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Welcome to the Road Runner Newsletter for October 2003

Paying your bill online is now an option
Pay Xpress It saves time, money and stamps. You can pay your Road Runner bill using Time Warner Cable's Pay Xpress. Go to payxpress.twalbany.com and pay directly from your bank checking account or with a major credit card. You'll need the 14-digit account number from your Time Warner Cable bill. It's safe, secure, quick and easy.
Autopay Want to have your cable payment drawn automatically from your bank account each month? Use our autopay solution. It's easy to do, and you won't have to change your present banking relationship to take advantage of this service. The form is available online. Other bill payment options Go to http://www.twalbany.com/customercare/billpay.php to read about how to pay your bill over the telephone, at any of our convenient Time Warner Cable offices, Price Chopper and through the mail.

Win an iPod Enter to win an Apple iPod. This digital music player holds more than 2,500 near-CD-quality songs on its 10 GB hard drive, and it offers up to eight hours of continuous playback on its lithium-ion battery. The iPod is super portable, at 5.6 ounces and only 0.62 inches thick, 2.4 inches wide and 4.1 inches tall. Contest open only to Road Runner customers, as of contest begin date.

AMC Networks presents Monsterfest, six days of scary movies, Oct. 26-31. Play monsterfest movie millions at amctv.com for your chance to win $1 million. Your worst nightmare could make your dreams come true.

Qhosts Trojan making the rounds
"QHosts.Trojan" or "QHosts-1" can infect your computer when you click on a pop-up ad found on certain websites hosted by FortuneCity.com. Once infected, your Domain Name Server settings change to invalid Internet Protocol addresses, preventing you from accessing websites.
For more details on this nasty Trojan, visit our Road Runner Security section at http://www.nycap.rr.com/security/detail.php?ID=53.

Beware Subject: Use this patch immediately !
This message has a forged reply address from "Microsoft". W32.Dumaru@mm is a mass-mailing worm that drops an IRC Trojan onto the infected machine. The worm gathers email addresses from certain file types and uses its own SMTP engine to email itself.
For more details on this, go to http://www.nycap.rr.com/security/detail.php?ID=50.

Win tickets to see Shania
FLY92 and Time Warner Cable combine to offer you a chance to win two front-row tickets to the Shania Twain concert Oct. 11 at the Pepsi Arena plus two backstage meet & greet passes to meet one of music's superstars, the "Up" CD and a day at a spa. The contest ends Thursday, Oct. 9, and the winner will be announced during FLY92's Candy & Potter morning show on Friday, Oct. 10.

"The Matrix Reloaded" highlights Movies on Demand

November's Movies on Demand (digital cable channel 1010) includes "The Matrix Reloaded," which premieres Friday, Nov. 28. Neo is back for more sci-fi action in this stylish sequel that's available for the first time on television only on iNDEMAND. Keanu Reeves is the high-tech savior who discovers more about the true nature of the Matrix and its enslavement of humanity - even as he is forced to choose between rescuing all of mankind or the one person (Carrie-Anne Moss) he truly loves.

Two double feature specials; each twinbill is 2 for $4.95 >> "2 Fast 2 Furious" (R) After blowing an investigation when he fell under the seduction of high-speed street racing, disgraced cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) tries to redeem his honor in this sequel. Premieres Nov. 14 as a double feature special with "The Fast and the Furious." >> "The Italian Job" (PG-13) After pulling off a risky gold heist from a heavily guarded Venice palazzo, master thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) is stunned when one of his gang double-crosses him. Croker and a sexy safecracker (Charlize Theron) follow the backstabber to California, where they plot payback. Premieres Nov. 21 as a double feature special with the original 1969 version, starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward and Benny Hill. Debuting later this month: >> "Holes" (PG) Dogged by an ancient family curse, young Stanley Yelnats has little clue that he's in for the adventure of his life when he's sent to Camp Green Lake. Forced by the camp's director (Sigourney Weaver) to dig holes to build character, Stanley and his new friends discover that some secrets are too big to keep hidden. This fun, family adventure is based on the award-winning novel. Premieres Nov. 12. >> "Down with Love" (PG-13) Reneé Zellweger stars as a writer whose best-selling book advises women to sear off love. Ewan McGregor stars as a notorious ladies' man out to prove her wrong. Premieres Nov. 20. Also playing: >> "Chicago" (PG-13) Six-time Oscar winner, including Best Picture. >> "Identity" (R) John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Ray Liotta star in a psychological thriller in which 10 strangers take shelter in a desolate motel during a rainstorm. >> "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (PG-13) The second chapter in the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. >> "Anger Management" (PG-13) After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, mild-mannered Dave (Adam Sandler) is ordered to attend anger management sessions run by Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson).