not what I was expecting! So I played with the slashes, went back to original simple permalink structure, tried some of the suggested structures – and they all worked!
A custom structure of /%postname%/ worked as well, but not the one I wanted and have used for years.
Weird. So naturally, I tried Google.
Permalink Redirection Problem Solved.
There’s a lot on the web about this. Most is about getting .htaccess right with permissions and the code. But mine was okay, as were all the other suggestions to try.
Introduction A few days ago I got hacked. I quickly ripped out a heap of dodgy files left by the hackers but for some days now, Firefox, my browser, while viewing pages on this website, has been saying that it’s “downloading data from tructuyenso.vn… “. .htaccess This, of course, was not actually happening, as I’ve put...
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In preparation for our next release, Spookhouse, I’ve set up a proper shop to sell it! Our intention is to sell everything ourselves via this sole outlet. (Click image for the UK shopping site.)
Kicking off the shop I’ve reworked (…er…shouldn’t that be ‘am in the process of re-working?…) all tracks from the two previous CD issues. Finally I’ve had a decent handle of the articles…
Some have been substantially changed which may upset the purists, my current modus operandi being to imagine myself back then using the current software and equipment I now have at my disposal, then to change the existing 2-track recordings to best fit this basic idea. After all, they’re already in the digital domain – so I may as well try and make them something like how I/we wanted originally, but was thwarted by technology.
In tandem with this, I’ve whipped out some jam and hidden parts in tribute especially to Paul, Jeff & Garry, because this was the core of many creations that appear on those two releases and turned them into something dark and tragic, as that’s how I currently feel about their absence from the planet.
As Steve Jobs once said,
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
All this stuff is competitively priced compared to the muffled output from the usual on-line stores.
Spookhouse
The Spookhouse design is currently being set. Downloads from the CD will be available following the CD release.
Other Items
These will be released, mainly as download, for other artists wanting to contribute to to the Foetus Products collective sound resource. This isn’t a joke. We really mean it folks!
Technical
I’ve set it up using open-source software on the foetusproducts.co.uk domain. All links are secure where they need to be using a SSL Certificate I bought from GoDaddy.com, as they were had a special offer going…! It’s security level is the highest you can get (it uses a 2048 bit key), which means folks should have no qualms about their bank getting raided or whatever if they buy from us.
Users will have a choice of two financial transaction processors – PayPal and Google Checkout for which I’ve set up merchant accounts. They’re ubiquitous and most people are familiar with their operation nowadays. I thought about using Amazon, but they don’t currently process for digital items.
The reason that we’ve gone this route harks back to our (i.e. Crawling Chaos’s) independence of spirit – and because our returns will be on par to going the iTunes route, say, for distribution. We lose about 10% commission in the transaction process compared to a lot more through online download stores.
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Take this for a scam and a half way of fixing the Google search results!
Defrag Search Results
Today I was looking for an old defrag program, but couldn’t remember the name – so I went to Google. That’s the screenshot on the right.
The second result looked promising. After all, the text says,
Anyone know what is currently the best defragmenter for Windows 7 x64 64 bit, and why? Does it have any problems?
News 9 Today (news9today.org)
News9 Today
Unfortunately, tehparadox.com is not all it seems. The page actually referenced is http://tehparadox.com/forum/f85/best-defragmenter-windows-7-x64-64-bit-452359/, which looks kosher enough, but it has nothing at all to do with disc defragmenters, and everything to do with get rich quick schemes!! (That is a screenshot on the left).
It’s like all the other fake news sites that we’ve seen recently, except in this case, the whole meta data of the website is built to deceive the search engines!
For instance, the title stays in the browser tabs, saying,
name=”keywords” content=”Best,defragmenter,Windows,7,x64,64,bit, Best defragmenter for Windows 7 x64 64 bit?, downloads,free,resources,online,sharing,community,movies,games,720p,1080p,anime,applications,music,tv shows,e-books,comic books,discussions,warez,dvdr,rapidshare,megaupload,netload,hotfile,fileserve,filesonic”
name=”description” content=”Anyone know what is currently the best defragmenter for Windows 7 x64 64 bit, and why? Does it have any problems? Or should I just use the default one that comes with Windows 7? Thanks.”
Well, they’re hidden of course. You should know what I think of businesses that choose to be anonymous, but to repeat, I think they’re shite. See ‘http://whois.domaintools.com/home-online-jobs.org for their “details”.
You see in the screenshot that the top advert is a “Google Is Hiring” scam advert? Where does it go?
A. Well http://www.news9today.org/home-online-job-positions/?tid=hojab6 of course!
Conclusion
Somehow the browser has been redirected from the Google search page to the header advert from the tehparadox website. This could be SQL injection or a bug in their server or my browser setup.
Whatever, this really stinks, and it’s a new thing to be wary about.
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These posts are all related either by Robert Allen and/or the email and websites that advertise products like his and others. To me, they are all scum, although they may not be actually related.
Facebook Advert
Facebook Ad for Robert Allen
Today I got a depressingly familiar advert on my Facebook homepage. This is it here on the left.
echo-news.co.uk version
On checking with TinEye, I found at least one other example of the image at http://www.echo-news.co.uk/resources/images/656796/ which is the one on the right.
Call me mad, but isn’t there something wrong about the three components of the image – the house, car and bloke – they just don’t look right!
I now followed throughon the link to see what my 2011 Deam Lifestyle would be like…..
Fake News Site at wbcnewsonline.com
Is Working Online At Home The Next Gold Rush
This news site is called “News11 Today” and is notable for the complete absence of the French newsreader Melissa Therieau! This is the full screen grab on the right.
It has the tagline:
“Is Working Online At Home The Next Gold Rush”
Unfortunately, the image and caption at the top right of the fake news site have this extract, which I’ve shown on the here below:
News11 blatant Google Lie
News11 blatant Google Lie
And it is a blatant lie!
To para-quote;
“Google have NOT opened their doors and are NOT allowing the public to post links from the comfort of their homes on THEIR website.”
In fact Google have always had a pretty open door policy and allow anyone to post adverts for search or display adverts on their own website for fees. They have always done it!!!
It’s what they do.
Google is an advert sponsored search engine!!!
It’s how they make their money!
Advert Link – the real monkey.
The whole point of the fake news site “News11 Today” is the promotion of a single advert which they claim is for:
Regular readers of these pages will not be surprised to learn that this “business” hides their identity (see my opinion on hidden identity here) – see WHOIS link
And knowledgable and wise internet folk will also not be surprised that the link takes you to a typically gaudy Get-Rich-Quick website, prototing the dubious merits of Robert Allen. This time it is called… wait for it (drumroll)…
Home Wealth Package
Home Wealth Package - 1st page
The actual URL (after a redirect from http://wbcnewsonline.com/business/read-more.php) is http://apply.robertallenswealthpackage.com/?hop=rgamedia&c1=467659339&c2=400444 and it looks like the screenshot on the left.
Amazingly, there are only 5 places remaining! (This dubious sales tactic is everywhere on the web as well as normal retail – this post I wrote over two days and in the morning there were still 5 places remaining, gosh.)
Now obviously, this is a pile of poo. But when you try to leave you get:
“The begging prompt” – see here:
Please Don't Go!
You will notice that the cakground has changed….? This is because the page has redirected to another one already! It’s:
..which means that trying to close the crap, qualifies me for an e-e-e-even more special offer that allows me to earn up to £379 per day (actually, I won’t get out of bed for less than £380 a day, so they’ve failed on that one). This is the full page on the left.
An analysis of the page shows the same “loadsa money” girl from the Google Treasure Chest templates and I even spotted one iStockPhoto in the guise of the couple called “Jane & Jeremy C – Liverpool, UK”.
But check the bottom of the page – they carefully state in the smallest font known to mankind that,
Photos used are Not of actual customers.
Well that’s alright then.
Another thing that is obviously alright as it obviously does not seek to decieve is the disclaimer in tiny font at the bottom that states,
Home Wealth Package is not associated with CNN, People and TIME
…despite the prominently displayed logos at the top of the page. This behaviour also occurred on the first landing page. See two screenshots below.
This is a common pattern of behaviour for these scam get-rich-quick websites – they almost always have huge random logos of reputable internet businesses which are then diclaimered away in tiny printy at the botoom of the page.
Sign Up & Start Earning! Rush My Order!
Handily there’s still five “positions” remaining…. Better get one fast, eh? Clicking the nice large buttons takes me to this screen, where the logo disclaimer is now noticable by its absence!
Home Wealth Package - signup start
Please note the text at the bottom which states “We respect your privacy and will not rent or share your information with anyone.” – - This is NOT what happened when I did this previously (see links at beginning of this post). At that time my email address was mercilessly spread around like confetti!
Get Started Now!
Click Bank Payment Form
Clicking that button takes me to the Click Bank form where I would normally pay my £19.97.
At this point I left but consider what Robert Allen and his marketteers now have, even though I haven’t bought anything…?
They have my name.
They have my phone number.
They have my email address.
Fortunately, I gave my name as Mystic Meg, my phone number is that of Scotland Yard and my email address is my spam harvester.
But for anyone else suckered into this tissue of lies, they’d now be open to even more spam as an absolute minimum.
Co-incidence?
Co-incidentally with my observance of the Facebook advert, I got some email spam this morning onto a little-used email address that wanted to sell me email spam lists by profession! It looks like the start of a new campaign.
This is it with my email xxxx-ed out:
Return-path: <[email protected]>
Envelope-to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Delivery-date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:07:23 -0600
Received: from smtp.sernam.cl ([163.247.58.25] helo=mail.sernam.cl)
by junction.site5.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128)
(Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
id 1PUplC-00085r-Ol
for xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:07:22 -0600
Received: from dockside (66.197.135.92) by mail.sernam.cl (192.168.254.106)
with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.436.0; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:04:21 -0300
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [rft 20] : dentist mailing lists
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
From: rule <[email protected]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:04:21 -0300
Received-SPF: None (CorreoCas2.sernam2k.cl: [email protected]
does not designate permitted sender hosts)
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