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Thursday
Jun 5,2008

After almost an hour of trial&error, and non-stop Googling, I was finally able to figure out how to enable outgoing messages using different mails in Outlook with Smart Effing Bro. :)

  • Create a new email account in Outlook and Fill out the user and log-in information.
  • Server Information - You can use your mail server’s default POP and SMTP info. (yep, no need to use smtp.smartbro.net)
  • Click the More Settings option and go to the Advanced tab - configure the SSL and Server Port Numbers like what’s shown on the image below.

Server Port Configuration In Outlook

HACKER ALERT!!!

Saturday
Apr 26,2008

I realized the other night that the Internet is one hell of a scary world, when my Sponsored Reviews account was hacked.

4/25/2008 8:56:45 AM - Staff Reply
Joanna,

The email address we sent out your PayPal payment to is: noval_te@yahoo.com

Sponsored Reviews have always been prompt on payments. I’ve been with them for over a year now and I don’t normally check my account’s payment details page of the programs im involved with.. except when checking when the next payment date would be.

But that experience.. really freaked the shit out of me!

Some hacker changed my paypal email address to noval_te@yahoo.com in time for the payout.. and prolly changed it back again after the payment was already sent to her account.

I don’t know if my account was the only one successfully hacked, coz Sasha’s friend also had a similar case. Her friend’s (Ate Thess) SR account was hacked too, but luckily.. she found out 1 day before payout. that her paypal account was changed.

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Anyhoo.. SR sent me the payment already, and they’re still tracking down who the hell that fukcin hacker is and how he possibly got into the system.

The only clue we have so far, is that.. he’s from the Philippines.

Kababayan ko pa.

Tsk..

Hackers are everywhere. And the only best way for us, internet users to avoid having our accounts hacked is to be careful and always alert about our security.

  • Use strong passwords on your accounts. Not only on SR, but on all programs you’re with, and on all accounts you have.
  • Check your account and payment details from time to time.
  • When using public computers, make sure that you are completely logged out. - Delete the browser’s cookies/private data.
  • You should Install add-ons like Google Toolbar, or Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar as these help identify phishing websites and prevent your computer from being hacked.

PS:

Shout out to James and Ado of Sponsored Reviews:

Biggie Thanks again for the help! Greatly appreciated. :)

Sunday
Mar 23,2008

Yaaaay!!!!! Intra-country transfers via Xoom are now available!

Yez. True!

I just tried sending money to Yhang this afternoon using my Paypal funds for payment.. and was able to get the transaction successfully verified after ages of waiting..

xoomtransfer.JPG

As you can see on the pic.. Yhang and I had to wait for 8 loooong hours before we finally received Xoom’s notification that the money is FINALLY available for pick-up!

Imagine us clicking the reload/refresh button from 2 p.m til 10 p.m.

TEN P.M. ….. NICE!

Kahit ako si ketwoman, di kakayanin ng powers ko ang magcartwheel makahanap lng ng bukas na Cebuana ng alas-diyes ng gabi.


You can write me down in history with hateful, twisted lies, you can tread me in this very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.

-Maya Angelou, poet, educator












 

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