Attackers are exploiting a "zero-day" vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and hijacking Windows PCs that cruise to malicious or compromised websites, security experts said today.

Microsoft confirmed the IE bug, saying, "We're aware of targeted attacks potentially affecting some versions of Internet Explorer," but did not set a timetable for fixing the flaw.

The unpatched bug in IE7, IE8 and IE9 can be leveraged in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, according to Rapid7, the security firm that also maintains the open-source Metasploit penetration-testing toolkit.

Read more here:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231367/Update_Hackers_exploit_new_IE_zero_day_vulnerability?taxonomyId=125

I just felt this should be brought to everyones attention. I strive for security, and wanted to pass this along. I hope was able to help someone

Fantastic info! I appreciate you taking the time to write that. Great to know!

-Ryan

Absolutely! Currently I have next to nothing in BTC (literally lol), so its not a real big issue currently. Right now I'm just feeling everything out, and getting a good idea what the community deems safe and trustworthy. I've been living and breathing bitcoin these last few weeks in terms of intaking as much information as I can Still have a lot to learn! But again thank you all for your posts! They have been very helpful!

-Ryan

Alright thanks for the posts everyone!

One last question. Those of you that do use blockchain. Would you be comfortable with having say $10,000 worth of coins in your account, and be completely free of worry? In other words, do you trust the site to hold large amounts of money, and just letting it sit there as a savings if you will?

Thanks again!

-Ryan

I currently use blockchain.info, but was wondering if Strongcoin is any better? Or maybe something else?

Im also after a LTC ewallet as well. Any good ones out there?

How secure if your opinion are the ewallets? Do you use them? I'm sure keeping your own wallet.dat file is the safest bet, but I can't help but fear my computer crashing at one point, I failed to backup, etc. While I am rather security driven, I can't help but feel there MIGHT come a time when an accident happens where I forget to backup, or maybe one day get hacked. This is why ewallets seem rather appealing to me for ease of mind. It may seem a little ass backwards because how would trusting your funds in a hybrid state offer ease of mine.. lol But for the simple fact of user error is what I fear. Putting the burden in someone elses hand like blockchain that holds a more experience than a newbie like myself seems more fitting currently.

Thoughts on what ewallet to use over another? For BTC and LTC.

Thanks in advance!

-Ryan

I never said I cant afford food. I said I just make enough money to barley make ends meet.

Plus in order to for me to jump right in to something like this, or similar, I would need an initial investment. But thats what Im striving to put together right now. It just will take awhile is all. But thats alright too. Anything worth having, is worth working for. I just wont be able to jump right in like some people have the ability too. Plus with bitcoin, I still very much need to fully understand the market. I have a lot to learn. Thats why Ive spent countless hours just watching price changes over at BTC-E, and reading the forums here. I'm still learning. I'm not going to drop any amount of money on anything I don't fully understand. So for now, I just do what I can while try to learn how this market works. but Im getting it  

All in due time

Hahaha Thats awesome! Highfivecoins is the next big thing!

Thats for sure!! Thank you as well

NICE! hahaha. Ill be hangin 5 on my 1 lol! Hopefully I can join that club someday

The only thing I have plans to be addicted to is bitcoin hahaha, and my health.

I say to each their own. Weeds, pills, etc was never my thing regardless. Alcohol was the only thing I ever liked in terms of a "drug". All the other stuff was not to my liking.

I do appreciate the concern, but feel great these days! I wouldn't jeopardize that. Because I never know, I might not make it out alive next time.

The thing about the addict mind is the addict needs to be addicted to something at all times. Its just how our minds are wired. I just focus this addiction on things that will promote success now, and personal heath instead

Thanks man! Yeah on top of quiting drinking, this year I really needed to focus on my health in general. I about killed myself in terms of health.

Last year I reclaimed my mind, this year Im working on reclaiming my body. Slow process, but its something I work on everyday.

How I feel today as a person compared to over a year and a half ago is not short of amazing. The battles been rough, but so worth it

Thanks again for the kind words!

It about killed me man! Thank God I was able to climb above it.
And thank you!

Interesting title I know. Let me explain.

In about 1 month, I will be 1 1/2 years sober.

For years I was addicted to alcohol. Like most people I started drinking when I was young. Just like everyone else I had fun with it in my adolescent years. But what started off as fun, turned into the deepest darkest reality I would ever come to know.. I do not even wish this reality upon even my greatest enemy, and no man or women should ever be consumed by this twisted augmented way of life. Its filled with nothing but selfishness, greed, hate, illusion, lies, anxiety, and many other things that words could not give justice too. But I was there. I lived it, breathed it, embarrassed it, and it was all by choice. The funny thing about an alcoholic mind is we generally can lie to ourselves, and believe it. Its quite funny how that works..

Let me first of all come right out and say I have no ill will towards people who drink. To be quite frank, I wish I could drink, and jealous of the fact other people can. But it doesn't work for me. To the normal drinker this may seem way off in left field because their minds simply won't ever be able to grasp the concept of how an alcoholic mind works. Don't worry. Its better off they don't know. But I also very much envy that. I wish my mind worked in like terms. Sadly, it does not. Does this disable me? In some ways, yes. But it also creates strength as well because the alcoholic mind is in constant battle with itself. Again, I really can't fully explain what that means. Its something you would have to experience directly to fully comprehend.

So why the hell am I here posting about this on a damn Bitcoin forum? Well, for one I want to inspire people. I never know who might come across this in the future, and it hit home with someone. In the past year and a half, I have changed in way I don't even know how to put into words. My days used to be only focused around my addiction. My primary concern was only to drink, or figure out a way to do so. Nothing else mattered. Alcohol was my medicine. It cured everything. If I was sad, I would drink. Having a good time, I would drink. If I came down with a cold/flu, alcohol cured that too. It always had the ability to enhance, or deaden feelings. It did it all! But in the end, it almost took it all. The truth of the matter is, it hid from everything. Family, and friends alike. For years when I looked in the mirror, I was not looking back at myself. To be honest, till this day I don't know who that person was in the mirrors reflection. It wasn't me.. It wasn't me for years. Its a pretty scarey feeling when you look in the mirror, and you don't recognize the person that's looking back at you.

My day to day life was an viscous and endless cycle. Wake up, start to dry heave because my body would go through nightly small detox sessions. Down 5-6 shots of vodka to stop the pain. Try to face reality, and appear to be normal. Sneak away when ever I could to stay constantly intoxicated. Figure out how I would afford alcohol "today". Get ridiculously drunk in the evening. Pass out. Wake up in the middle of the night shaking. Down a few more shots to try and get back to sleep. Rinse, repeat. That was my reality.. How did I get to this point? By years of drinking. I didn't start off that bad, but rather built up to that point over the course of years for a decade+. At the end there, I would consume a liter and a half of vodka every night. People have been hospitalized for less....

So how did I end up in this reality? Simply by choice. I did it to myself. No ones to blame. I'm not going to sit here, and tell you its such and such's fault, and I ended up in this dark abyss because, "Life didn't treat me well" "It's unfair!" Screw all that non sense. Everyone has problems. Life doesn't always head in the right direction. That's a fact. How we deal with these forks in the road are purely based upon ourselves individually. Its no certain thing/s fault I became who I became. There's no incident that's too blame either. If I sit back, and point fingers all day, I am no better sober than I was when I was lying to myself drunk on a daily basis. The definition is simple. "It was self inflicted, with no one to blame by myself".

One day I just got sick of it. I woke up shaking. Didn't have anymore alcohol to drink. I had told myself the night before I needed to leave a little bit left in the bottle so I could take a few shots in the morning, so I could manage enough strength to get to the store for more. But that never works. I was completely out of alcohol, and had no real way to get anymore. I laid in bed shaking, and in pain. I thought I was going to die right then and there. This was it for me! This is what it all came down too! Me, alone, in bed, shaking from a bad alcohol withdrawal in a dark room. What a sad sad reality this was. I thought to myself, "How did it come to this?" "Why did I let it get this far!"...."If I get lot of this alive, I'm never going to drink again!" Any alcoholic knows those words all too well. I can't begin to count how many times I've said that to myself.. But this time was different. I couldn't do this anymore. I knew right then and there if I I was to make this detox out alive, I would change my life around. Because how I had been living was not living at all. It was my personal hell painted with the the scariest pictures of demons you would ever see...

Well of course I didn't die. That really doesn't need to be said since I'm here typing. I detoxed myself for a week, and that was the worst thing I HAVE EVER gone through mentally and physically. The mind is a powerful thing, and the thoughts that go through ones mind can not even be illustrated in the deepest darkest Hollywood horror movie. You see.. When your brain is so used to drinking this amount of alcohol on a daily basis, and you suddenly just take that away, the brain freaks the hell out. It hasn't experience life NOT under the influence for so long that it has a hard time trying to interrupt whats going on around you. Its actually extremely dangerous to detox yourself alone. People die in the process all the time, so I don't recommend it! But at that time, I didn't care. I was either going to die, or get outta this dark hole once and for all.

After the first week, and I was still alive, I started to feel better. Not much, but some. It wouldn't be until months and months later until I finally started to feel normal again. I also went through with whats called PAWS (Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome). PAWS is basically your brain freaking out, and having "flashbacks" of the detox process if you will. It happens to some, and not to others. But it happened to me. Here I was 3 months sober, and all of a sudden I started to feel like I was detoxing again. Body would start to tingle, my mind would feel fuzzy. A sense of unreality. Its hard to explain, but I thought I was losing my mind! I FIGURED I had drank too much over the years, and did irreversable damage. It made no sense to me. Here I was months sober where I thought I should be feeling awesome, but am faced with all these bizarre feelings plus out of the blue anxiety! WTF! So anyways, I do some research, and realize what I was going through was called PAWS. (Cute name for a crappy thing...lol)
Paws would subside over time, but it took some times. Out of this whole thing, I think the hardest part of it all was facing my personal reality, and seeing it in a sober mine. I wreaked my life. Its hard to look at something like that, and accept it when your so used to hiding from everything for so long.

The person I am today is the complete polar opposite from who I was just over a year and a half ago. I now focus on a better future. I do not attend AA, or any type of 12 step program. Not that I don't think they are fantastic programs. I just choose not to be apart of that. Some people really need that type of support, others like myself rely on personal inner strength.

As I move forward in life after holding myself back for so long, I am faced with many challenges. I have accepted the fact I have been significantly delayed. Where I should be right now with my life in terms of education, and career without a doubt is not where I saw myself being when I was in my youth (Im 31). But thats alright! Im on the right path now, and the only reason I need to look back now is to reflect, and remind myself I've already wasted too much time already! Looking back can be a good time if done in a way without self pity. I use it as a tool of strength. A physical reminder of who I once was, but was able to defeat and overcome my weaknesses.

I'm now a year and half sober, and need to focus on a better life. Bitcoin seems like a good start. I've also always had a good understanding of economics, and love moving numbers around to turn profit. Even if its just making 5 cents turn into 10 cents, I get a kick out of that! I'm very hindered in terms of finance due to the path I used to take. What little money I do have barley affords day to day living. Again, I'm in this position because I put myself here. I never deny that. So I have to start off slow. I have no choice. I cant even afford another video card at the moment sadly. Currently all I have to mine with is 1 HD 6750, and my AMD 8150fx cpu I use for litecoins. Boy its slow going with just that hahaha. BUT! it goes. I will keep all my coins in the system, and try to reinvest for better equipment. Gotta start somewhere right? For the past 2 weeks, Ive done nothing bit live and breathe learning about Bitcoin every waking second. Learning about proper security, how this all works, what it all is, and I love every aspect of it. In terms of taking loans from family members, they would ever go for it. Not to mention none of them even grasp the concept of the IT world in general. My credit is also nothing to call home about. In my path to self destruction, I screwed that up too. =/. Again, all things I've came to terms with. So with next to no money, to invest right now, I can only do so much. BUT! I'll do what I can with what means I have to work with. I can't expect to get out of this hole in one night. But I can climb a little bit each day.

In short people. If you are reading this, and have struggled with some form of addiction, just know life does get better. It takes a lot of effort, but the payoff supersedes any pain on the journey. Life does get better! Trust me! You just have to really want change bad enough, and accept that you can't live with the addiction forever. You can.... But it will kill you in the end. It almost killed me. But its slowly getting better as I come to terms with who I really am. I'm a year and a half sober now, and my life has changed so much since I faced my demons head on. So if I inspired in some form or fashion, and you want to help me on my journey to my new life, please consider helping a stranger out (address in signature). Im a firm believer in Karma because truly what goes around absolutely DOES come around.

But in the end, I'm just here to shed my story. Advice, and inspiration is free. I have lots to give. I just hope someone comes across this in the future, and it help someone. Knowing that holds more value to me than anything.

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to being part of this community very much.

-Ryan

I created this as a visual reminder to myself where I once stood in life, and who I am today.

Ive been mining litecoin the last few days. I am just toying around with things though. Learning the ropes if you will. I want to try it all out since Im real new to this.

But my AMD 8150FX 8core CPU mines litecoins at 60 khash/s. At the same time I mine with my 1 ATI HD6750 GPU for litecoins as well. Combined I get around 220 khash/s. I really dont know if I should go back to mining bitcoing being that I only have 1 GPU to mine with. Litecoin feels easier to me. If I let it go for 24 hours Ill get around 25ish litecoin a day. Again, I'm just messing around learning all about this whole thing still Im quite sure my power-bill by far offsets all of this. But I'm having fun none the less

-Ryan

Well thanks all! You all were very very helpful! Very much appreciated!

Yeah that who Dailybitcoin thing is what threw me off. It make me start to wonder But Im sure your right. I would have to assume the issue is on their end.

Again thank you all!

I am just wondering how my initial bitcoin address that was assigned to me within my bitcoind wallet came about.

The reason that Im wondering this is to futher my knowledge of the system design, and understand how this all works.

I understand I need to backup my wallet from time to time, and keep it i a safe place. But what would happen if I formatted my computer, and restored my wallet. Would my address be the same? Or what would happen if I installed my wallet on a completely different computer like my laptop. Take it one step further, and what would happen if I changed ISP's. That comes to mind because Im leaving on a trip in 3 weeks out of state. I actually was going to demo some my gained knowledge to my friend about bitcoins when we meet up. It will be on my laptop though. But does my IP even matter?

The reason that makes me wonder all of this is because currently right now Im on my laptop. I was just messing around online a second ago, and figured I swing by dailybitcoin to snag a small little bitcoin freebie. Love that place! Anyways. When I put in my address to it from my laptop it says I already received coins today. But that place allows you to get coins every hour. I walk over to my desktop and try it, and it worked just fine. They were sent. But I cant ever get it work when Im 3 feet away on my laptop. It always come back "I received coins for the day" even if I haven't even been there for 12 hours +. Its no big deal. I'm just trying to understand why it comes back saying that. I also tried giving it my blockchain.info wallet address. Same thing. Same message saying I got some already when I know for a fact I have not tried to get any for hours. I walk to my PC, type in my blockchain address. BAM it works..

See that's what makes me wonder how it recognizes me. I don't have the slightest clue where any of these address come from, and why it works when I try it on my computer, but not my laptop.

If anyone would be so kind to respond, and clear this up for me it would be much appreciated. I still have a lot to learn, but I'm loving every second of it! Still trying to figure out what to buy for mining. Leaning towards the ASIC's I guess. But Im finding out they aren't as much of a God send as people make them out to be. To my understanding once they are released, you could compare a jalapeno to what 350Mhash is now based on returns. But I suppose I got to start somewhere.

Thanks again!
-Ryan

Sure hope so because thats what I just setup. I just added some fund to my Dwolla account today, but still am waiting on for it to xfer over.

1. As soon as your verified yes

2. Im still new, but Dwolla seems like a safe bet. If you find out a quicker way please let me know!

3. Not I sir! But good luck with the sale

Additional notes:
The 30 day wait period seems to be standard. More info at this article:
http://help.dwolla.com/customer/portal/articles/484859-additional-requirements-for-sending-to-specific-merchants

hahaha no worries. You just had me in a little shock there is all Thought I was missing something big time when you said double!

Alright, Ill give it a go Thanks for the info!

I donno. Im a new miner, but I feel a small $150 test investment is trivial compared to the way Bitcoin seems to be going. Ill start small with one. Feel it out, and reinvest more into it if the Jalapeno works out.

Butterfly labs customer services seems "ok". I've asked questions via their website submission, and got a response back within 24 hours. But I also got a response back to the same question twice from two different people. Both answers matched though hahha, so that's good