Problem: Did you know that spambots crawl over websites looking for email addresses, when they find one they add it to their database for junk email? If you publish your email on your web site, like in this example…. you@somewebsite.com … then your email will most definitely start getting lots of spam. It is foolish [...]
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NYTimes Link By BRAD STONE Malicious programs are rampaging through Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, spreading themselves by taking over people’s accounts and sending out messages to all of their friends and followers. The result is that people are inadvertently telling their co-workers and loved ones how to raise their I.Q.’s or make money [...]
USA Today Link By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY The race to include up-to-the-minute postings from popular social networks atop search results from Google, Microsoft Bing and Yahoo Search should trigger a boon — for spammers and cybercriminals. That’s the consensus of search and tech security experts following Google’s announcement that it has now matched Microsoft’s [...]
Dec 142009
Thunderbird will migrate your email from Outlook or Outlook Express using the Import tool in the Tools menu. Thunderbird does not have an import to migrate from Windows Live Mail or Vista Mail to Thunderbird, like it does for Outlook or Outlook Express. So we kind of have to do a little navigation around the [...]
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For an easy way to backup your Thunderbird, use MozBackup http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ it is a backup and restore utility for Thunderbird and more. To manually backup your Thunderbird, follow the directions below. First find the Thunderbird data folder Open the Windows Start menu For Windows Vista & 7: In the “Start/Search” box, type in %APPDATA% , [...]
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Windows 7 does not come with an email client, so I tried Windows Live Mail first and it worked pretty good. If you missed my review of it, you can see it here. Windows Live Mail also works with Windows XP and Vista. This week I tried out the [...]
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-12-09-fake-sites_N.htm?csp=Tech By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent websites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Online charlatans typically try [...]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength#Guidelines_for_strong_passwords Wikipedia has an excellent section on how to create strong passwords, how to watch out for weak passwords, how passwords are cracked, and how a user should make a password they can remember. I highly recommend reading.
Here is another website that checks for a websites safety, it is by Norton (Symantec Corporation). https://safeweb.norton.com/ Type the website address in the field and click the button, and it will tell you if the site has problems or not.
With all of the virus trapped websites out there, not just do you need a good firewall and virus scanner; there are other ways you can help protect yourself as well, such as checking up on a suspicious website before you visit it. These are tips to help you do just that. Search Engine Checks: [...]
Dec 042009
The Google Translate Website Gadget http://translate.google.com/translate_tools Is a gadget that you can put on your website or blog to let your visitors from other countries read your website or blog in their language. It’s a great tool; we use it on our blog.
The Washington Post By Brian Krebs | December 3, 2009 Scammers and spammers soon will have a tougher time masking links to their malicious Web sites using bit.ly, one of the more popular link-shortening services out there: The company said this week it is teaming with three security firms to warn users when a shortened [...]
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Dec 042009
This will help you Restore your Outlook Express backup, hopefully you have your email backup on a Flash Drive, Backup Drive, CD or DVD from the last post. Note To restore items when you use multiple identities in Outlook Express, you may have to re-create the identities before you follow these steps. Repeat each step as needed [...]
Dec 032009
If you’re looking to make a backup of your Outlook Express Email Client, we suggest following the Microsoft Support Page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670 We have included it here in our blog, written by Microsoft Support: How to back up Outlook Express items: Step 1: Copy message files to a backup folder Step A: Locate the Store folder [...]
