On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm, I am taking part in Earth Hour-a global event in which millions of people will turn out their lights to make a statement of concern about our planet and climate change. I want to invite you to join, too! Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour got started just two years ago and is now the largest event of its kind in the world. Last year, more than 50 million participated and the lights went out at the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sydney Opera House and the Coliseum in Rome, just to name a few. Even Google’s homepage went black for the day! In Israel, President Shimon Peres personally turned off lights in Tel Aviv.

This year, Earth Hour will be even bigger-already 250 cities in 74 countries have agreed to take part including Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Nashville with more signing up every day. Around the world cities like Moscow, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Mexico City will turn out their lights.

But Earth Hour isn’t just for big cities-anyone can participate. To get a better sense of the event, check out this video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWD8pbK5t8.

Participating in Earth Hour is easy, fun and free. I hope you will join me for this amazing event. To sign up, visit http://www.earthhourUS.org where you’ll learn more including ways you can spread the word about Earth Hour, plus creative things to do when the lights go out in case you need inspiration!

We want the US to turn out more lights than any other country in the world during this historic event so please pass this note along to anyone you think might want to take part. Let’s all turn out and take action on March 28 at 8:30 pm.

Attention all Facebook friends and family, this is just a reminder that there has been a re surge in the Facebook exploit, Koobface. Koobface is a nasty worm that’s being spread on social networks like Facebook; however, you can get it without being a member of Facebook. What happens is you will get a message that appears to be form one of your friends, asking you to take a look at a “funny video” or a “video of you”. You would click on the link that would take you to a YouTube like site to see the video. Upon arrival to this fake YouTube site you will be instructed to install an update to your player, thus installing a backdoor Trojan on your computer. Whatever you do, never click on links that you are not familiar with, and never install software unless it comes directly from a vender’s site. If you have received a similar message from a friend on Facebook, chances are they have been infected by the Koobface worm.

This should go without saying, NEVER click links from people you don’t know, and NEVER install software from sites that are unfamiliar!

Also, I have been seeing a serge in the Anti-Virus 2009 worm. If you came across a site that pops up a window that says that you have been infected with malware, NEVER download the software that they say will remove it. These pop-ups are fake and are trying to get you to download a Trojan!

Be safe and responsible out there, don’t contribute to the problem!