Internet Fraud
Recognizing Viruses in Your E-Mail
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Rule 1: Think twice and verify with the Sender before opening any attachment or following any link sent to you by email! "Sender" information is easy to forge . .
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DNR Renewal Scam
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“Domain Registry of America” – which is based in Canada
– is in the habit of sending urgent renewal notices to people who are
NOT their customers. . .
Computer Card Fraud: Phishing
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"Phishing" is the term used when spammers, pretending
to be your bank or credit card company or mortgage lender, ask everyone
on a spamming email list to "update" their personal information . .
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Using E-mail
Securing Your E-mail
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Unsecured email offers many opportunities for
someone to intercept it. This makes it unwise to send sensitive
information such as credit card numbers or passwords . . .
Blocked Email
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Outlook Express and Outlook 2000-2003 have an anti-virus feature that blocks potentially harmful attachments from being opened. Unfortunately, you can't open the attachment even if you know it's safe . . .
Net2Business Web-Based Email:
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Web-based email allows you to access your mail from any web browser. There are several important differences . . .
Setting up your email account in Microsoft Outlook:
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Open Microsoft Outlook and click on Tools, then Accounts.
Setting up your email account in Microsoft Outlook
Express:
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Open Microsoft Outlook and click on Tools, then Accounts.
Internet FAQs
Some Browsers are Better than Others
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 and 7 both include openings for malware to do "drive-by" attacks. This means that your computer may become infected simply by . . .
Photography in E-Commerce
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Pictures of products are perhaps the most important part of a successful e-commerce site. They can also be the most frustrating and expensive part . . .
Flash: When 'hot' stuff is not cool
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Occasionally, a web site will use sound and motion
to such good effect that everyone who sees it has to show it to a
friend. If the link is getting forwarded geometrically, that's
great! If the main entrance to the site is choking out many of the
intended target visitors, it can be very bad . . .
Understanding the Public Internet
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As consumers, we have been spoiled by the utility companies, which, for the most part, own their own equipment and provide their own maintenance. The internet is a completely different animal, related more to the highway system than the telephone system. This article addresses the mechanisms used by the internet in as non-technical a way as possible . . .
Understanding Your Web Site Statistics.
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While virtually every web host provides web site statistics, they can be pretty daunting. This article explains the basics of what the statistics mean to a business owner . . .
