Consumer alert!

Bacteria found in Vicks Nasal Spray

Charles Slat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:39 +0000

Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray is being recalled because some of it has been found to contain bacteria.
Proctor & Gamble, the maker of the spray, said the recall was precautionary because of tainted spray found in Germany. Three different lots of the product are being recalled in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Germany.
For more details, click here.

Perfect Flame grills can cause burns, fires

Charles Slat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:11 +0000

Perfect Flame gas grills sold exclusively at Lowe’s stores are being recalled because the burners can deteriorate and the lids can catch fire.
For details on the recall, which affects more than 600,000 grills, click here.

Hunter safety harnesses are faulty

Charles Slat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:17 +0000

Gorilla Inc. of Flushing, Mich. is recalling about 90 safety harnesses because they have a flaw that could cause them to give way.
The harnesses are restraint systems used to keep hunters from falling. For details and a photo, click here.

Pacifiers could cause children to choke

Charles Slat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:03 +0000

More than 600,000 “Bobby Chupete” pacifiers are being recalled because the mouth guard is too small and the produce might be swallowed by tots, posing a choking hazard.
For details, click here.

FBI sees online threat to law, PR firms

Charles Slat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:24 +0000

The FBI believes that law firms and public relations companies might be the target of hackers who use forms of social networking to bypass a firm’s online security measures.
Called “spear phishing,” the hackers are using messages with malware attachments that are designed to get computer users within the targeted companies to open the attachment by luring them with subject lines or messages that appeal to the recipients specific business interests. Opening a message launches a self-executing file and, through a variety of malicious processes, attempts to download another file.
Once executed, the malicious file attempts to download and execute http://d.ueopen.com/srhost.exe. Any traffic associated with ‘ueopen.com’ should be considered as an indication of an existing network compromise and addressed appropriately, the FBI says.
The malicious file does not necessarily appear as an ‘exe’ file in each incident. On occasion, the self-executing file has appeared as other file types, e.g., ‘.zip’, or ‘jpeg.’

Customers more satisfied with rental cars

Charles Slat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:12:10 +0000

Customer satisfaction with rental cars has stablized after two years of declines, and Enterprise leads the pack in terms of customer satisfaction with rental companies, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study.

GetMoni.com investors got ripped off

Charles Slat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:39 +0000

A Flint man who sold fraudulent promissory notes to investors who attended his “free lunch” investment seminars has been ordered by state officials to stop selling unregistered investment products.
The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation determined that John Missitti and a company he is associated with, GetMoni.com, were not licensed to sell securities products. Promissory notes were sold to Michigan consumers in the form of contractor financing, silver mines and other related investments. In some cases the promissory notes exceeded $100,000, state officials said.
“In this economic environment, scams come in all shapes and sizes. Consumers should do their homework and call OFIR before entering into any investment opportunity,” OFIR Commissioner Ken Ross said.
If Michigan investors have any questions about an investment firm, professional or product, please contact OFIR toll-free at (877) 999-6442 or online at: www.michigan.gov/ofir.
OFIR’s cease and desist order also applies to Ronald Brito, the president of GetMoni, which is incorporated in Carson City, NV.
Failure to comply with this order could subject Missitti and Brito to a $25,000 fine and 10 years in prison.

Free fries on Zetterberg

Charles Slat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:15:50 +0000

Henrik Zetterberg scored a hat trick with .7 of a second left in the Detroit Red Wings game Saturday night, meaning you can get a free order of curly fries at Arby’s all day Sunday if you bring in a copy of a newspaper box score of the game or print one out from FoxSportsDetroit.com.

Backpack blowers are fire hazard

Charles Slat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:01:14 +0000

Homelite Mighty Lite backpack blowers are being recalled because they pose a fire hazard.
For details on the recall, click here.

Hunting tree stands can collapse

Charles Slat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:50 +0000

Some hunting tree stands sold by Gander Mountain have a defect that can cause users to fall.
For details on the recall, click here.