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	<title>My lucky number 13 &#187; General</title>
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	<description>A blog about my life experiences including personal matters and professional career. Thoughts and ideas about what I like and what I know. Probably wondering why I chose the thirteen? Since 13 is my lucky number, I organize my blog around this number.</description>
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		<title>AntiSpywareMaster atack</title>
		<link>http://www.134u.com/antispywaremaster-atack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Bajenaru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, while I was working peacefully at my computer, I was suddenly bombarded with a lot of popups, telling me that my computer is very infected with a lot of trojans, spyware, malware, malicious code and other. My desktop has become red with an ugly, red, big mug in the center. A [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago, while I was working peacefully at my computer, I was suddenly bombarded with a lot of popups, telling me that my computer is very infected with a lot of trojans, spyware, malware, malicious code and other. My desktop has become red with an ugly, red, big mug in the center. A program came from nowhere and called AntiSpywareMaster scans my computer but when I push the remove button, it asks me to buy it. Fortunately, I was still able to use my computer, so I&#8217;ve searched on Google for AntiSpywareMaster to see how effective it was for cleaning my computer. And here is what I&#8217;ve found:</p>
<p>AntiSpywareMaster is a rogue anti spyware infection whose intent is to fool the user into believing that their system is infected with various viruses. AntiSpywareMaster is typically downloaded through video codecs on some less than desirable sites. AntiSpywareMaster comes complete with a compelling spyware search tool that runs a fake system scan of your system on its own. Upon running, AntiSpywareMaster will prompt the user to download and pay for a full license copy in order to remove the infections. DON&#8217;T BUY IT! AntiSpywareMaster displays infections that are false and do not exist. Here are some screenshots:<br />
<center><img src="http://www.134u.com/images/fig1.gif" alt="" /><br />
<img src="http://www.134u.com/images/fig2.gif" alt="" /><br />
<img src="http://www.134u.com/images/fig3.gif" alt="" /></center></p>
<p>Many people have buyed it and said that the application didn&#8217;t do anything. It&#8217;s a worthless application, created just for trick you.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve found on the internet some programs which pretend they remove this application from your computer, but they require buying a license. So I don&#8217;t know how trustful they are.</p>
<p>The only thing you have to do is to remove manually this malware from your computer. I&#8217;ve found 2 methods and I give here the links, because these methods are too long to display here entirely.</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> On the first method you must stop the process from Task Manager, to find some files called AntiSpywareMaster.exe, AntiSpywareMaster7.3.exe, or the same with .dll extension and to remove them and also you have to remove some registry keys. You can <a href="http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-antispywaremaster-7-3">see here detailed instructions</a>.</p>
<p>Of course, in my case, I didn&#8217;t found any of the AntiSpywareMaster file, and my Task Manager didn&#8217;t worked anymore. It says that &#8220;Task Manager was disabled by administrator&#8221;. Though the application was still running in my computer, because more and more popups have coming and saying that my computer is infected. So I&#8217;ve searched for another method.</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> Here is <a href="http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic58138.html">a detailed removal process in 15 steps</a>. You must follow all of these steps and do exactly what they told you to do. It’s a long process, but it worth the effort. Finally, after 2 days and a night while I was struggling with this malicious program, at step 10 I was get rid of it. I&#8217;ve followed all the rest of the steps though, to be sure that everything its ok.</p>
<p><strong>In conclusion</strong>, my advices are:<br />
1. Don&#8217;t download anything from a site you don&#8217;t trust it!<br />
2. Don&#8217;t buy AntiSpywareMaster program!</p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975352199?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=mylucknumb13-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0975352199">Starting a Successful Business on the Internet (On-line Business Education, Volume 1)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mylucknumb13-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0975352199" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></p>
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		<title>Free Web Directory &#8211; 134u.net</title>
		<link>http://www.134u.com/free-web-directory-134unet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.134u.com/free-web-directory-134unet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Bajenaru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free web directory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simonne and I have launched a new Free Web Directory on 134u.net. It&#8217;s a girl-edited directory, so it will be free of spam and other crap.

You are invited to submit your blogs and sites. We have a special category for Blogs, a special category for non-English sites, called Regional, as well as a lot of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.alltipsandtricks.com/">Simonne</a> and I have launched a new <a href="http://www.134u.net/">Free Web Directory</a> on 134u.net. It&#8217;s a <em>girl-edited</em> directory, so it will be free of spam and other crap.<br />
<center><a href="http://www.134u.net/"><img style="padding: 20px;" src="http://www.134u.com/images/134unet.jpg" alt="Free Web Directory" /></a></center></p>
<p>You are invited to submit your blogs and sites. We have a special category for Blogs, a special category for non-English sites, called Regional, as well as a lot of other categories.</p>
<p>On the listing pages there are displayed the site&#8217;s thumbshots and the site&#8217;s PRs.<br />
<center><a href="http://www.134u.net/"><img style="padding: 20px;" src="http://www.134u.com/images/134unet-list.jpg" alt="Free Web Directory" /></a></center></p>
<p>We have already about 1000 sites approved. The submission is completely free and the approval process is very fast.</p>
<p>We work hard to obtain some PR to the next Google update, so if you want a one-way-backlink, feel free to <a href="http://www.134u.net/submit.php">submit your sites to our free web directory</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975352199?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=mylucknumb13-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0975352199">Starting a Successful Business on the Internet (On-line Business Education, Volume 1)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mylucknumb13-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0975352199" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></p>
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		<title>My domain is for sale! What?</title>
		<link>http://www.134u.com/my-domain-is-for-sale-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Bajenaru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had the unpleasant surprise to find out that my blog is for sale. What ?!?!    
I&#8217;ve searched 134u on DomainsBot and I saw that 134u.com is for sale, though last week it was reserved.

Now, you don&#8217;t have to think that I verify or search for my domain every week [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night I had the unpleasant surprise to find out that my blog is for sale. What ?!?!  <img src='http://www.134u.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif' alt=':shock:' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve searched <a href="http://www.domainsbot.com/results.aspx?q=134u&#038;com=1&#038;net=.4&#038;org=.3&#038;bid=0&#038;backorder=0&#038;f=nhb">134u on DomainsBot</a> and I saw that 134u.com is <em>for sale</em>, though last week it was <em>reserved</em>.</p>
<p><center><img style="padding-bottom: 20px;" src="http://www.134u.com/images/134u-for-sale-1.jpg" alt="" /></center></p>
<p>Now, you don&#8217;t have to think that I verify or search for my domain every week  <img src='http://www.134u.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' />   Just wanted to find other domains which include <em>134u</em> &#8220;word&#8221;.</p>
<p>So my domain is for sale on Sedo and Afternic. On Sedo there is no much information, but on Afternic, there are a few.</p>
<p><center><img style="padding-bottom: 20px;" src="http://www.134u.com/images/134u-for-sale-2.gif" alt="" /></center></p>
<p>As you can see, there is a seller (Netrian) and you can make a minimum offer: $500. Wow! What a valuable domain I have!</p>
<p>Of course, I cannot contact Netrian unless I&#8217;m a paid member. And I don&#8217;t want to pay anything just to say something &#8220;sweet&#8221; to him.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve contacted my hosting provider and they said that the domain cannot be selling because it is not expired and it is registered through them, so there is nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Just a small note: I&#8217;ve never intended to sell my domain, neither my blog.</p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975352199?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=mylucknumb13-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0975352199">Starting a Successful Business on the Internet (On-line Business Education, Volume 1)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mylucknumb13-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0975352199" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></p>
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		<title>Surprise!</title>
		<link>http://www.134u.com/surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.134u.com/surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Bajenaru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember that I&#8217;ve promised a surprise last week? Well, the surprise is online and running. And I hope you will like it.
Simonne and I have launched a new project, EzMoneyOn.Net, about making money online. Oh, please don&#8217;t leave this post right now     Even if you think the bloggosphere is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you remember that I&#8217;ve promised a surprise last week? Well, the surprise is online and running. And I hope you will like it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alltipsandtricks.com/">Simonne</a> and I have launched a new project, <a href="http://www.ezmoneyon.net/">EzMoneyOn.Net</a>, about making money online. Oh, please don&#8217;t leave this post right now  <img src='http://www.134u.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':grin:' class='wp-smiley' />   Even if you think the bloggosphere is full of <em>making money online</em> blogs, we think that we can present those sorts of things better. And more understandable. </p>
<p>Some of the <em>making money online methods</em> have been tried by us, some of them will be tried as we go, and the process will be published on EzMoneyOn.Net. As we have some results with these methods, we will present you the case studies, so you can choose what way suits better to your blog.</p>
<p>We would like you to visit our young project, and to tell us what you think about it. And about the design, either, which is created by us.</p>
<p>If you like EzMoneyOn.Net from what we have written until now, you can follow our future articles by subscribing to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/EzMoneyOnNet">RSS Feed</a> or <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1568023&#038;loc=en_US">by Email</a>.</p>
<p>I really like to read your opinions about EzMoneyOn.Net, here or there.</p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975352199?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=mylucknumb13-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0975352199">Starting a Successful Business on the Internet (On-line Business Education, Volume 1)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mylucknumb13-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0975352199" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></p>
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		<title>Did I miss something?</title>
		<link>http://www.134u.com/did-i-miss-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Bajenaru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think I must make a new category with rhetorical questions.
I&#8217;ve submitted my blog to Blog Explosion for about 4 months ago. I understood that there were some changes and the new team has to review a large amount of blogs submitted. But I didn&#8217;t expect, not for a minute, that my blog will be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I must make a new category with rhetorical questions.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve submitted my blog to Blog Explosion for about 4 months ago. I understood that there were some changes and the new team has to review a large amount of blogs submitted. But I didn&#8217;t expect, not for a minute, that my blog will be declined. And the reason?</p>
<blockquote><p>Sorry your blog has been declined at BlogExplosion as we are no longer accepting blogs that primarily contain advertising, or promote business opportunities.</p></blockquote>
<p>Did I miss something? If I search deeper in my blog, I have 7 paid posts out of 105 posts and a few affiliate links on my sidebar. </p>
<p>Another one:</p>
<p>Three months ago, someone has reviewed my blog on LinkRefferal. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p> This was an okay Blogger. I like the name you have, and also that you made your own header graphic for it. Do you work for blogger? I got the sense that your blog was about advertising for them, as opposed to your &#8220;personal&#8221; blog. Why do you want traffic to your personal blog? other than your personal friends and what not? what is there on your blog (other than ads and promotion of blogger) that would want someone to come back to read? whats the theme? Just a question I had. Good luck with your blogger.. </p></blockquote>
<p>He didn&#8217;t even bother to read more carefully my blog to see that I refer to <em>blogger</em> as a person who writes on a blog. And until this review, I didn&#8217;t even hear about Blogger.com  <img src='http://www.134u.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>I hate when someone superficially misjudges my work!</p>
<p>Has something like that happened to you? What did you feel about that?</p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975352199?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=mylucknumb13-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0975352199">Starting a Successful Business on the Internet (On-line Business Education, Volume 1)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mylucknumb13-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0975352199" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></p>
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