the better business burreau row is warning some of the cut rate e books being offered for pirated.some contain malicious malware. apple is now running annual 12 days of christmas i tunes give away, offering free downloads each day. it's only available for customers in canada and europe. those are your tech bites, bites. >>> cold temperatures making things difficult for protesters in alaska. what they are using to stay warm maybe taken away. the protesters can't keep stoves and tents and they are saying it's catching. protesters say it infringes on their right of free speech. protesters say they are not leaving and time will tell. temperature has gotten down to a negative 14 degrees. that's cold. that is commitment. >> i thought they warmed up to negative 14. would have been improvement. we are waiting to tap in to that. january and february will be a much different story around here. here we go, look at this, 36 now, churchville. these are the cooler numbers, we are hugging the bay with temperature about 42 now dundalk, 41 annapolis. we get dry sweep here. not much going on yet. ba

that's likely why the better business burreau says they are seeing an up tick in fishing emails tiedo package shipments. they tell you our order has been shipped. if you click the links you could end up with a virus or a website that steals your information. the bbb says you should hold on to shipping information about anything you order on line and then use that to verify emails or texts about our order. >>> we are getting closer and closer to the holidays, there is plenty of time to help kids with the st 13th annual toy drive. whether you finished your shopping or haven't started yet, consider picking up a gift or two for a kid in need. you have until december 22nd to donate unwrapped toys. drop them off at 15 local wal- mart stores. fine them listed on abc2news.com, also take them to the learning center or fire stations in baltimore and arundel counties. it's partnering with the kids program, if you have instruments, drop those off with the toys you are donating. >>> a local group of students is letting the world know bullying is not okay. jeff hager shows us how they are getting

according to the better business burreau, there is an up tick in the fishing scams which get carried out through email, sending messages like this one, saying packages have been sent. it contains links, as you click them, you could end up with a virus or get to a website that will steal your information. the bbb says never click links sent from an un known source or one that looks legitimate. hold onto the original purchase details for any on line order, and use that to independently track and verify your shipments. that should ensure you don't get wrapped up in this kind of holiday fishing scam. ask deliveries be left at neighbor's house. have your holiday gifts sent to work instead. >>> for more information from the work past, head to abc2news.com, look under the money tab. >>> case of winter weather in parts of southwestern wisconsin. snow blanketed the ground in mill milwaukee, the accumulations were light. >>> light conditions expected midday in parts of the southwestern great plains, they are gearing up, a snowstorm shutdown the city of rio rancho. a major winter storm is heade