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I totally agree with Earl on all four points.
Additionally, I have used a bogus email account on Yahoo for several
years and that has lessened my worries about getting on "spam
lists" (Yahoo bought out RocketMail a while back) . Although I've
never had a problem with the Omega-List (and because I get it in
digest form at my normal email address) as far as privacy tracking and
advertising "popping" up, I just don't trust these public forums no
matter what the small print says. Additionally, you always hear about
hackers getting in an finding CC numbers and personal info (call me
paranoid). It also makes it easier to not have to think twice when
some website requires personal information and an email address.
I have also "adjusted" my HOST file to avoid contacting any of these
advertising sites, so when I do open an HTML message and it wants to
contact home, it goes into the black hole. This is a double edged
sword, in that, sometimes not all the graphics appear on some webpages
that keep their images located on the advertiser's server. There are
some great software programs that manage viruses, trojans, spyware,
cookies, pop up windows and ad-tracking, but I just don't have the
system resources to have them running. Like Earl, I've never had a
problem.
for more info on privacy and security:
http://grc.com/cb-faq.htm#otherprod
news://news.grc.com/grc.security.software
news://news.grc.com/grc.spyware
Bob Perry ( bp1 at Rocketmail.com )
San Jose, CA
--- In realtraders@xxxx, "Earl Adamy" <eadamy@xxxx> wrote:
> I've been side lined for a week now by an email server failure at my
ISP but
> I've finally collected my old email and waded through it now. What I
can not
> believe is the number of emails during this time dealing with
infected
> machines and all of the nonsense about Outlook Express being virus
prone. I
> will mention again ... it is either lack of knowledge or lack of
care which
> causes machines running OE to become infected, not OE itself. I take
a dim
> view of so called anti-virus software and do not use the stuff yet I
have
> never had a machine infected in 15+ years of running PC's. There are
some
> email basics which will keep you out of trouble without resorting to
virus
> programs:
>
> 1) stay current with the Microsoft Windows Updates (see IE Help
menu),
> especially "Critical Updates" - you can even download a little
applet which
> will automatically notify you when new critical updates are posted.
>
> 2) use the preview pane in OE in lieu of opening messages - text and
most
> gifs can be easily read without opening the message
>
> 3) never, ever, under any circumstances open messages with
attachments
> without checking the attachment type (extension) by clicking on the
> paperclip - if it's not a GIF, JPG, or EML don't open it.
>
> 4) never, ever, under any circumstances open/run any EXE file
(email, floppy
> or otherwise) which has not been acquired from a reputable software
vendor.
> Some of my best friends send me what they believe to be cute little
> executable jokes and they all go directly to the trash can without
being
> run.
>
> Earl
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