Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Mysterious phenomenon 12111

This panic spread to millions of Internet users worldwide. Popular and harmless "ICQ" (system of rapid text-messaging) in the last 24 hours has become almost the most dangerous "virtual weapon."

The entire fault mysterious interlocutor with digital named "12111", which autocratically appears in lists of contacts. He provoked disturbing and unbelievable rumors: Is this something malicious Internet virus, or - regular promotions new Hollywood movie.

NTV correspondent Vladimir Kobyakov venture to include your computer to gain insight into the situation.

To struggle with the new virus to prepare hundreds of thousands of Russians. News about computer attacks per day overflew the entire Internet. The number 12111 was the main enemy. Most blogs unfolding debate as to defend against the virus.

"That's probably dosidelas I ICQ. Today has contact with the magic number 12111" - outraged the girl.

"A troyanchik, or how it even called? Under number 12111 - the number of ICQ System, which adds a couple of characters password, or thieves," - tells a different user.

"It is already known virus, friend, who works there, said recently broken their base. No need to defer, for almost half a million lost their rooms," - explains the second user.

On the Internet you can even find a detailed description of how a new virus erases information from computers, steals passwords. espokoyno even become specialists from major companies. His staff sends a warning that if you find 12111, then remove it urgently.

Pavel Beskrovny, a system administrator: "panic among Internet users rarely happens, but it is just a case where virtually all started to panic."

Now version and that this large-scale theft of passwords. On the Net meets this type of fraud. For refund password usually require 50 to 100 dollars.

Internet concern aroused program ICQ, as it is also called ICQ. This is one of the most popular service to exchange instant messages. In Russia it has enjoyed more than two million people and nearly 90 percent of them received a new mysterious interlocutor under the pseudonym 12111.

He has already called the frightening number of World Wide Web and intruders. And now, dialing 12111, can be intimidating familiar Internet users. The first started to calm Russian anti-virus laboratory specialists.

Vitaly Kamlyuk, a leading analyst viral Kaspersky Labs: "Yesterday our laboratory warned that no virus for ICQ not. Therefore, we recommend that users not to panic and to take no immediate action."

When it became clear that 12111 still do no harm to anyone, became wonder who is beneficial such panic. On the Internet comes a letter in which the entire accuse filmmaker Timur Bekmambetova. This alleged hidden advertising company his new film.

Bekmambetov already once used during the "viral marketing". He distributed via the Internet movie, in which the camera surveillance withdrawn office revolt. But then confessed that it was merely an advertising move.

Now suspect that Bekmambetov tested a new means of advertising - computer psevdovirus.

Q: "Tell me, the figures 12111 in your movie does not appear?"

Timur Bekmambetov, director: "You know, no, in my opinion, these figures do not. Tam figures appear in the movie, but not these."

Company owner ICQ very late interrupted its silence. At the official site of a small ad: "12111 - this is not a virus."

"This has been done to improve communication with users and move to the new version of our program. We are confident this will only benefit, and you still can easily communicate with anyone and anywhere in the world," - said the report.

Internet users are still discussing the phenomenon of 12111. Someone am sure that this is being implemented by secret weapon against spam, someone proves that the suspect is a technical glitch. But 12111 in any case now will go down in history as a model of Internet panic.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Unknown to frighten contact ICQ users

19 and 20 June for most users of Internet messenger ICQ and compatible with the programmes (including QIP and Adium and mobile clients) in the group-General contact sheet appeared contact ICQ System under the number 12111.

While not known from where and for what purpose appeared 12111. Internetchiki in discussions in forums and blogs suggest that this is the result of attempts en masse to change passwords or steal from others' rooms ICQ. They recommend to remove the contact, and change the password.

Another suggestion users is that the number can be used for mass mailing advertising.

Official explanations for what is happening there is no. Discussions at the forum ICQ show that 12111, most likely came only from Russian users ICQ.


Thursday, June 19, 2008

History Moscow may be obtained on free tours

In the center of Moscow arranged free trips for all comers. Pedestrian tours are conducted from June weekly on Saturdays and Sundays until 14 September at 12.00 CET and 13.00 CET.

Muscovites and the guests will be able to pass the capital, accompanied by a guide on the four tourist routes. One of them on Red Square before the gates of Voskresenskih Moscow River, the other offers a walk on Alexander Garden and Manege Square, the third route runs from the Theatre Square before Lubyanki, then on Nikolskaya Street to the Kremlin and the fourth offers a trip to China city.

Collection of tourists - from administrative tents folk crafts fairs "Souvenirs golden rings" (metro station "Revolution Square")

Monday, June 16, 2008

Resident Krasnoyarsk zatyuningoval his car under this monster.

Resident Krasnoyarsk zatyuningoval his car under this monster. Typically, news commentators mention or dragon lizards. In our view, more monster reminds Chuzhogo known films about ksenomorfov.
 Chrysler PT Cruiser превратился в дракона
If escape from dragons and monsters, it shows that as a basis motorists used the Chrysler PT Cruiser. The price of such models exceed 30 thousand dollars. And now, this tuning, it has become invaluable in general. At least, these photos went around the whole world and now even in California knows that somewhere there, in Russia, living people, which has such a unique machine.
By speaking, neither the name of the owner, nor any other information on the Internet does not mention (even on the Russians resource). One Russian commentator noted that the Chrysler for several years appears in the exhibitions on avtozvuku. And what is even seen her on Gorbushke in Moscow.

Retired from the city of Togliatti assembled car to travel to fishing and hunting.

The car came out noble!
 Пенсионер из Тольятти собрал вездеход
Improvised car weighs only 700 kilograms. Thanks to enormous pressure tyres with Resampler he resembles the famous American vezdehod "BigFoot". But in fact he collected from domestic hubs. According to news agencies, in Togliatti vezdehode of used spare parts from such vehicles as "Zhiguli", "Volga", and UAZ "Oka."
Thus, the engine is taken from the WHA ( "Eight"). The body is made of metal and plywood and polyethylene total. Maximum speed machines - a total of 45-50 km / hr. But thanks to tyres, it can confidently move on sand, snow and even marshes.

In Internet domains will soon appear in Cyrillic

Russia has an excellent chance to make registering domains using Cyrillic. This was at the World Congress of Russian press said Dmitry Medvedev. First Cyrillic domain can register by the end of this year.
"We must do everything we can to be able to achieve assignment of domain names in Cyrillic. This is the symbolic significance of Russian language, and we have good chances to make an appropriate decision" - said Medvedev, replying to a question from participants.
About six months ago Director focal point domain "ru" Andrei Romanov said that it was up to e at a press conference at the end of 2007 reported that the first domain, using the Cyrillic may appear by the end of this year.
He made it clear top-level domain registration in the national languages can be deployed by the end of 2008, and this issue is one of the most acute and urgent in the international community, RIA Novosti.
To avoid confusion, it was, in the Cyrillic segment of the Internet domain will be used "Surf". Now the establishment of such a domain name must approve the Ministry of Communications and Information.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Friday, June 6, 2008

Basics of Orthodox culture instead of Halloween

In Russia at the legislative level has started the struggle for the moral education of the younger generation.

For children and young people planned to introduce a series of prohibitions, which will be implemented "The concept of public policy in the field of spiritual and moral education of children and protect their morals", which on Monday was seen in the State Duma of Russia. This write Kommersant, "Novye Izvestia and Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

The newspaper Kommersant reported that in order to save the young generation of developers prepared five bills and more than a dozen changes to existing laws.

For example, one of which stipulates that all information products - from books and movies to websites and computer games will be divided into age groups. And the other provides for a ban on the manufacture and importation of toys, which "provoke aggression", "simulate the conduct of a sexual nature" and also created "a combination nesochetaemogo psychologically."

This, for example, ledentsy in the form of skeletal or soft toys depicting the bacteria and viruses.

Other legislative initiatives involve the imposition of curfews for students from 22:00 to 06:00. At that time, threatened punishment of children their parents would not be able to appear in public places. A school will not be allowed to observe the "artificially borrowed and not relevant cultural values Russia holidays" - Halloween and Valentine's Day.

"Extreme intolerance developers have shown the concept and is willing to emo (youth subculture, which are characterized by a predominance of black tones in clothing, using pirsing perception of reality and depressive) - Notes" Kommersant. "- On the extent of public danger they equated with skinheads, soccer fans, natsbolam and even anti. "

It is anticipated that the fight against non state will promote a healthy lifestyle, the introduction into school curricula of the "Basics of Orthodox culture" and to the legislative ban on tattoos and body piercing for minors.

Kommersant, citing authors concept writes that many of its provisions gain legal force already in summer 2009.

"With the current younger generation has nothing can be done, it disappeared - quoted in this newspaper about State Duma deputy filmmaker Stanislav Govorukhin. - It is necessary to fall down from those who are now two years, and those who have not yet been born."

A concept has emerged and opponents. "The proposed measures are similar to imitation violent activities - declared" Kommersant "Deputy antiekstremistskogo center SOVA Galina Kozhevnikova. - So skinheads and can not be ready to fight the same way. The result of this fight will be the same - adolescence protest will grow even more, and young people to potyanetsya the entire exclusion, making it even more popular. "

"Much of the bills is forced to motivate children and parents, and this will not work - agrees member coordinating council Minobrnauki Russia Galina Families. - Short, the document needs very serious refinement."

A "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" focuses on the introduction of Russian in schools compulsory subject "Basics of Orthodox culture" (ETR).

"If the bills in question, the State Duma would still be adopted, the military-industrial complex will be subject to the usual type of mathematics, writing or national history," - writes "NG".

In Defence of the introduction of OPK expressed chap Duma Committee on the Family, women and children Elena Mizulina of "Fair Russia". "There is no religion will be explored, and culture" - leads her arguments "NG".

On the other hand, the CPRF faction coordinator Sergei Reshulsky said that he would have difficulty understanding of how the military-industrial complex will be a compulsory subject is introduced, for example, in Dagestan.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Hackers congratulated Bilana "trojan"

Hackers infect official website of the Russian singer Dima Bilan malicious Trojan, warns resource Cnews. Specialists antivirus Infections linked with the victory actor on "Eurovision-2008".

According to Kaspersky Labs, on the front page runs a script Trojan-Clicker.HTML.Iframe.lq, written in Java Script, which calls on the Chinese site xanjan.cn. At this resource runs another script - Trojan-Downloader.JS.ActiveX.bc.

If the user is Bare version browser Internet Explorer, then to his computer installed and runs the Trojan Backdoor.Win32.NoNeed.a. Basic principles of action Trojan programs that they are in one way or another are using the infected computer resources: allow to steal information, to use someone else's traffic, and even a place on your hard drive.

As reported by "New Region", on the night of Sunday Dima Bilan won a long-awaited victory in "Eurovision-2008". He received 272 points, far ahead of Ani Lorak, represent Ukraine and earn 230 points. At the third site located Kalomira Greek singer, she had 218 points.

Life-style online: pathology or spirit of the times?

At the recent conference "Internet and Business Director for Media Studies TNS Gallup Media Ruslan Tagiev led impressive statistics on the number of young people," living "online in Russia: the results of research in 2008, the proportion of active Internet users aged 18 to 24 years in Russia amounts to 74% of the total population in that age category.

In Moscow this figure is already 95%. Annual growth in regular online audience Russia is approximately 14% and steadily increasing.

According to Internet World Stats, the North American youth online is even more of the total: the ages of 18 and 24 years actively uses the Internet 92% of the population.

While the parent community protests against the current situation (young people not days away from the computer, missing in online games, did not communicate with peers, not engage in sports, etc.), one can not help but note the marked ambivalence issues. Indeed, the Internet - is not only endless games, chat rooms and dating sites, but also a great way to get new information, shopping and instant implementation of basic personal gain.

What can benefit young people, the clock "depends" on the Internet?

Apart from the dubious earnings (such as participation in spam mailings or endless visits and registration of accounts at various sites), today RuNet full of opportunities to participate in interesting contests, promotions and games with the material and is worthy of prizes. An example is the promo-site French cigarette brand Gauloises www.svoboda-vsegda.ru.

In July - December 2007 there has been a creative contest copyright video "Freedom always."

Nearly fifteen hundred different prizes, from laptops to mp3-player and graphic map, most endured in an eloquent, talented, unique and active users of the site. The main contest audience - young people aged 18 to 24 years. Are they "missing internetogolikami"? -- Hardly. At sent roller (http://www.svoboda-vsegda.ru/video.php) - parkur, parachute jumps, on trampoline, fishing, traveling and anything except the alleged bleak and attenuate the authors.

This year during the period from June 1 to August 1, Gauloises re-friendly company collects unusual lovers available online in the promo game YOUR FREEDOM FESTIVAL. "

The stakes, as always, are high: this time the participants will race for tickets to one of the most famous music festivals in central Europe Sziget (http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english/). Win an unforgettable trip to Budapest for two will be to gather unique codes with liners of reams of Gauloises and playing interesting games. All visitors to the site will also be required to undergo tests fascinating, unique goodies to download from the Gauloises and watch videos about the author's freedom.

Organizers of the project advised: be open to all new, active and spend time on the internet profitably!

Temptation secret

On the right of Russians to privacy today suffered a new blow. NTV Broadcasting Company has already told about the internet resource from which you can obtain information on virtually any resident of the country - passport data, propiska, income, availability of criminal record. Now the attackers decided to earn this.

Henceforth, any money for the person can receive more information from private databases tax inspection, inspection and enforcement organov.Dannye provided both on individuals and on businesses. Notably, the first complaint of this Internet resource also appeared on the Internet.

For developing the non-virtual scandal followed NTV correspondent Vladimir Sorokin.

Musician Andrew came to a friend's office, including computers, stumbled upon on the site Radarix.com, introduced his name. And then I saw something terrible - just three recordings of themselves.

Andrei Romashkin, musician: "Pro I wrote here that I had to seize weapons. I am here just to receive a recidivist. And if I come to work ustraivaetsya, but employers look at this site. They do not believe me. That is all lzheinformatsiya ".

About scandalous site Radarix.com, which appeared in the Network in early spring, the Internet has already started to forget, but then came news - now sold personal data. For $ 100 you will use the system 20 times. You can ask the name, date of birth and in return receive literally all about the life of this man: passport, propiska, property taxes and data on the work site.

Even when the site appeared, it became known that he issued to a resident of Panama, and the server is located in St. Louis (USA). However, if desired, can be defined and real owners.

Alexei Godunov, an expert on network security: "There are too many exits and a lot of ways to identify and find the owner. Technically, this is not a problem. Apparently, this problem is interaction between law enforcement agencies."

And although Russia and the U.S. special services have already caught together and hackers, and network fraudsters on joint operations against the distributors of personal information not reported anything yet.

The Office "K" Moscow GUVD we stated that until there is a specific person who will come and write the police statement that his rights have been violated, the investigation will not be running. During the three-month existence, the site has outraged the public, but any action that could lead to the closure of the vast archive of personal data, none was never taken.

American lawyers are not ready to start court with those who opened our eyes to the world lives of Russian citizens.

Geri Nissenbaum, a lawyer: "If this information was stolen, then the person who placed it, committed a crime. So, there is a legal way to close the site, but for me is not obvious that these data were obtained illegally."

Creators of the site in person whom no one had ever seen, say - all records in their system were obtained legally. But specialists such a statement seems unlikely.

Alexei Godunov, an expert on network security: "The data on taxes, on offences, antikriminal - they can not be obtained legally through."

The expert on network security Alexei offers another way to combat unsinkable Radarix.com. The network request to view this site or any other server initially treated at the provider. We in the country such major Internet providers that bind the Russian segment of the Network with the rest of the world, not so much.

Together, they could make the site Radarix.com of Runeta was simply unavailable. Technically, this is simply - enough for all attempts to gain access to personal databases refusal to answer.

At the beginning of the year in the State Duma adopted the law on the protection of personal data. Chairman of Committee on Security Vladimir Vasilyev, who also has a Radarix.com all, believes that the Duma has done everything that could, and now it is up to ministries and departments.

Vladimir Vasilyev, chairman of the Russian State Duma committee on security: "We have to bring order regulatory part. And yet at the level of regulations and departmental instructions and orders, and orders. Vzaimodeystvuya, for example, through Interpol, where necessary, put on a place for those who violate the law. "

Musician Andrew robbery in your heart all at the site and decided to write directly to GUVD and the prosecutor. Posted treatment via the Internet. In response came, the news that his statement will consider in due time. Information about the seizure of firearms from a Romashkina during this time from the site did not Radarix.com nowhere. And remove it from there is no possibility.

Nikolay Burov appointed director of the museum "St. Isaac's Cathedral"

Former head of the Committee on Culture Petersburg H ikolay Burov appointed director of State Museum and Monument "St. Isaac's Cathedral, told" Interfax "the press service committee.

Morning Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko said at the regular government meeting that H. Burov relieved of his post of chairman of the committee on culture on their own from 2 June. H and his appointed place Gubankov Anton, who until recently headed the information service GTRK "St. Petersburg".

H. Burov will also be an advisor to the governor.

Previous director of the museum complex ikolay H H agorsky died in January 2008. He worked at the post since 2002 and before that was director of the House of Composers, director of the Palace of Culture theater named S. Kirov, deputy director of Museum "Tsarskoye C ate."

Museum "St. Isaac's Cathedral" - is a large museum complex, multifaceted performing research, exhibition and educational and socio-cultural activities. The complex consists of unique architectural monuments: Samp c onievsky, St. Isaac's and Smolny Cathedral, as well as the temple of the Resurrection of Christ (Christ-on-Blood), the church sacristy resurrection of Christ.

A chamber walls Granovitoy Novgorod Kremlin for the first time being excavated

Novgorod began the first large-scale archaeological excavation at Granovitoy (Vladychnoy) Chamber of Novgorod Kremlin - from the now famous ancient monuments of Russian civil architecture and the easternmost Gothic buildings in the territory of Old Russia. This source told journalists in the Novgorod Center for organizing and archaeological research.
"On Wednesday excavation at the west wall Granovitoy Chamber started srezka ground" - said the representative of the center. According to him, the total excavation area of the west wall chambers will be about 180 square kilometres. meters.