Friday, October 19, 2012

Real Nasty Apps to Avoid

Yesterday, I ran ESET Online Scanner and was surprised when ESET found a threat - YouTube Downloader - that two of my other AVs had already deleted. It was only a 'threat' but the fact that it keeps coming back makes it a major threat that should be destroyed. And again, 2 of these threats came from Cnet downloads

Here's the ESET scan result:
C:\Program Files\Direct YouTube Downloader\nv.exe a variant of Win32/Somoto.A application cleaned by deleting - quarantined
C:\Users\Pocholo Peralta\Downloads\cnet_iecv_zip.exe a variant of Win32/InstallCore.D application cleaned by deleting - quarantined
C:\Users\Pocholo Peralta\Downloads\cnet_setup_listen_n_write_free_1_2_0_2_exe.exe a variant of Win32/InstallCore.D application cleaned by deleting - quarantined
C:\Users\Pocholo Peralta\Downloads\freefileviewer_518.exe a variant of Win32/InstallIQ application cleaned by deleting - quarantined
C:\Users\Pocholo Peralta\Downloads\installfreefileopener_553.exe a variant of Win32/InstallIQ application cleaned by deleting - quarantined
C:\Users\Pocholo Peralta\Downloads\Unlocker1.9.1.exe Win32/Adware.ADON application cleaned by deleting - quarantined
C:\Users\Pocholo Peralta\Downloads\YouTubeDownloaderSetup33.exe a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Widgi application cleaned by deleting - quarantined

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Power of We

I'm taking part in this year’s Blog Action Day so netizens can have the idea of using crowdsourcing for empowering ourselves. That is what The Power of We means to me. http://blogactionday.org/

On-line People Power According to experts, social media has become the main media source for hundreds of millions of people(infographic link below) 
Crowdsourced Disaster Response (CDR) can be used in politics (for both good and bad) and for volunteer public service. And crowdsourcing simply means using social media to ask for support for a particular social event. The best example to me is the live case of Rimsha Masih -- the 9-year-old girl who was framed for blasphemy by a Pakistan Imam and sentenced for execution (link) http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/02/us-pakistan-blasphemy-girl-idUSBRE88101320120902 Before the Imam was caught, Rimsha's father 'crowdsourced' an Avaaz.org petition to save his daughter from execution (link) That's one good example of CDR or crowdsourcing.

Propagandas in Social Media 
Now to the bad examples. iRevolution.net used the ousting of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada as an example of successful Crowdsourced Disaster Response. I'm not saying that iRevolutions example is bad. What I want to say is that the ousting of the former Philippine President was bad crowdsourcing. My proof? The ex-President Arroyo who instigated the rebellion against Estrada was proven more corrupt and was legally impeached for corruption. When ex-President Marcos suffered the same of Estrada, online crowdsourcing didn't exist yet but that is another bad example of people power. I'm still deeply regretting that I was lured to risk my life and join the rebels against Marcos. Filipinos didn't learn from that lesson and repeated with Estrada. iRevolution link Infographic link

Crowdsourcing for Business 
Is Social Media Ruining Marketing? According to Alex Goldfayn, CEO of the Evangelist Marketing Institute, it is. Social media and networking 'has spawned a generation of young professionals who talk instead of listen.' He suggests that they should identify their audience, understand what motivates them, and develop powerful messaging to address those motivations instead.