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  • BBB names top ten scams of 2011
    The Better Business Bureau says it investigates thousands of scams every year, "from the latest gimmicks to schemes as old as the hills." Those investigations have produced the BBB's Top Ten Scams of 2011.
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    You can find plenty of bargains at Downloadcrew Software Store, but there have been even greater savings to be had this month. If you’re thinking about investing in some new software, now is the time to do so -- these special offers will end when we reach the end of January. The holiday season is now a month behind us, so it’s time to think about organizing all of those photos you took during ...
  • Getting scammed in 2011
    Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year, from the latest gimmicks to schemes as old as the hills. The new Scam Source ( www.bbb.org/scam) is a comprehensive resource on scam investigations from BBBs around the country, with tips from BBB, law enforcement and others. Consumers can sign up to receive our Scam Alerts by email, and can also be a scam detective by ...
  • Fraud hits record levels in 2011
    Unemployment and inflation blamed as fraudsters feel they "have no choice".
  • McAfee Introduces Comprehensive, Expert Technical Support Services for North American Consumers
    McAfee today announced a suite of comprehensive tech support services designed to help consumers meet the growing complexity of devices their individual or family’s digital lifestyle needs.

Duplicate Emails on BlackBerry

If your BlackBerry is displaying duplicate emails, you might have your email account set up on both your carrier's BlackBerry Internet Server (BIS) service and your company's BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

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Account Changes Take a Little Time

If you make changes to a mailbox on an Exchange 2010 server, sometimes it can take a few minutes for the changes to be visible to the client. Sometimes those changes can be reflected incorrectly in the client for a short while. For example, recently I gave a customer a temporary upgrade in her mailbox storage quota to 3.5 GB. After a week, I saw that her mailbox was back under the normal limit, so I set it back to the database defaults, which was 2 GB. Outlook then showed the client's mailbox to have 115 MB free of 350 MB. I have no idea where those numbers came from. After restarting Outlook, the free space and quota both displayed correctly. If the changes don't take effect within 30 minutes, try restarting Outlook, and be sure to check the task manager to make sure OUTLOOK.EXE has actually closed before you restart it.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 21 May 2011 21:21 )

 

Don't Upgrade to Windows 7

Don't get me wrong. I love Windows 7. Just don't upgrade. Instead, do a clean install. Back up all your files, format the drive, and install everything from scratch. If you already have an older version of Windows on your computer, buy the upgrade disc for 7, but do a clean install. (Here's how.) Upgrading from an existing Windows installation carries over much of the junk your computer has accumulated since you first put Windows on it and creates a whole truck load of more junk. My advice: don't do it. Always do a clean install of Windows, never an upgrade.
 

Malware part 4, Avoiding Vulnerabilities

All malware takes advantage of one or more known vulnerabilities on your computer. If you are connected to the Internet or even to a local computer network, or if you use CDs or other removable media that were not created on your computer, then you are vulnerable. There is no way around it. There are five primary sources for such weaknesses:

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 May 2010 16:26 )

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Malware part 3, What Is Malware?

What Is Malware?

Years ago I worked in landscaping. When a customer asked how to tell a weed from a desirable plant, we would tell them that a weed is any plant that grows where you don't want it. Malware is short for “malicious software,” and you can think of it as any piece of software that's running where you don't want it. There are three basic types of malware: viruses, trojans, and worms.

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Malware part 4, Avoiding Vulnerabilities

All malware takes advantage of one or more known vulnerabilities on your computer. If you are connected to the Internet or even to a local computer network, or if you use CDs or other removable media that were not created on your computer, then you are vulnerable. There is no way around it. There are five primary sources for such weaknesses:

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