SELECTED INTERNET AND COMPUTER INFORMATION YOU MAY WISH YOU HAD KNOWN EARLIER

FRAUD IN TELEMARKETING, INTERNET FRAUD, AND EMAIL SPAM

• PHISING (Like fishing with an h added) - DON'T BE TRICKED INTO GIVING INFORMATION TO CROOKS!!
• Click here to learn about "Spyware."
• Click here to learn how to stop some Spam from Popping Up even when you aren't using your browser.
• Internet Fraud:How can you know that the website or email you are looking at is fraudulent? Over 90% of email is either spam or fraud!
• Personal Information - How to keep yours more private? A list of Eleven (11) websites that offer good advice.
• Scam artists latest tricks. Choose "For Consumers" then "Consumer Protection" at FTC web-site for valuable information.

COMPUTER INFORMATION YOU MAY WISH YOU HAD KNOWN BEFOREHAND

• Blackouts & Brownouts - How Can you Effectively Protect Yourself?
• Subpeona - will it apply to your whole computer? Find out what will help.
• Viruses, Trojan Horses, and other hacker invasions - How to protect your computer.
• BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER DATA!! All hard drives WILL fail sooner or later.
  BE SURE TO STORE BACKUPS AT A DIFFERENT PHYSICAL LOCATION.Copying files is better than backing up files. Backing up files is dependent on the version of backup software. Updated backup software may not restore files backed up with older backup software versions! One remedy - Copying files isn't dependent on the version or operating system. And, consider using encryption for sensitive information!
• Computer data can be compromised so easily! CIA officials determined that a CIA head and also the No. 2 defense official from 1993 to 1995) improperly recorded government secrets in a private journal in his home computers about his government experiences. His home computers were also used to access the Internet. They noted that some computers the ex-official used at home were donated to schools without the hard drives being destroyed. When investigators located the computers, they were able to recover significant Pentagon information. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER HOW YOU DISPOSE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS.!!!
• NEVER ALLOW INSTALLATION OF GAMES OTHER THAN WHAT CAME WITH ANY COMPUTER USED FOR STORING OR PROCESSING BUSINESS INFORMATION. They may DELIBERATELY have monitoring devices (Trojan Horses) that are planted by their programs. They can be a real danger to your business secrets!

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