Malware removal: liveadexchange, nonestops.org, smartnewtab, cpmofferconvert

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Problem

Web browser randomly (almost on every mouse click) being redirected to a different site. When infected with this mal(ad)ware, advertising banners are injected with advertisement hyperlinks, browser popups appear which recommend fake updates, AdBlocker(plus) or other addons does not work.


Took me a while (~an hour) but finally nailed it.

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Rewind: Project Managment Process Groups

A quick and heavenly reference card to identify project management process groups.

#	Project Management Artifacts
1	Charter/management plan
2	Identify stakeholders
3	Collect requirements
4	Define scope
5	Create WBS
6	Activity list, schedule & budget
7	Communication plan
8	Risk assessment
9	Closure
ad hoc	Changes and Issues Log
ad hoc	Change Request
ad hoc	Status Report
ad hoc	Meeting Agenda and Notes

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“It’s not over, until I win” – How I passed CTP Exam?

Inspiration: "Its not over until I win" – Les Brown 

So what kept me hanging in there? The challenge.

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Recipe to failure - CTP Exam

How I failed my CTP Exam: (read also: what did I do to fail?) 

Okay, so here is the trick.

Look for something entirely new (Treasury Management)

• A book with ~1000 pages in Mandarin 
• Home-made flash cards 
• And of course - a couple of kids (add, as many as you like - not to mention, of your own) 
• Some Liquidity (that is: *Cash* not yet claimed by your wife) 

Mix all of it well, and well… you’re all set to fail.

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Part I: How to fail an Exam?

Seriously? looking for a recipe to fail? Well then – wait no more, jump directly the section marked as “The Recipe to Fail”.

However, if you were forced to descend on this land-of-rants via some strange looking link out of google search result then, may God be with you and I hope and pray this post wouldn’t disappoint you in on how to achieve the epics of failure.

Well, they say: “Failing to plan, is a plan to fail”. 

But, hold on! Before you judge my ingenious self, let me quote, “Never confuse education with intelligence” – I don’t know whoever said that, but just keep that in mind while you scan through my rant.

Times make me wonder if it’s a genetic fault, or was a failed-experiment mutated in my genes by UFO hovering Dubai Skies while I slumber – as to why (unknown/strange) I happen to look for trouble (I was gonna write *challenges* but that didn’t sound just right.).

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What is Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) Exam?

Certified Treasury Professional® (CTP) is a globally recognized certification within Financial Services Industry. It was first introduced as the Certified Cash Manager (CCM). It sets the standard or benchmark by which individuals demonstrate their competency and professionalism in corporate treasury. This certificate is more US, Canada, Australia focused/inclined.

On the other hand, CertICM is counterpart certification provided by Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) that focuses on Europe, MENA region, and even in East Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, etc). CertICM is called Certified in International Cash Management.

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Worlds Best Design Patterns

Quick glance at design patterns, hand

Pattern	Example	Reason
Momento	Redo-undo
Prototype	Deep copy/shallow copy
Façade	Hides everything; one interface for all of the functionality; Complex subsystem
Factory	Create views for different types of documents;(html, pdf, doc, xml, etc)	Centralized creation of objects
	create database connection for diff types of databases (sql, oracle, mysql, etc)	Decouple concrete classes from clients
Abstract Factory	Factory of factories

Pattern	Example	Reason
Builder	Report builder, header, footer, type (pdf, html, excel)	Separates construction from representation
Command	Commands from the file menu; New, Open, Print, Exit
Iterator	Iterates through a list of objects
Chain of responsibility	Context help menu, help request goes to all of the controls on the windows forms; and whoever is responsible to provide the help, provides the help	Every objects gets a chance to perform its function. More: http://izlooite.blogspot.ae/2009/04/design-pattern-chain-of-responsibility.html

Pattern	Example	Reason
Unit of work	Manages a business transaction (That may contain list of transactions)	For instance, getting user input into a wizard.
Producer-Consumer Patter	A server getting millions of connections. All pushed into a queue, and processed one by one (or multiple, depending on server architecture).
Repository Pattern	Usually used with an ORM, that takes the responsibility of performing CRUD, by providing business methods
Unified Design	Multi device infrastructure	http://izlooite.blogspot.ae/2011/07/how-to-think-unified-design-for-multi.html

 Happy designing!

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