Hi Jackie and David,
Good advice. Jackie I am replying to see if that header went away.
I use AVG latest version and scan every evening.
I also scan using free anti spyware and I scan about every 2 weeks or so. I
scanned about 4 days ago.
I just also got
Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_1.01
but I have not installed yet. It claims that it can run with other spy ware
software.
Ann
v ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie McBride" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily information
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.
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