The summer event, Movies in the Park, movie this week is "Tale of Despereaux"
The movie is rated PG.
Start time for the movie is 9:00pm on Friday, July 3rd, 2009.
The movie and popcorn are free. Other concessions are available, also.
Remember to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit and no pets, please!
SPONSORS
This week's movie is sponsored by Medicap Pharmacy.
The popcorn is sponsored by Medicap Pharmacy.
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory NC .
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310 .
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Copyright© 2009 Movies in the Park, July 3rd, 2009: Newton, NC by Roger A. Johnson
Hey! I just had the pleasure of spending most of my evening fighting with this new malware/virus called Antivirus System Pro. Oh Yay me!! I say new, but it's really just an updated, and nastier version of Antivirus Pro, System Pro and others with similar names that some hackers have created. Joy!
It's easy to determine if you've got Antivirus System Pro or not. It's all over your computer! You'll immediately be hit with a splash page that says something like this: "Your PC has been infected. Running scan NOW!" with continuing pop-ups about your PC being infected and that a virus/trojan horse is trying to access your files.
It's all bogus. If you try to get on the Internet, you will get a screen that says something like "cannot connect to website. Malicious site detected." What's even better, though, is about every 2 minutes or so, you will be redirected to some....mmm...let's say, less than family-friendly sites. Joy, Joy!
Oh, by the way, this can be picked up just about anywhere, too. I personally got mine from clicking on a link in my Twitter feed. Simply love those tinyurl makers, don't you?
The purpose of this malware is two-fold. First, it attempts to get you to pay them for the "complete" software to remove all of your "infected" files. Second, it attempts to collect any data that it can from you and your PC. It's VERY IMPORTANT for you to remove it as fast as possible.
If you get online to search for a way to remove it (and you'll have to either do that from another PC or reboot yours into safe mode with networking on), many of the removal sites are almost as bad as the malware itself, forcing you to pay for the removal. Luckily, I went through this first.
So, if you are unfortunate enough to have the malware (and if you don't, download this NOW while you can), you want to get Malwarebytes Anti-malware. If you like it, you can upgrade to the paid version, but the free version will get the job done for now. Once it's downloaded and installed, run it, check for updates and do a FULL system scan. You will need to reboot and you may have to run it more than once (just to be safe), but it did an excellent job of removing the problem (and a couple more I didn't know I had either). Highly recommended.
Running an anti-virus program and having anti-malware software already installed will help, but doesn't guarantee that you're worry free. One of the best ways to prevent another instance of this happening is to block the websites that promote it. The following websites should be completely blocked:
It should go without saying, but DO NOT try to go to these websites!!!
This easiest way to block a site when using Firefox is to download the add-on Blocksite. You can add websites to it that you do not wish to ever connect to again. Blocksite also blocks hyperlinks to those websites as well, so it's difficult to be tricked into clicking on them.
Depending on your version, this may be a little different, and I'm not an IE user, so here it goes anyway. Click on the Tools tab, then Internet Options. From there, click on the Contents tab, then enable the Contents Advisor. Then click on Approved Sites tab and enter the URL address of the website you want to block and hit on the Never tab. Hit the OK or Apply button. You'll be asked to enter a password and it's all done.
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory NC .
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310 .
Nothing has been "officially" announced on this yet, but several of the tech blogs are already reporting this as a done deal, but the Maiden Town Council, the Catawba County Board of Commissioners and the county’s Economic Development Corp. have already setup a date of next Monday, July 6th, at the Maiden Recreation Center to make a public announcement which "will probably involve a new industry coming to Maiden,” according to the Maiden mayor.
The iDataCenter will bring at least 50 new, high-paying jobs to the area. I know that this doesn't sound like a major job source, but new industry tends to bring much more than just the jobs it directly creates.
Apple is planning on spending over $1 billion dollars over a 9 year period. The North Carolina Department of Commerce projects that this site will create more than 3000 new jobs in the area.
This is another good move by the county planners to help get our local economy back on track and also to help broaden our area's job base.
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory NC .
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310 .
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Copyright© 2009 Apple iDataCenter coming to Maiden NC by Roger A. Johnson
Man, I've simply have got to quit paying attention to any political news! I really do try to stay away from any political issues, and here I'm doing my second one this month. But this one was simply too much for me.
Governor Perdue pleads with the public and the General Assembly to do what it can to help "cut the fat" from the NC budget, which is facing a $4.7 billion dollar short-fall and NOT to cut funding for education. This is a great idea, Bev! Only problem is I didn't see you speaking out about protecting the NC education system 2-3 weeks ago. If you missed it, Governor Perdue (and you may have since you were using government funds to fly around various cities promoting your tax hikes), that's exactly WHEN they started cutting all those teachers and assistants positions.
And was saving the NC educational system on the fore-front of your thinking when you stole some 88 million dollars from the NC Educational Lottery Fund? Have you thought that you could start "saving" the system by repaying that?
$4.7 billion sounds like a lot of money, but with a proposed $21 Billion budget, there's room for improvement. As you said, Governor, you have to cut the fat. There's a lot of fat to be cut before the budget becomes A-1 certified, that's for sure. There are a lot of proposed pay cuts and job cuts, but I don't see any for the politicians in there.
It just really gets to me when politicians try to play the sob story to us "dumb" voters. But you're not dumb, and you can decide for yourself.
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory , NC .
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson @century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310 .
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Copyright© 2009 NC Governor Perdue Calls on the People to Protect Public Education by Roger A. Johnson
The summer event, Movies in the Park, movie this week is "Charlotte's Web"
The movie is rated PG.
Start time for the movie is 9:00pm on Friday, June 26th, 2009.
The movie and popcorn are free. Other concessions are available, also.
Remember to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit and no pets, please!
SPONSORS
This week's movie is sponsored by the People's Bank.
The popcorn is sponsored by St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
LOCATION
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory NC .
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310 .
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Copyright© 2009 Movies in the Park, June 26th, 2009: Newton, NC by Roger A. Johnson
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