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INTERNET FRAUDS
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Recognizing Viruses in Your E-Mail
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... Read More
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DNR Renewal Scam
“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... Read More
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Computer Card Fraud: Phishing
"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... Read More
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USING E-MAIL
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Securing Your E-mail
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... Read More
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Blocked E-mail
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... Read More
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Net2Business Web-Based Email:
Web-based email allows you to access your mail from any web browser.
There are several important differences... Read More
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Setting Up Your Email Account in Microsoft Outlook:
Open Microsoft Outlook and click on Tools, then Accounts... Read More
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Setting Up Your Email Account in Microsoft Outlook
Express:
Open Microsoft Outlook and click on Tools, then Accounts... Read More
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INTERNET FAQ's
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Some Browsers are Better Than Others
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... Read More
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Photography in E-Commerce
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... Read More
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Flash: When Hot Stuff is Not Cool
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... Read More
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Understanding the Public Internet
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... Read More
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Understanding Your Web Site Statistics
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... Read More
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