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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Don?t become an identity fraud statistic!
- "You've just won a fabulous vacation or prize package! Now, if you'll kindly give me your credit card information and social security number for verification purposes, you will receive this awesome gift!"Now why would they need my credit card or social security number to send me a freebie? Can you say, "identity theft?"Although there are legitimate reasons for peo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Delete cookies: new-age diet or common sense internet security?
- No, this article isn't about some new, lose-20-pounds-in-a-week, certified-by-some-tan-Southern-California-doctor diet. It's about cookies on your computer - what they are, why they are there, and what to do about them. Computer cookies actually have quite a bit in common with their baked counterparts - some are good, some are bad, and they have expiration dates.Cookies are small text files...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A new era of computer security
- Computer security for most can be described in 2 words, firewall and antivirus.Until recently could one install a firewall and an antivirus program and feel quite secure. The risk of something "bad" succeeding with infecting your computer or a hacker to breach your firewall was not likely.This as internet was filled with computer completely without protection. Easier to att...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Phishing: a scary way of life
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified "phishing" as the "hottest and most troubling new scam on the Internet."What is Phishing?Phishing is a scam initiated via e-mail. Messages are "fishing" for personal and financial information. Most often, e-mails appear to be from reputable companies (internet service providers, telephone companies, etc)...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten spyware and adware threats identified
- On December 8, 2004 Webroot, an award winning anti-spyware solution provider, released a press release identifying the ten most significant emerging spyware and adware threats. Most of these you probably haven't heard of and a few may surprise you.It is estimated that 9 out of 10 computers are infected with spyware, also known as, adware, scumware, malware and many others.Here's the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online shopping: 10 tips for safe online shopping
- Have you ever bought a product or service from the internet?Yes? Me too. You're not alone?Some of the reasons why most people are shopping online are: they can buy anything at anytime because Internet shopping is available 24 hours, all the time.You can shop from the convenience of your home. You can avoid traffic and crowding at the malls.Online shopping is one of the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reducing fraudulent transations ? 5 simple ways to protect yourself
- The money being spent online is steadily growing. With billions of dollars being spent each year online, the opportunity to make money on the internet has never been bigger. Unfortunately, with that opportunity come people who want to make money in less than honest ways. We're going to look at some concrete ways you can identify fraudulent transactions and save yourself a lot of chargeback fees, m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Temporary internet files - the good, the bad, and the ugly
- A little bit of time invested into learning about internet security can go a long way in preventing mishaps on your computer. Temporary internet files are not something we should be afraid of, but we should certainly be careful in how much we trust them and how we deal with them.Temporary internet files are image, text, and formatting files that are stored on your hard drive by the websites...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Passwords or pass phrase? protecting your intellectual property
- Much has been said on the theory of password protection for files, computer login, and other network access. In the past we used a combination of letters, special characters, and other techniques to try and prevent unwanted or unauthorized access to our computers, resources, and networks. A new theory on passwords is emerging that may help us remember our access codes, be more secure, and generall...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mall protection
- The Loss Prevention Manager should be receptive to the needs and objectives of upper management and work to prevent and reduce loss from crime, fire accidents etc.With the continuing threats brought to us by our AL Quaeda and Taliban enemies and the outbreak of new TV shows that reinforce the danger we all face on a daily basis, one must look within as to how we can protect ourselves from t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I spy...something terribly wrong (in your computer)
- This really chapped my lips...I recently bought a new computer. Mine was getting old, had lost its whistle, and the few remaining bells didn't ding a nicely as they had in the past. Yep, it was time for a new state-of-the art dream machine with CD burner. DVD player, a bazillion gigabyte drive and more RAM than Rambo has. I whipped out my trusty credit card and told my local CompUSA to ring...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Information security for e-businessmen: just a couple of ideas
- If you constantly deal with bank or electronic accounts, it must be your worst nightmare--to wake up and learn that you are a bankrupt. Some crook stole your personal data and all the money you have been sweating blood for years has flown to somebody else's account. Almost everybody must have heard that such a tradegy is called identity theft and millions of people in the USA alone suffer the same...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 simple steps to protect your digital downloads
- A couple of days ago, I was searching for a popular eBook online. Now I'm not going to tell you the name of this eBook for reasons you'll understand in the next few minutes. Okay, so here I was, opening Google, entering the name of the eBook - clicking search, and checking through the first few pages of search results. -> Forward to Page 5 of Google I saw a link that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to manage your username and password the easy and secure way
- Have been an Internet user for more than 9 years, I have 100's of logins and passwords to keep. I'm paranoid. I'm now even more paranoid after I joined YMMSS because I use online payment systems on weekly basis if not daily.I used to use Microsoft Excel to manage my usernames, passwords, and other registration information, both online and offline. Excel is not safe because there are program...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spy scanners ? don?t compromise your privacy
- Spies, spyware, internet parasites are among what they are usually called. These are scouts that monitor your web activities. The work undercover to check on your surfing patterns, spending habits, items bought, they extract email addresses, hijack browsers, steal credit card information. These are just some of the things a spyware is capable of.A spyware is mainly an information hungry par...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Protect your little black book
- The movie Little Black Book features a young woman, Stacy, who is frustrated when her boyfriend refuses to share information about his past relationships. When his PDA, a Palm Tungsten C, falls into her hands, she is faced with a conundrum. Does she give it back, or does she explore it? If she gave it back, we wouldn't have a movie, now would we? Stacy then proceeds to identify his ex-girlfriends ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Behavior to stay safer online
- 1. Importance of a Virus Scanner: A Antivirus program can help to prevent you from becoming infected with a Virus or Trojan. It is extremely important to make sure this program is updated at least once a week, and all drives are scanned. Viruses usually are used to destroy your Data or Hardware. Where as Trojans are used to gain remote access into your system. Always scan any new files you ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont miss information because of misinformation
- It has been said that with the wealth of information, freely available, the Internet has the ability to make you smarter, faster, than any other medium on the planet. Of course with an equal amount of mis-information, it also has the ability to make you dumber, faster, than any other medium on the planet. So how do you decide which sources of information to trust and which sources to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can i guess your password?
- We all know that it's dangerous to use the same password for more than one program. If you sign up for a program run by someone of low moral fibre, what is to stop them running through various programs with your username and password to see what they can access? But of course remembering all the different passwords can be a headache. And writing them down somewhere isn't a great deal safer ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seven must follow rules while participating in message boards
- Participating in message boards (forums) discussions is a great way of self promotion. It costs you nothing. Not even a penny. All you have to do is allot sometime for this type of promotion.Before you getting started you need to know some must follow principles. You want your time to be profitable for you. Right? So what ever time you are gonna spend should bring you some profits.Wh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The importance of forum participation in promoting an internet business
- Many internet business owners are really lost when doing anything with regards to their Internet business and this is sometimes because people try to do it alone without any external help. Contrary to the notion that the internet is an unfriendly place, many online marketing forums and internet business forums are filled with very nice people that help each other out. This sometimes can be seen in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reward your forum moderators
- If you are a forum administrator and you have moderators on your site who are doing a stellar job, consider rewarding them for their assistance. No, I am not necessarily talking about financial compensation, but other recognizable forms of showing your gratefulness.As the forum administrator for the Corporate Flight Attendant Co...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Should you add a forum to your site?
- I was recently reading a message board thread on a popular SEO site and the question came up whether this particular person should add a forum to his site. I appreciated the honest answers from those who replied and I mulled over several points myself that I thought would be beneficial. Combined, these are some of the prevailing thoughts from site administrators:1. Site Traffic. Whil...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Search for business partners effortlessly
- With the internet revolution ushering in new modes of communication everyday, building contacts is no longer an arduous, time consuming job. In fact, if you are looking for effective and easy ways to search for business partners, the internet provides a ready answer. Today we have a number of successful and friendly ebusiness platforms which allow us to build networks of contacts, search for busin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet forums - six ways to avoid disaster
- Internet Forums are highly popular, they cater for all tastes and deal with every topic imaginable. People visit Internet forums for a variety of reasons, the most common being the search for information or entertainment. The Internet forum is a safe environment if you behave sensibly but you can find yourself in dangerous territory if you ignore the following warnings.Don't Join Internet F...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The benefits of hiring forum posters
- There are many business benefits to be realized by including a forum on your website. A forum is an area where individuals can converse on a regular basis about different topics and ideas as well as discuss your services and products. Of course, you can have different threads and decide more or less what topics are in your forum, but you will need to have people posting in your forum to keep inter...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Some quick tips to easily improve the success of your forum!
- It is difficult to define a 'successful forum'. However, all forums deal with information and so the amount of information that is transferred across a forum is an indication of its success. The most effective way to boost the transfer of information is by boosting your forum's traffic.Getting visitors to your forum for the first timePromote your forum in a signature file at t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Milton keynes - a city for the future?
- The two main features of Milton Keynes which distinguish it from older towns are:1)The town was built with motor vehicles in mind and so has a structured road network.2)A significant amount of land was set aside for green space, from the extensive network of park land to the sizeable margins planted with trees and shrubs by the side of the road system.So why this article?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forum traffic - how to get more members on your forum
- Getting more traffic on your forum can be hard. But don't get discouraged yet! Here are some ways that you can increase traffic, or better yet, keep the people who are already going through your forum from closing out their window.If you have been browsing the Internet for any period of time, you more than likely have visited a forum to ask a question, find information, or talk about a topi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 reasons why php message boards rock
- If you are web designer, chances are you include forums on at least some of the sites you manage. If you haven't explored PHPBB2 you are missing out as this type of message board offers to designers a forum that is well supported, easy to manage, and above all else: free! Let's see why PHPBB2 is a hit with so many web designers.Compared to some web designers, I am relatively new to the busi...