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Don’t Give Away Your Business Secrets With Your Old Computer

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:15:09 +0000

Many businesses sell or give away their old computers without realising that the hard drives probably contain confidential information about their business.

Most people don’t know that deleting the data, or even formatting the hard disk does NOT remove this data from the disk. It is easy to recover.

I suggest that you either sell [...]

Who’s REALLY In Charge of Your Online Business?

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:43:56 +0000

It’s probably NOT YOU!

To discover who is in charge of your online business, here’s the worlds shortest quiz.

It only has one question, and you might not like the answer. The question is:

“Do YOU have the password to the Control Panel at your domain registrar?”

If you answered no, then someone else has the master key to your entire [...]

Been sent an E-Postcard lately? DON’T OPEN IT.

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:04:22 +0000

I f you have, or if you receive one – DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY

It almost certainly contains a link to a harmful program that will install itself onto your computer, and start doing unmentionable things to your system .

You know, I remember the innocent old days when people sent other people e-cards with pretty pictures and [...]

How To Accept Online Payments on Your Website

Eric Graudins — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:56:42 +0000

There are many ways of collecting payments for the goods and services that you sell online. Many are simple to set up, and just involve pasting a bit of code onto your existing web pages.

I’ll start off by discussing the easiest method – the non-bank service providers.

Non-Bank Online Payment Methods

Over the past few years, many [...]

Email Phishing Links – How To Identify Them

Eric Graudins — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:56:59 +0000

If you are a Google Adwords advertiser, an email like this would certainly get your attention:

Dear Google AdWords Customer,

We were unable to process your payment. Your ads will be suspended soon unless we can process your payment. To prevent your ads from being suspended, please update your payment information.

Please sign in to your account [...]

Internet Explorer Security Warning

Eric Graudins — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:17:23 +0000

LO,

If you’re still using Internet Explorer, I’d suggest that you immediately change over to Firefox , Opera, Chrome, etc.

A newly found security flaw in all versions of Internet Explorer allows criminals to take over your computer, steal passwords, and do other unfriendly things.

Microsoft are working on the problem.

cheers, Eric G.

References: http://www.builderau.com.au/tag/brow…r-security.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm

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Online Security Tests for your PC

Eric Graudins — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:53:42 +0000

It’s a bit difficult to tell whether your computer is protected from outside attack, or whether anyone can get through your defences and select from the smorgasbord of data on your hard drive.

After all, your router just sits and flashes lights at you. You don’t REALLY know whether it’s effective.

You can accurately test the [...]

Cheap Broadband Plans – A Costly JOKE!

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:29:15 +0000

If you’re thinking of getting a broadband internet connection, please don’t fall for the cheap options that are currently being promoted in the lifestyle magazines.

They are pretty useless if you actually want to USE the internet, and could end up costing you hundreds (or thousands!)of dollars in excess charges every month unless you are VERY [...]

How To Protect Your Internet Computer

Eric Graudins — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:45:40 +0000

20 minutes.

That’s how long it takes for harmful programs to start finding your unprotected Windows computer on the internet. And install themselves.

It seems that many people still believe that they are safe from harmful programs if they don’t open any email attachments.

Not True.

If you connect an unprotected Windows based computer to the internet, it’s highly [...]

How To Identify Email Phishing Scams

Eric Graudins — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:01:42 +0000

If you are a Google Adwords advertiser, an email like this would certainly get your attention:

Dear Google AdWords Customer,

We were unable to process your payment. Your ads will be suspended soon unless we can process your payment. To prevent your ads from being suspended, please update your payment information.

Please sign in to your account [...]