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Microsoft Windows 2008 Launch Event in Seattle

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Adhost invites you to join us at the Microsoft Server & Tools 2008 Launch “Heroes Happen Here” event on April 1 in Seattle. Microsoft is launching three powerful new products to make it even easier for you to be an IT hero at your company. Attend the Seattle event to learn how—then leave with a launch giveaway kit that includes versions of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008. And be sure to stop by our booth in the exhibitor expo.

The event is sold out to the public but they have saved some spots for customers of their partners. Space is limited - register today at http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=126636

posted by Amy R 2:44 pm March 12, 2008
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Windows Server 2008 Hosting Launch

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Today is the official launch of Windows Server 2008. According to our sources at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is using a quote from Adhost’s very own Mike Graves during his keynote speech at the Los Angeles Convention Center today. The quote is from a case study interview we did about our experience as a beta hoster for Windows Server 2008. Learn more about our Windows Server 2008 dedicated servers and Windows Server 2008 hosting packages.

posted by Amy R 1:08 pm February 27, 2008
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Search Marketing Expo West

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The first ever Search Marketing Expo West will be held in Santa Clara, CA on Feb. 26-28. Whether you’re new to search engine marketing or an expert, you’ll find plenty of sessions to choose from and an exhibition hall full of the leading vendors in the search marketing world. Many of the big names in the field will be speaking at the conference: Danny Sullivan, Chris Sherman, Matt Cutts, and many others. Learn more and register at SMX West.

posted by Amy R 11:05 am February 11, 2008
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Spammers using Google to hotlink to phishing sites

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The Internet Storm Center recently reported on how spammers are now using Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” feature to redirect phishing links, in an effort to mask their trails.

Systems administrators at Adhost actually reported the first uses of this technique nearly two months before ISC’s report, which was reported to them through their submission forms and also was passed around to other administrators.

This might be interesting - we’ve gotten spam that is using Google’s “I’m Getting Lucky” feature to essentially do a referral bounce using Google!

Here’s the link from the spam, a typical “mortgage refinancing” spam otherwise:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=earthmortgage123+As+
direct+lender+Earth+Mortgage+eliminated+high-commissioned+
Employment+Opportunities&btnI=gndo1

The key is the “&btnI=gndo1″ at the end - what this does is trigger the “I’m Getting Lucky” button from their front page, which automatically sends you to the first hit on the search. Therefore, if you go to that link, you go to Google, which does the search that only gets one hit - the spammer’s page - and then via I’m Getting Lucky, you unluckily get sent right to their site.

This is just one example of how Adhost systems administrators and engineers are constantly working to detect, diagnose and protect systems against several attack vectors online, from phishing attacks, to spam, to denial of service attacks, and more!

posted by Mike Sweetser 2:34 pm September 21, 2007
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