Other people have done a good job of covering these subjects, so I will only speak briefly about them, and present links to other webpages that talk about the subjects.
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Always verify the claims in an e-mail before you even think of forwarding the e-mail to anyone! If you can not (or will not), verify the content, do not forward it! If you forward the e-mail without verifying it, you run the risk of annoying everyone you forward the e-mail to, and YOU end up looking foolish. |
Never run/execute a program file that you have received from someone, even a friend, until you scan the program file with anti-virus & anti-spyware, and are otherwise sure that it is safe. This is how computer viruses are activated. You cannot activate a computer virus just by reading your e-mail, unless your e-mail program is set to automatically execute program files that are attached to e-mail. Unfortunately, Microsoft's Outlook Express does this automatically. I recommend you use any e-mail program other than one made by Microsoft. |
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If you are interested in reducing the amount of spam that you receive, DO NOT RESPOND directly to a spammer's E-mail address or remove address. They want you to think you will be removed from the mailing list. You WON'T. This is usually a tactic for verifying genuine E-mail addresses that these unscrupulous individuals collect for further use or even sell to other spammers. You can't believe anything they say. If you respond to a spammer you can guarantee that you will begin to receive even more spam. |
If you send spam yourself, expect to be ostracized. Spam: Unsolicited Bulk E-mail. To send copies of the same e-mail to large numbers of people who did not ask you to do so. People spam the Internet to advertise products as well as to broadcast some political or social commentary. |
Urban Legends, Hoaxes, Myths, Lies, Chain Letters, etc. |
Scams & Fraud |
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From the StopBadware.org website:
"StopBadware.org is a "Neighborhood Watch" campaign aimed at fighting badware. We will seek to provide reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help consumers to make better choices about what they download on to their computers. ..."
"Badware is a term we use to encompass the broad range of malicious software that is sneaking onto people's computers, including spyware and deceptive adware. ..."
"There are several commonly recognized terms for specific kinds of badware - spyware, malware, and deceptive adware. Badware is malicious software that tracks your moves online and feeds that information back to shady marketing groups so that they can ambush you with targeted ads. ..."
Wikipedia: Malware
Virus Hoax Info |
Real Virus & Anti-Virus Info |
Get a filtered e-mail address from SpamCop.
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ICQ does not ask their users to forward anything! |
Internet guidelines and policies |
WHOIS InformationLearn who owns a website or an IP |
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