| Staying
ahead these days means staying abreast of a constantly
changing world. Technology affects so much of our lives and business
practices. Wading through the glut of information is bad enough;
making sense out of many technical issues is harder. Virus attacks,
hoaxes, and scams... what's the best way to promote YOUR business..
now to make your communications stand out from the competition..
avoid becoming a casualty in the search engine wars...
When "Cousin Fred" is Your Webmaster by Jj, Vision IPD
"Gotcha!" or How
the Pop-up ads try to fool you -- and how to avoid getting caught
by Jj, Vision IPD
Get Real Customers to Your
Website by
Jj, Vision IPD
Keep your anti-virus software up to date and to be cautious when opening unexpected email attachments,
even when they appear to come from a trusted source. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp
gives information about virus attacks. Snopes is a
valid and reliable source for information on virus threats as
well as other scams and urban legends that are transmitted by
email.
If you do not have an active anti-virus
program, we are currently recommending AVG Antivirus
free edition and are running it on our studio machines.
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
Safe Computing - for "Newbies"
and the Not-So-New by
Jj, Vision IPD
They’re still “Phishing”
– Don’t Get Caught! by
Jj, Vision IPD
The
Ten Commandments for Online Business Success by Jj,
Vision IPD
Check this page frequently for business tips, design
thoughts, and other useful information!
Notes from Elsewhere
Phishing still an issue in 2009 - While fewer folks are falling for phishing-based spam, there is an increase the amount of homographic possibilities, wherein a domain has more than one spelling and similar-looking URLs composed of characters like “l” substituted for the number “1,” which boosts the range of using similar-looking URLs, a key component in phishing and fraudulent Websites.
Address-form
glitch proves an easy scam 10-21-04 MSNBC- Credit-card
thieves find sneaky way to beat fraud checks NOTE to Online
Merchants - Check second line in billing/shipping address CAREFULLY
Essential
Keyboard Shortcuts 8-4-04 PC World - Twelve shortcuts
that are more efficient than clicking a mouse and dragging a pointer.
Consumers
still falling for phish 7-28-04 MSNBC News - Fake
e-mails fool users 28 percent of the time, study finds
Info
Sources
Anti-Phishing
Workgroup - gives advisory alerts about new schemes to extract
personal information for purposes of identity theft
Email
Threat Info Center - details on the most current "phishing"
and fraudulent pop-up schemes
Federal
Trade Commission SPAM info page - consumer and business info
and resources
Tips
on Avoiding Computer Worms (in addition to using anti-virus
software, of course!)
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studio: Corinth, Maine