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P2P Dangers - File Sharing Can Compromise Your Computer's Security
( Added: Mon Jul 18 2005   Hits: 157)

Peer-to-peer file-sharing programs appear to be a godsend: they allow you to swap digital files with others who have the same file-sharing software. Thousands of people use peer-to-peer (often called P2P) programs to exchange music, videos, movies, games, and software. But P2P programs are seemingly synonymous with trouble.

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Sending "Read Receipt" Requests When Sending E-mail Messages
( Added: Mon Apr 18 2005   Hits: 248)

Most e-mail programs allow you to ask for Read Receipts when sending e-mail messages. However, two popular Macintosh programs, Mail.app by Apple and Microsoft's Entourage, make no provision for sending or responding to Read Receipt requests. For information on popular e-mail software programs that do have Read Receipt capabilities, see the details below.

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Setting Up AutoComplete On Your Browser
( Added: Mon May 23 2005   Hits: 150)

Your browser may have a button on its toolbar called "AutoComplete." (It's called "AutoFill" on a Macintosh.) AutoComplete is a useful yet underutilized feature which is available on most browsers. Its purpose is to save you time when filling out online forms when placing orders with online merchants. Rather than filling out an order form each time you make an online purchase, browsers provide a place to store this information to then use as needed when placing an order. Here's how to set up AutoComplete on your browser:

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Spammed? Please read
( Added: Sun Oct 28 2007   Hits: 97)

First of all, my sincerest apologies that you've been spammed. It did not come from us.

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The Silent Epidemic of Botnets
( Added: Thu Feb 01 2007   Hits: 58)

If, as author Philip K. Dick wondered, robots dream of electronic sheep, their collectivist cyber-equivalents, botnets live for the fleece. Used to enable or commit several types of fraud, including click fraud against PPC providers such as Google, Yahoo and the host of smaller pay-per-click programs, botnets are proliferating across the Internet at an alarming rate. The only thing matching the increase in criminal use of botnets is the increasing sophistication of their operators.

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There's an e-mail worm that recently began to circulate around the Internet called the "W32.Sober.N@
( Added: Mon May 23 2005   Hits: 165)

(The worm only infects Windows-based systems - not Macintosh, Unix, or Linux systems.) Also known as the W32/Sober.o@MM worm, this new variant of the Sober worm was first discovered on April 19, 2005, and includes a tricky Trojan horse feature. The text of the deceptive e-mail message promises the recipient a benefit if he/she opens the accompanying attachment but something quite different occurs when the attachment is opened. Below is the exact text of an actual W32.Sober.N@mm e-mail worm currently circulating the Web:

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