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BizWiz conference covers all the bases * National Pastime theme scores a hit By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com BATTING AROUND SOME IDEAS - Dr. Charles Steinberg, executive vice president of public affairs for the Boston Red Sox, wields a baseball bat given him by Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Wendy Northcross. Steinberg spoke at Tuesday's BizWiz Conference and Marketplace at the Four Points Sheraton Hyannis Hotel. This gathering of wizards saw more baseball bats than magic wands. Tuesday'sthird annualBizWizConfer- ence and Marketplace turned the Four Points Sheraton Hyannis Hotel into a northern extension of the Grapefruit League with its emphasis on "spring training"for Cape businesses. The Cape Cod Baseball League was front and center as the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce's annual event welcomed keynote speaker Dr.Charles Steinberg, executive vice president of public affairs for the Red Sox. He used his long relationships with other top Sox executives as a way to illustrate the importance of teamwork, and he celebrated the Cape League and the natural wonders of Cape Cod. Callingthe Cape "probably one of the most rich,vivid and romanticresources the world has,"Steinberg described its summerbaseballleague asaplacewhere every night one can watch a game "in tranquility, for free." To the boy from Baltimore who's responsible for keeping the adjective in "Friendly Fenway,"Fenway Park and Cape Cod "are very wonderful words." Presentation plays a role in how these wonders are perceived, according to Steinberg. "It's the personal touch that deter- mines whether people have a good time,"he said. Steinberg has been involved in alter- ingperceptions sincehisearly days with the BaltimoreOriolesorganization. Asa boy,he worked at the old park in almost every conceivable support role.Later as a medical school graduate, he became the team dentist. He was there when a "very" young man named Larry Luc- chino, aprotege of team owner Edward Bennett Williams, had an idea. "He wanted to build a new ballpark," Steinberg recalled. "He said, 'Imagine Fenway Park, but more comfortable.' I said,'Noway.We're goingtothesuburbs, if we go, and it'll be glass and steel. "I was so sure that he was so wrong. He was so right." The new ballpark, Camden Yards, would become an example of how to stay in the city and provide a satisfying retro experience. But Lucchino needed a partner, Steinberg noted, remember- ingthe day architect Janet Marie Smith walked in the door. "Twasthen, he said, that "the Rodgers and Hammerstein of baseball ambience was born. Both someday should take their place in Cooperstown." The management team was com- CONTINUED ON PAGE A:9 By Stan Elias How much is your data worth? No,really,howmuch ransom would you pay to recover your data when it is held hostage? One virus writer -or several - guess that you would gladly pay a $300 ransom to recover data filesonyourhard diskthat havebecomezipped,encrypted and password protected with- out your knowledge, and thus totally inaccessible. Their brainchild,named Cry- zip by virus hunters, is one of the Trojan horse-type viruses that is downloaded inadver- tently and works its magic un- detected until the target tries to access his data files. Cryzip may have been part of a small e-mail spam run that got past the usual virus checkers. Cryzip searches the C: drive for directories containing files with extensions that hint strongly of significant infor- mation, like .doc at the end of word processor files, .xls that identifies Excel spreadsheets, documents in Adobe 's .p df format, .jpg images and many more. Once the files in a directory are identified , zipped copies are made and the originalsare overwritten with "Erased by Zippo!GOOUT!!"Each zipped file has the originalname plus "_CRYPT_.ZIP" as an exten- sion. The files are password- protected , the virus writer claims, with a 10-character password that is virtually im- possible to determine through brute force methods that try all possible combinations of numbers, symbols and upper- and lower-case letters. Eachinfected directoryends up containing the encrypted files and a text file with in- structions how to pay the $300 ransom for the encryption key. The text file isa single-spaced page written inEnglish loaded with misspellings and gram- matical errors. The document opens with adescription of the password protection system and the futility of trying to defeat it. This is followed by a detailed description of how to open an E-Gold account, a legitimate means of transfer- ring money over the Internet. E-Gold operates out of the Caribbean island Nevis. Once the victim opens an account, he is instructed to buy $300 in E-Gold for his account, and then transfer it to the virus writer's account. The virus writeruses99E-Gold accounts, so if E-Gold shuts one down, others will be available to his victims. Within 24 hours, the victim would receive $1back in his account along with details of how to restore his files. Because thisvirusisnot very widespread,itisnot considered a mass attack. Indeed , this type of virus is most effective when delivered in low volumes because it does not attract the attention of the major anti- virus vendors. But there is concernthat thisform of attack maybecome more common as it has been proven modestly successful. The last attack of this type occurred only about tenmonths ago;thefirst attack occurred in 1989.Three attacks over 17 years are considered insignificantbymost anti-virus vendors. Most, But Not All In a white paper describing thevirus,LURHQCorporation, a leading computer security consultant , concludes that most users will not have to worry about a Cryzip threat. "However," the paper con- tinues, "two incidents in the past ten months indicate the possible start of atrend of this type of malware, and future incidents may affect a wider swath of users." Trend Micro Inc., avendor of professional-grade anti-virus software, offers its customers step-by-step instructions for using one of their products to delete the virus and recover encrypted files. But both of these companies point out the importance of prevention by keeping high- quality anti-virus software up to date and regularly backing up sensitive data Anti-virussoftware iswidely available and isrelatively inex- pensive. McAfee and Norton, the two most widely distrib- uted packages, are equally proficient at protecting your precious data from the jungle that isthe Internet. Theyboth offer features such as auto- matic updating when they are connected to the Internet,and can be set to perform a weekly automatic scanwhen the com- puter isleast likelyto be inuse, say3:00 Sundaymorning.Keep in mind, though, that anti-vi- rus software is a subscription service that must be renewed annually or your system could be vulnerable to the latest generation of viruses. The Cryzip virus also un- derscores the need for regular backups of critical software and data. If Cryzip got past your anti-virussoftware and in- fected your C: drive,you could rebuild your disk fairly easily if you had a recent backup. In most cases, you would only need to back up data, rather than software , because the software is still available on the original media, which you squirreled away in a very safe place. The absolute worst-case scenariowould be reformatting and reloading your hard disk - unpleasant but not impos- sible. Stan Eliaswrites onbusiness technology issues and operates Tensor Communi- cations , a West Barnstable marketing communications agency that specializes in technology-intensive businesses. He can be reached at 323-401-1290 or TensorComm@comcast.net. TechPiles GIZ OK for full commission vote Subcommittee unanimously approves application By David Still II dstill@barnstablepatriot.com Barnstable's application to make downtown Hyannis a growthincentivezonereceived the unanimous support of the Cape Cod Commission sub- committee reviewing it. That paves the way for a full commission vote on the appli- cation at its April 6 meeting. The subcommittee reviewed the staff report on the applica- tion and will use that as the basis for conditions Growth incentive zones are newly-created mechanisms withinthe regional policy plan that allow communities to bypass Cape Cod Commission review up to pre-established thresholds. Barnstable's application is for a 20-year period of town- regulated growth, but this first approval would only be for five years. Development offsets out- side of the GIZ were among the primary discussion points at Tuesday's subcommittee meeting. The town is seeking credit for the growth-limiting actinsit'stakeninthe past five years, including the move to 2-acre zoning, the town-wide district of critical planning concern , downtown rezon- ing and parcels taken out of CONTINUED ON PAGE A:11 "This will be the only Cape Cod Commission- free zone on the Cape," said Ruth Weil, director of the town's growth management department, That's not what you might expect from such a strong supporter of the regional land-use agency, but Weil was making a point. 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