Tal-Lejber ma tantx itajru sparks
Labour’s brilliant (for all the wrong reasons) English-language news portal www.maltastar.com has been off line for yonks. For the past couple of months or so, its homepage has carried this message:
maltastar.com is upgrading…
maltastar.com is currently offline to undergo a major upgrade. Once back online in a few weeks’ time, you, our esteemed readers, will get back your favourite online source of news with constant updates, greater interactivity, and many other new features.
We will be back online in the coming weeks. Check this space for the latest updates.
To ensure that you get the news website that you want, we would be grateful if you could let us know what you wish to have in the new maltastar.com. We are interested to know which features of the current format you wish to retain, and which you would like improved. We would also like to know what new features, and themes, you would like to find in maltastar.com.
For helping us out with your ideas, you will get the chance of winning a free flight to a European destination, courtesy of Hamilton Travel.*
Send us an e-mail on ideas@maltastar.com, with your ideas and opinions. We will then send you details on how to submit your details to get in the draw for the prize.
(Deadline: Sunday 14 December 2008.)* Taxes and fuel surcharge fees excluded.
The party can’t even get a revamp of its news portal together, then it tells us it’s capable of reforming the hospital waiting-list problem in Seven Simple Steps jotted down by Anthony Zammit in between getting himself tied up by nasty men in hoods and by his rival Michael Farrugia. Jahasra.
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Give them a break. This is a MAJOR upgrade they are working on. Not something to take lightly. I’ve sent them ideas of what they can include in this upgrade; I’m waiting with bated breath to see if I’ve won their free flight to a European destination, courtesy of Hamilton Travel*
* Taxes and fuel surcharge fees excluded.
In the meantime, these were my suggestions.
1. Web 3.0 technology, so advanced it hasn’t even been invented yet.
2. A virtual Large Hadron Collider.
3. An integrated earthquake application – called “Terremot tal-Lejber” which will make the screen shake if you click on it.
4. Integrated anti-spyware to prevent leaks of Labour documents to the Nationalist press.
5. An online speed-dating and social network application for young Laburisti called FEJSBUK.
6. An online “STEPS generator” that automatically generates seven quick steps to solving any of our nation’s problems.
7. A google-maps application that would map out incoming immigrant boatloads, supplemented by an immigrant-insultometer.
8. An agony aunt forum for disgruntled housewives, administered by Michelle Muscat.
9. An online calender clocking the current consecutive number of days Labour have spent in opposition.
10. An adult section called RED TOUCH FUN, featuring ex-Brigata laburista POM-POM girls, now performing as MILFS.
[Daphne – 11. A ‘how to climb aboard the European gravy-train’ helpline. 12. Fexin tips; kif tqabbel is-sjut maz-zarbun u x’tip ta’ bwiez tilbes ma’ dublett imfassal fuq l-iskontru ghall-kofi mornink. 13. Home decor: ix-xjers bojod imorru mal-purtieri tal-bellus? 14. Kontijiet tad-dawl u ilma: x’taghmel, ghidli? Tghid inhallsuhom?]
Visiting maltastar.com with Firefox 3 triggers a security alert warning that the website has been flagged as an “attack site” by Google:
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.maltastar.com/
Firefox users aren’t the only ones who get the tip-off. A Google search for maltastar.com results in a “this site may harm your computer” warning:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Amaltastar.com
According to Google, unsuspecting users visiting maltstar.com are risking infecting their computer with malware. It seems that the MITTS servers haven’t been the only ones to be preyed on.
Oh look, we’ve been linked to a men’s fashion advice site:
http://propercloth.com/blog/2008/can-i-wear-my-watch-over-my-shirt-cuff/
Warning when trying to visit http://www.maltastar.com –
“Visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Suggestions:
* Return to the previous page and pick another result.
* Try another search to find what you’re looking for.
Or you can continue to http://www.maltastar.com/default_01b.asp at your own risk. For detailed information about the problems we found, visit Google’s Safe Browsing diagnostic page for this site.
For more information about how to protect yourself from harmful software online, you can visit StopBadware.org.
If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google’s Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google’s Webmaster Help Center.
Advisory provided by Google.”
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for maltastar.com
What is the current listing status for maltastar.com?
Site is listed as suspicious – visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 1453 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 56 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-01-24, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-01-24.
Malicious software includes 73 adware(s), 36 scripting exploit(s), 2 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new processes on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 19 domain(s), including p060523.info/, antivirusonlinescanner.com/, liveantiviruspcscan.com/.
10 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including 87.248.180.0/, protecteduser.cn/, internetsecuredweb.com/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS32392 (OPENTRANSFER).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, maltastar.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
How did this happen?
In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.
Next steps:
* Return to the previous page.
* If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google’s Webmaster Help Center.
[Daphne – That’s hilarious. And they tell us they’re busy upgrading? L-anqas news portal m’huma kapaci jaghmlu suret in-nies.]
How can they present something smart? Labour also thinks that we might vote PL by mistake instead of PN – hence the change in the name.
See also today’s The Sunday Times – interview with KMB. He still thinks that the majority of us Maltese are foolish enough to swallow his stories of the (in)famous 1980s, or does he think that we, in our 40s (and who were in our teens then), will ever forget that horrific era?
@David J Camilleri
Your description sounds typical of the Labour Party as a whole:
“suspicious activity over the last 90 days, malicious ware, suspicious content, adware, 36 scripting exploits and 2 trojans.”
Their English used to be hilarious … But just in case you miss it, hurry to
http://www.di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&Action=1&NewsID=57651&newscategory=34
[Daphne – Thanks for the giggle: “The accused was brought to court in front of Magistrate Dr Michael Mallia and charged of assaulting a police officer whilst on duty, of resisting police orders, of damaging one of the Corpse’s cars, and of relapsing amongst other offences.” I wonder how much the Corpse paid in registration tax.]
The PL can’t even manage to keep a Hi-5 ever since Joseph Muscat has become their leader
http://josephmuscat.hi5.com/friend/group/1181913–13861376–0–0–2–Malta%2BLabour%2BParty–Il-vja%25C4%25A1%25C4%25A1–topic-html?offset=10
let alone an e-newspaper and a country!!!!!!
Tessie – http://www.maltastar.com is still being “upgraded” – around two months down the line. With such inefficiency, can anyone imagine them running the country?