Don’t get scammed buying gifts online
The Monday following Thanksgiving is often referred to as “Cyber Monday,” and in recent years, it has been the largest online sales day of the year.
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The Monday following Thanksgiving is often referred to as “Cyber Monday,” and in recent years, it has been the largest online sales day of the year.
Seems like there is a month for everything these days.
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When trying to prevent your identity from being stolen, it is recommended that you periodically review your credit report for open accounts that you did not authorize or changes to your mailing address that you did not make. Unfortunately, some unscrupulous companies may try to charge you for something that you are entitled by law to get for free.
Online criminals are creating malicious software and online schemes specifically targeted at Macintosh computers primarily because of the increased popularity of Apple's flagship computer system. And while the Mac OS X Leopard operating system has one of the most secure default installations of any desktop operating system, the operating system does include features and additional tools that can help users manage the security of their data.
So Santa got you a new computer, and it runs Windows Vista. To try to minimize the pain and agony many Vista users experience, you may want to consider the following tips:
Since friends and family will likely be sending you holiday letters and eCards this time of year (and saving a few pennies and a couple of trees by not sending paper cards through the U.S. Postal Service), it may be a good time to review the "golden rules of e-mail." To prevent the "bah-humbug" feeling one gets from having a computer virus, do the following:
If you have an account on Facebook, MySpace, Classmates, Habbo, Flickr, LinkedIn, Blogspot or Xanga, you know how easy it is to build a web of friends and acquaintances and share with them your interests, contact information, photos, class schedule and even your feelings. What you may not realize is the information that gets posted on these sites may well be around for years and viewed by future employers as well as by crooks.
If you have an account on Facebook, MySpace, Classmates, Habbo, Flickr, LinkedIn, Blogspot or Xanga, you know how easy it is to build a web of friends and acquaintances and share with them your interests, contact information, photos, class schedule and even your feelings. What you may not realize is the information that gets posted on these sites may well be around for years and viewed by future employers as well as by crooks.
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and its goal is to increase awareness about cyber security issues and engage users in implementing additional security measures to protect their computers. You could say the goal of this monthly column is the same: to increase awareness and help the UNM community better secure its information.