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Tutorial "How To Protect Yourself From Hoax Virus

Tutorial "How To Protect Yourself From Hoax Virus Alerts"

Part 1 -
Imagine this email landing in your inbox:

"Latest Sneaky Virus Is Trashing Millions of Home Computers" Did you know that almost every alarming email like this one is a hoax? How can you tell? What can you do about it? In particular, can you stop email hoaxes from damaging you? You bet you can!

There is usually abundant evidence to help you decide whether statements in an email are likely to be hoaxes.

Look first for internal evidence and compare it with any available external evidence. (It's easier than it sounds.) If the evidence proves the information to be false, use it to embarrass the sender. He/she will soon stop sending those email hoaxes to your Inbox.

Internal Evidence is found within the email itself. You will find up to five clues there.

1: Who sent the email? Usually, it will be someone who routinely sends you emails. So start by identifying the sender. If you know him you can shame him.

2: This message has been forwarded many times. The Subject line will usually start with: "Fw: Latest Sneaky Virus ... " or some similar teaser. You may see several previous "Fw: ... " lines inside the text of the email, as well.

3: The use of unusually large, colored, or mixed fonts, exhorting you to some quick action. (The more frantic the fonts, the more suspicious the message.)

4: Has this same email been sent to a long list of people? Read the "To:" line; how many others are named? Don't recognize many of them? Aha!

5: Your surest clue: the insistent call to forward this letter to everyone you know. Right now!

External Evidence is any evidence gathered apart from, or outside, the actual document. To get to the truth, compare the internal evidence with any external evidence you can find.

So where do you find external evidence?


Part 2 -
Once you suspect a hoax, do a web search on the subject line. Quote the whole line in the search box; if it's a known hoax you will get plenty of hits. Your search engine will point you to several "hoax-busting" websites that offer information about email hoaxes using those exact words.

If your search engine comes up empty then try again, using some of the key words instead.

You can also search directly at any or, even better, all of these sites:
http://www.scambusters.org
http://www.snopes.com
http://hoaxbusters.org

With very little practice you will be able to judge the internal evidence almost at a glance and go straight to searching for external evidence for positive proof.

Now you know how to spot fake warnings. But how do you actually keep email hoaxes out of your Inbox? Just send them right back, with a twist. Wait and see, it works!

Copy every single scrap of information on this hoax from a hoax- busting site, preferably several sites if you have the time. Overwhelm the culprit with proof that he acted rashly.

Do that by pasting all the evidence you've gathered to the original hoax email, using the "Reply" function.

IMPORTANT: you are obligated to credit the source for each quote. Besides, a quote without attribution could make you appear untrustworthy, yourself.

Refrain from commenting; simply return his email with the addition of your thorough rebuttal from several verified sources. After a comeuppance or two, they will stop forwarding unfounded messages, at least to you.

This works because nobody likes to look foolish, especially when leaving such a public paper trail. Keep in mind that your friend is merely a victim of the hoax. So here you have a chance to rid your friend of his bad habit while achieving your goal: to keep email hoaxes out of your Inbox. All this, without a single reproving word.

Be especially alert for virus hoaxes, urgent virus warning emails. You know them: predictions of impending electronic doom due to some evil sounding virus lurking inside your very own computer. Many of these warnings will seem authentic.

Note, though, that you are always urged to take some drastic action, usually to delete this "virus", which usually turns out to be a necessary file with an unfortunate name.

Now you know better!

Stay calm, act cool, and start by looking up the "virus" here: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id+hoaxes

Now you know how to save yourself a lot of grief from hoax virus alerts. And stop them!

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Joe Robson owns The Newbie Club and is the author of the Best Selling course "The PC and Internet Security Kit" at http://newbieclub.com/security

12 Sites - Create Free Invoices

Valuable resource for business owners. Enjoy!

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101 Best Financial Blogs

Courtesy of the Debtress

In these tough economic times, with unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy running rampant, everyone can use a little financial advice.

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Riskiest Places to Surf the Internet

by Bianca Bosker

AVG, a security company, has ranked the top ten riskiest places for people to browse the web, as measured by users' likelihood of being attacked by malicious viruses. AVG explains that its list of the riskiest nations is based on data collected from "AVG's vast user network, spanning 100 million PCs in 144 countries."

Read list here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/27/riskiest-places-to-surf-t_n_696296.html

Government Links: Scams, Fraud, Consumer Protection

Here is a list of some sites that can help you better understand and if needed get help if you are a victim of any sort of scam, fraud, etc.

1. Federal Citizen Information Center (USA)
Have a question about Federal programs, benefits, or services? We handle millions of inquiries from citizens trying to find that elusive answer to their question. Pick your favorite way to get out of the government maze!
1 (800) FED INFO
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/text/t_default.htm

2. First Gov - Your official portal to government programs...
Main http://firstgov.gov/index.shtml
Phone, Offices http://firstgov.gov/Contact/Directories.shtml

3. Government Guide
As you move around this site, Government Guide will display your federal, state and local resources.
Main http://www.governmentguide.com/main.adp
Official Agencies http://www.governmentguide.com/officials_and_agencies.adp?id=16101798

4. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
http://www.cfda.gov

5. Consumer World
Links to almost every consumer agency you can think of throughout the world including the Attorney General offices for each state.
http://www.consumerworld.org/pages/agencies.htm

6. State, County, and City Government Consumer Protection Offices
City, county and state consumer protection offices provide consumers with important services. They mediate complaints, conduct investigations, prosecute offenders of consumer laws, license and regulate a variety of professionals, promote strong consumer protection legislation, provide educational materials and advocate in the consumer interest.
http://www.consumeraction.gov

7. United States Consumer Gateway
The U.S. Consumer Gateway -- "consumer.gov" -- is a "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal information resources available online.
http://www.consumer.gov

8. Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Consumer Alert (202) 326-3137
Consumer Line (877) FTC-HELP
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm


9. Better Business Bureau
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
4200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22203-1804
Phone: (703) 276-0100
Fax: (703) 525-8277
URL: http://www.bbb.org

Link to Local Better Business Bureau Offices
URL: http://lookup.bbb.org

Consumer Alerts - Scams
URL: http://www.bbb.org/alerts/Scam.asp


10. Complete U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/alpha

11. GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource List
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html

12. US Dept of Commerce
http://www.commerce.gov

13. Federal Government Site Index
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

14. USP Inspection Service (Scams/Fraud)
http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov

Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur – 5 Part Series

Sponsored by Chris Makell, Radiance Marketing

Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur – Part 1
If you’re an entrepreneur, the title of this post didn’t surprise you and likely intrigued you. Good. My intent for this series, “Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur” is to help you to go from overwhelmed, frustrated and painfully close to burned out.
http://radiancemarketing.com/2011/struggling-part-1

Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur – Part 2
Struggling entrepreneurs who want to play small is why I’ve created the Think Big…Play Bigger™ Business Growth Model. It is a way of moving forward in your business from where you are to where you want to be. You can learn more about the model on my website.
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Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur – Part 3
Before I tell you how to go from overwhelmed and struggling to successful as an entrepreneur so that you can Think Big…Play Bigger™ in your life and business. We have to talk about something that was a big ah-ha for me and a lot of my clients.
http://radiancemarketing.com/2011/struggling-to-successful-entrepreneur-part-3

Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur – Part 4
So how do we become the strategic successful entrepreneur who thinks big…plays bigger? What are the 3 keys nearly every entrepreneur underestimates? You begin by focusing on fundamentally growing your business. Not with tactics but with a strategy. It sounds simplistic, I know.
http://radiancemarketing.com/2011/struggling-to-successful-part4

Struggling to Successful Entrepreneur – Part 5
So focusing on my strengths is the first key, what the next one you need to be strategic and successful? I want you to ask yourself, “What is it that I want my business to do?” Very few of us think about the “what” of our businesses. What do you want your business to do?
http://radiancemarketing.com/2011/struggling-to-successful-part5