W/reference to that, perhaps the post on my technophoeb.com site about staying safe w/email regarding my "big 4" criteria is helpful, & is also pasted below.
1 of the things that people love to do on their computers is to receive email. & why not? It's fast, it allows communication with specific groups, e.g., your list of friends, your list of coworkers, your family, etc., it's free, & it saves you the headache of a trip to the post office. But, as with everything else, email has a downside, & that is that it's possible to get malware (viruses, spyware, etc.) from it. Generally that only happens when you open up email attachments, which are often denoted by a paper clip icon by your email message. Some attachments are harmless--they contain photos, songs, jokes, etc. Others, however, are not harmless, & they may even be sent unknowingly by a friend whose computer is infected. So how do you know which attachments to open & which not to? Enter my big 4, e.g, if you follow these rules, you'll seldom if ever get a malware infection via email. The file attachment should be accompanied by a message/note containing the following: 1) Recipient name; 2) The name(s) of the file(s) being attached--if there's a bunch, at least the first 3; 3) A description of the files' contents; & 4) The sender's name. This sounds *really complicated, but it isn't. The following will suffice: Hay, Grandma, I'm sending u some photos of our trip to Disney World. The files are called Disney1, disney2, disney3, etc. Love Always, Jackie This message contains 1) The recipient's name (Grandma); 2) A description of the attachment contents (photos of our trip to Disney World); 3) Filenames (disney1, disney2, disney3, etc.); & 4) The sender's name (Jackie). Viruses simply don't do that. Hope this helps keep every1 just a lil safer! On 12/9/10, David Ferrin <[email protected]> wrote: > Daily Tip: > Beware Of Email Attachments > > Don't open strange email attachments. Opening an attachment that contains > malware is an easy way to infect your computer with malicious files. Any > time you receive an email with an attachment, you should consider whether > you know (and trust) the sender and then determine whether the email fits > the sender's character. For example, if an email suggest that you open some > mysterious link, it's probable the email is spam. Likewise, your grandmother > isn't likely to send you an email asking you to download some salacious > photos, so you can be assured that such a message is also spam. > > Daily Term: > link farming > > When ranking a Web site, many search engines, such as Google, factor in the > number of sites to which it is linked. Link farming involves exchanging > links with other Web sites in an attempt to get a better search engine > ranking. Most search engines, however, penalize sites that take part in link > farming. > David Ferrin > Most people don't know what they're doing and a lot of them are really good > at it. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Scripting Classes: http://jawsscripting.lonsdalemedia.org homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net For technophobes: www.technophoeb.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
