Recognize phishing scams and fraudulent e-mail

Phishing is a type of deception designed to steal your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, Windows Live IDs, other account data and passwords, or other information.
You might see a phishing scam:

• In e-mail messages, even if they appear to be from a coworker or someone you know.
• On your social networking Web site.
  
• On a fake Web site that accepts donations for charity.
• On Web sites that spoof your familiar sites using slightly different Web addresses, hoping you won't notice.
• In your instant message program.
• On your cell phone or other mobile device.
• Often phishing scams rely on placing links in e-mail messages, on Web sites, or in instant messages that seem to come from a service that you trust, like your bank, credit card company, or social networking site.

If you need advice about an Internet or online solicitation, or you want to report a possible scam, use the Online Reporting Form or or call the NFIC hotline at 1-800-876-7060.

How To Recover Deleted Files - For Free

An important file has been lost. If you simply deleted the wrong file, you can usually get it back by opening the Recycle Bin and restoring it. But if that doesn't do the trick, try one of these FREE tools. Click on the logos below,

How to reduce the risk of online fraud

Online fraud can be annoying and costly for you and might pose serious risks to your computer. You can help reduce online fraud by learning to recognize scams and taking steps to avoid them.

Identity theft has been around for a while, but the cost to consumers has risen since criminals have gone online. Criminals who want to gain access to your online accounts use phishing, hoaxes, or other scams to obtain personal information such as your name, social security number, account name, or password.

Swine Flu Phishing Attacks

Swine Flu Phishing Attacks

There are an increasing number of reports regarding the swine flu and email scams. Unsolicited email messages are being sent with subject lines related to swine flu so recipients will open and click on harmful links or malicious attachments aimed at infecting PCs. To be safe, please ensure you take the following measures of protection:

• Beware of swine flu related emails and subject lines
• Do not follow unsolicited web links or attachments in email messages
• Maintain up-to-date antivirus software

The Difference Between a Computer Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse

Today's Top Products

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Cell Phones - Bluetooth Headsets, Cell Phones,PDAs, Smartphones
GPS - a GPS navigation device will help you find your way.
MP3 Players - Flash-Memory,Hard Drive,Headphones,Budget Portable Video
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How to Look Up People On the Internet

1. CVgadget - You enter the person's first and last name. Then, click Search. It looks through many places including some Google services.It also looks through social networking websites. You wil get related material like videos and blogs.


2. Pipl - If you are looking for a relative, classmate or an old friend most people turn to Google. You may or may not find the person.
However there is a part of the web called "the deep web". Very few people know about it. Pipl's query-engine helps you find deep web pages that cannot be found on regular search engines.


3. Wink- Free people search at Wink, the world's largest people search engine. Find people by name and get their phone number, address, Websites, photos, work, school, more.

4. PeekYou - Free people search engine allows you to find, contact, and track anyone online. Find photos, links, work, school and family info and much more
Pour les français: http://www.peekyou.com/France/

Can I Really Get Free Satellite TV on my PC?

Everything I've read about this type of thing tells me it's a scam, or at least a waste of money. The software you get for your forty bucks is nothing more than a menu of free online television broadcasts. Most of the stations listed are foreign, and the list contains many entries that are obsolete or do not work.

You CAN use your internet-connected computer to tune into a huge number of free television broadcasts. You can watch SOME programs from the BBC News, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, ESPN, and other broadcasts from around the world.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

A new version of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is available

AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.

The Best Free Software: 35 Must-Have Downloads

For many these days, money's tight, and if you needed to stretch your budget like Silly Putty to buy a new PC recently, the last thing you want to do is drop another big bundle to buy new software. From this page, you can download or access all 35 of the free software programs and Web applications discussed our January 2009 feature story "The Best Free Software."

Hulu

Hulu is a site that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox and many other networks and studios TV shows including Family Guy, 30 Rock, NBA and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, etc..

Hulu videos are currently offered only to users in the United States. Hulu provides video in Flash Video format, including many films and shows that are available in 480p and high-definition. Hulu also provides web syndication services for other websites including AOL, MSN, MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo!, and Comcast's Fancast.com.