Computer Worm Expected To Act Up On April 1st!

The Conficker computer worm is expected to "act up" on April 1st 2009! (April Fool's Day!)

Once this worm activates it will be able to trigger to send spam, spread more infections, clog networks with traffic, or try and bring down Web sites.

You can read more about this by clicking here.

Yahoo Briefcase To Close!

Here is a copy of an email that I got:

Dear Yahoo! Briefcase user,

We will be officially closing Yahoo! Briefcase on March 30, 2009. Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to download your files back to your computer. You will need to take action before we close, after which any files remaining on Yahoo! Briefcase will be deleted and no longer accessible.

To access your Yahoo! Briefcase account, click the link below:


http://briefcase.yahoo.com/

If you are a Yahoo! Briefcase Premium subscriber, your current subscription will be canceled on March 30, 2009. We will refund the unused portion of your Premium subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. So please make sure that your billing information is correct and up-to-date. For more information, please visit https://billing.yahoo.com.


For additional information or to review a list of our frequently asked questions, click this link


We appreciate your being a Yahoo! Briefcase user.

Sincerely,

Yahoo! Customer Support



You can find out the reason(s) why Yahoo is closing their Yahoo Briefcase by clicking here but the main reason they are closing it is because the usage of it has gone down.