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About 99main and What We Offer
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99main Internet Services is a Norwich, Connecticut based Internet Service Provider, established in 1996. It is our mission to provide fast, reliable and affordable Internet access and technical support to home and business users across Connecticut. If you need more from your ISP, call us today - we do it all! Internet Access, Domain Hosting, E-mail Services, Spam Filtering, Business Class Connections (T1's / Fiber) and Technical Support. We continue to grow by offering solid local service and tech support with no gimmicks, no hidden requirements and no long term contracts. 99main does not "re-sell" services from another provider - we are a local company and the network and bandwidth are our own. We support all operating systems (Windows, Mac, Unix) and any browser or SMTP/POP3 E-mail program you choose. We have dedicated servers for WWW (domain hosting), FTP, DNS, E-mail & Spam Filtering. What does all this mean for your home or business? Better throughput, faster speeds, fewer dropped connections and the best tech support in the area! To find out more about our services, see our Account Options.
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2012 Thursday, July 5 - Malware May Block Thousands From The Internet On Monday, July 9th
Thousands of PCs worldwide may be unable to access the Internet beginning July 9 unless those machines are rid of the pernicious DNSChanger malware that first surfaced in 2007. The Federal Bureau of Investigation helped shut down the criminal ring responsible for DNSChanger in late 2011. The federal agency then briefly handled the Internet Domain Name System routing for all infected Mac and Windows systems. Since early 2012, the Internet Systems Consortium, a nonprofit corporation, took over DNS routing responsibilities from the FBI. But that courtesy is coming to an end Monday, and if your computer is one of the thousands still infected, you need to fix your machine so you can keep getting online. To check whether a computer is infected, users can visit a web site run by the group brought in by the FBI here.
2012 Friday, April 27 - CISPA: What is it and How Would It Affect You?
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is a United States proposed law introduced on November 30, 2011. It was passed in the House of Representatives on April 26, 2012. Prior to the amendments offered during final passage of the bill that would address many Adminstration concerns, President Obama threatened to veto the bill. The bill would allow the voluntary sharing of attack and threat information between the U.S. government and security cleared technology and manufacturing companies in an attempt to ensure the security of networks against patterns of attack. CISPA has been criticized by advocates of Internet privacy and neutrality, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Avaaz.org, because they feel it contains too few limits on how and when the government may monitor private information, and too few safeguards with respect to how the data may be used. They fear that such new powers may be used to find and punish file sharers and copyright infringers rather than the stated foreign spies or hackers. To learn more about this controversial bill and how it may affect you, visit CNET's web site here.
2012 Monday, February 6 - Will Windows 8 be DOA When Released Later This Year?
Windows 8 will be released later this year, and it looks like a completely new operating system. But is the facelift only skin deep or has Microsoft attacked the underlying foundations? Arguably the most controversial pain point of Windows 8 is the new Metro style Start screen and search box, which is Microsoft's new way of starting and managing apps. There are plenty of hard core Windows fundamentalists who will never accept Metro style, or will resist it for some period of time. They’ll just have to deal with it, because the final release of Windows 8 will not include a “classic” option with the Windows 7-style Start menu and search behavior. For more spirited discussion regarding the upcoming release of Microsoft's new operating system, visit ZDNET's web site here.
2011 Thursday, November 17 - Fake Microsoft Office Tool Hides Worm
A piece of malicious code written in Visual Basic, identified by Bitdefender as Win32.Worm.Coidung.B, spreads via Yahoo Messenger pretending to be an Office Genuine Advantage checker, called “office_genuine.exe”. This file has been used by computer owners to check if their Microsoft Office applications were legit, but the tool become obsolete in December 2010, when Microsoft retired the OGA program. However, the name of the file usually associated with a legit tool is enough to trick the user into downloading and executing the worm on their computers. The worm operates fast, disables the Windows Firewall and opens a backdoor to allow a remote attacker to access and control the compromised computer. The end purposes may very well vary from data theft to DoS attacks, or any other illegal usages for a computer that has a remote access Trojan planted on it. You can read more about this new threat at MSNBC's web site here.
2011 Tuesday, September 13 - Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 at Conference Today
This morning, Microsoft officially took the wraps off of Windows 8, unveiling its radically revised new operating system in front of an audience of software developers at its Build Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The operating system, simply titled Windows 8, is a complete rebuild of Microsoft’s flagship product. It is designed to work with both tablets and PCs. At this time there is no targeted release date. You can learn more about some of the features of Windows 8 at MSNBC's web site here.
2011 Tuesday, June 28 - The Google+ Project Has Launched
Google has finally launched its long-awaited social network, the Google+ project. The Google+ network is designed around users' social circles (called +Circles) and lets users selectively share with specific groups within their personal network, rather than sharing with all their social connections at once. The search giant emphasizes Google+'s privacy customizations and hopes that users will choose to use the new service over more established networks like Facebook and Twitter. By granting the user more control over what is shared, how and with whom, Google+ attempts to make the online sharing experience more secure and more personal. In addition to +Circles, Google's network will also let users add interests, video chat in groups, share content via mobile and many more features that should be familiar to social network users. The search giant's new social project will be visible on every Google product, thanks to a complete redesign of the Google navigation bar. The familiar gray bar at the top of every Google page will turn black, and come with several new options for accessing your Google+ profile, viewing notifications and instantly sharing content at any time. The notification system is similar to how Facebook handles notifications, complete with a red number that increases with each additional notice. Google is completing its field trial of the network, which is currently open only to a select few. However, you can visit Google+ to learn more and sign up here.
2011 Thursday, May 26 - Latest Internet Explorer Flaw: Cookiejacking
A computer security researcher has found a flaw in Microsoft Corp's widely used Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access FaceBook, Twitter and other websites. He calls the technique "cookiejacking". Hackers can exploit the flaw to access a data file stored inside the browser known as a "cookie," which holds the login name and password to a web account. Once a hacker has that cookie, he or she can use it to access the same site. The vulnerability affects all versions of Internet Explorer, including IE 9, on every version of the Windows operating system. You can read more about cookiejacking on CNET's web site here.
2011 Friday, March 4 - Mozilla Pepares Firefox 4 Release Candidate
Mozilla has squashed all the bugs in the latest beta for Firefox 4, and is working on a release candidate. Reports suggest Mozilla will unveil the release on March 9th, but the open-source developer hasn't set a firm date. Mozilla reported earlier this week that it would speed up its release cycle, mimicking Chrome's more frequent releases with fewer features. Developers are expecting Firefox 5 to arrive within three months. Read more at the PCWorld web site here.
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