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Spyware /Adware The Open Channel Newsletter for the Hampton Roads Section of the IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. http:/www.ieee.org/hrs Volume 2 – No. 2 February 2005 Spyware /Adware Speaker: Anish Parikh Assistant Manager Vigyan Inc., VA Date/Time: Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 6:30 PM Location: Topeka’s Steakhouse ‘N Saloon 55 Town Center Way 757.896.9696 Hampton, VA 23666 Cost: Members and guests $20; Students $10 SPYWARE: By definition a Spyware is a program that secretly monitors your actions. They are sometimes sinister, like a remote control program used by a hacker. Software companies have been known to use spyware to gather data about customers. The practice is generally frowned upon. Another variant of spyware also known as Adware is a hidden software program that transmits user information via the Internet to advertisers in exchange for free downloaded software. The terms Spyware & Adware are many times used as alike. Advertising companies also install additional tracking software on your system, which is continuously "calling home", using your Internet connection and reports statistical data to the "mothership". While according to the privacy policies of the companies, there will be no sensitive or identifying data collected from your system and you shall remain anonymous, it still remains the fact, that you have a "live" server sitting on your PC that is sending information about you and your surfing habits to a remote location..... Mr. Anish Parikh presentation will be on these two forms of undesirable renegade software programs that threaten to inundate the computers we use at work and home. Biographical Sketch: Mr. Anish Parikh is an Engineer with a Bachelor's Degree in "Electronics & Telecom" from Pune University in India. I was mainly involved in techno-sales jobs earlier in India. I came to USA, about 5 years ago on a work Visa & currently employed with a company called Vigyan Inc since then. Mr. Parikh claims to be no expert in Spyware/Adware issues or about the intricate and technical aspects of it. However he has worked on these issues since last 2 years and has fixed 100's of system which had spyware infection. Reservations: Please forward RSVP to Brent Phillips [[email protected]] or William LaBelle [+1 757 619 9050, +1 757 421 8695, [email protected]]. Checks: Checks should be made out to IEEE and brought to the meeting. Directions: See page 3 Upcoming Meetings Feb 17 Anish Parikh – Topeka Steakhouse Apr 21 XMSF (Modeling) – Topeka Steakhouse Feb20-26 Engineers Week May 19 Social Mar 17 TBD Inside this Open Channel Page 2 From the Chair Page 3 Education Society Looking for Members Page 3 Directions to Topeka Steakhouse Page 3 IEEE Educational Activities & History Center Page 3 Hampton Roads Engineering 2005 EWeek Activities Page 4 News Briefs from The Institute Editors Page 3 2005 PEC Engineer of the Year Banquet Page 6 Sir Harry Kroto – Nobel Laureate Chemistry (1996) 2005 IEEE Executive Committee From the Chair Hampton Roads Section Engineers - The Next Generation IEEE Hampton Roads CHAIR: William Clayton [email protected] I am writing this after having participated in the annual Future Cities competition and would like to share with you my VICE-CHAIR: Brent Phillips impressions. Yes that was your hansom chair on the Saturday [email protected] evening news. But the real stars of the day were the Middle SECRETARY: Dan Ulinski School students that put together some amazing presentations. [email protected] They were required to build a computer model of their city, write TREASURER Kurt Clemente an essay, build a physical model and they get up and talk about it [email protected] as a group. OPEN CHANNEL EDITOR: William LaBelle 757-619-9050 Many of these groups did all this on their own time. They [email protected] carefully planned their cities and understood the importance of its infrastructure and had a appreciation for the economic MEMBERSHIP: William LaBelle 757-619-9050 impacts of their decisions. You can learn more at [email protected] http://www.futurecity.org/. It is too late for this years competition, unless you can visit Washington, DC during PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Michael McBeth National Engineers Week. Start planning for next year. If you [email protected] have Middle School students, make sure your school considers STUDENT ACTIVITIES: participation in the regional competition. When the call for Dr. Roland Mielke volunteers is issued, answer it. Then take your family out to see [email protected] it. Based on this year's efforts, I am sure you will be both EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: entertained and impressed. Dr. William Edmonson Engineer's week ( www.eweek.org ) is this month (20-26 Feb) [email protected] and we will participate in the Peninsula Engineers Council's AWARDS: William Clayton NASA Career Days (23-24 Feb). Here is another opportunity to [email protected] influence the next generation of engineers. So if you would like WEB PAGE: http:/www.ieee.org/hrs to help us man our booth or loan something exciting to show, WEB MASTER: William Clayton contact Bill LaBelle. The calendar also has "Introduce a Girl to [email protected] Engineering Day" on the 24th, the ODU Engineering Open THE OPEN CHANNEL is published monthly House (25-26 Feb), and the Engineers Club of Hampton Roads during the academic year (September through Excellence Banquet on 25 Feb. November, January through May) by the Hampton Roads Section (HR) of the Institute of Electrical Bill LaBelle has tried to capture all these in his e-Week bulletin and Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). THE OPEN which can be downloaded from CHANNEL is sent each month to members of the http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads/news/art5.html or by IEEE in Hampton Roads. Annual subscription is picking the "Hampton Roads E-Week Bulletin" from the "Whats included in the IEEE membership dues. The New" section of our home page ( www.ieee.org/hrs ). opinions expressed, as well as the technical accuracy of authors or speakers published in this The PEC annual banquet will be 26 Feb. We will be honoring newsletter are those of the individual authors and our Engineer of the Year, Mike McBeth, at the banquet. Tickets speakers. Therefore no endorsement by the IEEE, its officers, or its members is made or implied. and more information on any of our e-Week events will be available from Bill LaBelle. Please join us. All materials for THE OPEN CHANNEL are due by the 22th day of the month preceding the issue Sincerely, month. Address all correspondence to: Bill Clayton William LaBelle Acting Chair 6224 Glenrose Drive Hampton Roads Section Suffolk, VA 23435 [email protected] Voice: (757) 619-9050 W: (757) 203-7090 E-MAIL: [email protected] The Open Channel, Copyright 2005 H: (757) 432-9000 Topeka’s Steakhouse ‘N Saloon: Directions from Norfolk: 1. Take the HAMPTON RDS CENTER PKWY WEST exit- exit number 261A. (0.3 miles) 2. Merge onto HAMPTON ROADS CENTER PKWY. (0.5 miles) 3. Turn RIGHT onto VA-600 N/BIG BETHEL RD. (0.1 miles) 4. Turn RIGHT onto TOWNE CENTRE WAY. (<0.1 miles) 5. End at 55 TOWN CENTER WAY HAMPTON VA Directions from Williamsburg: 1. Take the HAMPTON RDS CENTER PKWY WEST exit- exit number 261A. (0.2 miles) 2. Merge onto HAMPTON ROADS CENTER PKWY. (0.2 miles) 3. Turn RIGHT onto VA-600 N/BIG BETHEL RD. (0.1 miles) 4. Turn RIGHT onto TOWNE CENTER WAY. (< 0.1 miles) 5. End at 55 TOWN CENTER WAY HAMPTON VA Hampton Roads Engineer 2005 EWeek Activities – William LaBelle National Engineers Week, or more commonly E-week, is fast approaching. The 54th annual celebration of National Engineers Week will be observed February 20-26, 2005. This year it is co-chaired by ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and BP p.l.c. Information on nation-wide activities may be found at www.eweek.org. In Hampton Roads, we will attend banquets honoring selected engineers and their achievements to the profession, society, and mankind. Additionally, we will encourage our children to consider a career in science and engineering through presentations and participation in traditional engineering competition. You can get information on the various Hampton Roads EWeek activities in bulletin available for downloading on the PEC website http://www.va-pec.org/events.html. 2005 Peninsula Engineering Council Engineer of the Year Banquet – William LaBelle On the peninsula, the Peninsula Engineers Council Engineer of the Year banquet will be held at the Point Plaza Suites and Conference Hotel on route J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Newport News on February 26, 2005. Mr. Robert L. Gunter, Jr. Senior Vice-President for Aircraft Carriers Programs at Northrop Grumman Newport News, was been selected as the PEC 2005 Engineer of the Year. Contact William LaBelle, IEEE HR Peninsula Engineering Council representative, for tickets and information at [+1 757 619 9050, +1 757 421 8695, [email protected]]. Education Society Looking For Members– Robert Pedigo Hampton Roads Section members interested in education events, activities, and organizations can contact Bob Pedigo, Education Committee Co-Chair, for information at [email protected]. We are looking at establishing a local chapter of the Education Society. Current EdSoc members are highly encouraged to contact Bob and join in the effort. Those interested in joining need not be current EdSoc members, all are welcome. For information on the Education Society and its activities, visit their web site at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/ or contact Bob. News from IEEE Educational Activities And The History Center REGISTER NOW FOR VINNY COMPETITION Named after Leonardo da Vinci, VINNY is an award given to students in grades K-12 for the best one-minute videos explaining how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can help solve common global problems.
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