Internet Tip of the Week
by Bob Osgoodby
by Bob Osgoodby
Today is Saturday, February 17, 2007
It is 48 days since the first of the Year
There are 317 days left in the Year, and
There are 310 days until Christmas
Today is . . . National PTA Founder's Day
On
this date . . . Popeye debuted in comic strip
Thimble
Theater (1929)
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In this Issue
** Internet Tip of the Week by Bob Osgoodby – Unsolicited Commercial Email
** In the News – Pharming
** Computer Security Tips by Syd Tash
** Biz-Tips by Dr. Kevin Nunley - Your P.S.** Humor to Start the Weekend – Premature Birth
** Something to Think About by Jan Tincher
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Internet Tip of the Week
by Bob OsgoodbyUnsolicited Commercial Email
We receive such a tremendous amount of unsolicited commercial email (sp^m) in our In-Box everyday, we can certainly understand why some people become "Anti-Sp^m" crusaders. Since the majority is sent with a phony return address, it is virtually impossible to track down. Most people simply delete the clutter, or create filters with their email package to automatically get rid of a lot of it.
Over 80% of all email sent is sp^m and the CAN-SPAM Act simply is not having much of an effect. In point of fact, it is worse now than it ever was. While the law is on the books, it just isn’t being enforced properly. What a waste of resources and our time! To add insult to injury most Internet Service Providers (ISPs), in their sometimes overzealous efforts to protect us, attempt to filter out unsolicited email and wind up deleting valid email.
There is no such thing as a perfect filter. If a certain blocking technique is installed, the sp^mmers quickly find a way around it. Face it – this is their business. They will quickly go out of business if their email is not delivered. But, if someone sends a legitimate email that happens to trigger one of the filters of the receiving ISP, it will never be delivered. To make matters worse, neither party will ever know it wasn’t delivered, as most ISPs simply dump it into hyperspace. They do this in two ways. The receiving ISP either blocks the Internet Service Provider (IP) address of the sender, or their actual email address. If they block the email address, and let’s assume it’s yours, this means that you can’t send any email to anyone using that ISP. This is a harsh penalty for an innocent mistake.
Last year, AOL reported it blocked over 500 billion (Yes that’s a Billion) email messages, and regularly blocks 75-80% of all incoming mail. How many messages that you wrote, never got there? So what can we do to protect ourselves?
Never – and that is a very long time – use your primary email address on the web. If you frequent chat rooms, bulletin boards or have ads for your business, do NOT use your primary email address. These places are where the sp^mmers usually find their victims.
Keep your primary email address private. Get some free email addresses such as Hotmail for your travels throughout the web. Get another for the publications you wish to receive. Don’t think that different user names from AOL will solve this problem, as if they block an email address sent to one, it is automatically blocked for all.
If you sign up to receive a Newsletter and don't get it, or it suddenly stops arriving, one of the legitimate articles most likely triggered the Spam Filter of your Internet Service Provider. Some of the articles discuss actual offers on the web and may use some of the terms they block. For example, if an article is discussing a known scam, it has to refer to some of the words that they might use to block the actual scam. Once it is blocked, you may never get it again.
You can ask your site host to reduce the level of filtering on your Email, or to never reject something sent through the email address of the publisher. Many can do this. If your ISP cannot or will not honor your request, the solution is simple – get one that will.
The ideal solution is to get multiple email addresses, from different vendors. That way, you should be able to not only conduct your business and receive your valid email, but send the majority of the spam to addresses you won’t check anyway.
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In The News
Pharming
Routers many people use to share broadband connections between machines in their home can be compromised. Making changes to a routers set-up requires the use of an administrative password, but the researchers said informal studies suggest that about half of router owners never change the default, and the router's DNS settings could be changed.
The Domain Name System (DNS) turns the web names that humans use into the numeric form that computers prefer. By compromising the router malicious hackers could redirect users to counterfeit banking, e-mail, or government sites which then collect sensitive details like account numbers, usernames, and passwords.
Phishing attacks, where users believe they are on a legitimate site when actually connected to a bogus one, are not new. However, these schemes are usually limited to individual pages.This method would let hackers do wholesale phishing, called pharming, by redirecting every web address to illegitimate servers that either collect information or attempt to install malicious software.
"Fortunately, this attack is easy to defend against. To protect from a pharming attack of this sort, it is recommended that users change the default administrative password on their router.
- 5/10
Stupid Quotes
"It is thought that Raj Mohammed Poselay was beaten to death, possibly during a family fun day in the park."
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Computer Security Tips
by Syd TashDo not to download anything from the Internet unless you really need it and will use it, and all your security programs are up to date.
If you DO download a file or open an attachment in your email, here's one more trick to help you: watch the file extension! Windows hides file extensions by default. This keeps things fairly simple for you, but could be dangerous.
Say you are about to download a file named news.doc.exe. If the true file extension is hidden, you will see only news.doc, and think it is a MS Word file, when in fact it is an application or program, perhaps hiding a virus. You should set Windows to always show the full file extension. To do this, click Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View. Clear the check box marked "Hide extensions for known file types". Click Apply, OK.
Of course, a real Word document could have malicious code as well, in a macro instruction for example. But complicated file names are a big warning that there may be trouble ahead, and maybe you should not open the attachment and just delete the email, or cancel the download.
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Syd Tash is a noted computer security consultant and author of “How to Protect Your Computer from Daily Internet Threats”. He has been keeping surfers safe since the last century. For more Tips & info, visit http://info4u.vze.com
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Biz-Tips
by Kevin NunleyYour P.S.
Sign your letter in a different color ink than the color it is printed in. Include a P.S. Sixty percent of readers read the P.S. before they read the rest of the letter. Have the P.S. restate your offer, your time limit, or urge the reader to call or email you.
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Quote of the Day
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
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A Little Humor to Start the Week
Premature Birth
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Stationed in Okinawa, Japan, my son and his wife were expecting their first baby. I was elated when he called me at work with the news of my grandchild's birth. I took down all the statistics and turned to relate it all to my co-workers.
"I'm a grandmother!" I declared. "It's a baby girl, and she weighs five pounds."
"When was she born?" someone asked.
Recalling the date my son told me, I stopped, looked at the calendar, and said in amazement, "Tomorrow!"
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My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was and I told him, "62."
He was quiet for a moment, then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
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Kurt was going out with a nice girl and finally popped the question. "Will you marry me, darling?" he asked.
Lisa smiled coyly and said, "Yes, if you'll buy me a mink."
Kurt thought for a moment and then replied, "Okay, it's a deal, on one condition."
"What is that?" Lisa asked.
"You'll have to clean the cage," Kurt replied.
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During a recent vacation in Atlantic City, a couple went to see a popular magic show. After one especially amazing feat, a woman from the back of the theater yelled out, "Hey, how'd you do that?"
"I could tell you, madam", the magician answered, "But then I'd have to kill you."
After a short pause, she yelled back, "Ok, then... Just tell my husband!"
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Something to Think About
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BobCopyright - 2007
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