Security Home > Security Categories Backups (6) Spam protection (15) Virus protection (6) Articles Defend yourself from phishing OutlookPower Magazine - February 2007 A recent study reported that 63 percent of phishing attacks are targeted from three major Web sites: PayPal, eBay, and Bank of America. These top Web sites signal dollar signs for cyber-criminals as many people unknowingly open and use the links contained inside phony emails. This week, we had the opportunity to interview Adam Schran, an Internet and PC security expert on what constitutes "phishing" and how you can defend yourself. Changes to Daylight Savings Time could cause computer snafus OutlookPower Magazine - February 2007 In 2005, the US Congress passed a bill changing the start and end dates of Daylight Savings Time (DST). Starting this year, DST begins three weeks earlier and ends one week later than previously. This change affects virtually every electronic device and computer program that deals with the time of day. If you use Windows, Windows Mobile, Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, or pretty much any other electronic anything, you are affected to Preparing for the impending IE7 release OutlookPower Magazine - October 2006 Like a hurricane on the horizon (which, fortunately, we've managed to avoid this season), Internet Explorer 7 is getting closer and closer. In fact, if reports are to be believed, IE7 is about the make landfall in the next few days -- and it's coming to your PC whether you want it or not. In this important article, we show you how to prevent it from automatically installing. How to avoid becoming a victim of holiday scams OutlookPower Magazine - December 2005 It's interesting, and sad, that a publication like OutlookPower has to spend so much time talking about scams and how to protect yourself. But email is a mass communication tool and with anything that has mass effect, you have people doing good and people doing not so good. Email certainly has provided enormous benefits to vast numbers of people, but it also creates risks. In this time of holiday celebration, many of us share goodwill, while others seek to tap into that goodwill for nefarious gain. So, before you start thinking about giving, make sure you watch your back. Learn more about privacy, identity theft, and anonymous browsing OutlookPower Magazine - October 2005 Here at OutlookPower, we've considered safe computing to be a very important area of our coverage. One of the more interesting aspects of safe computing are the related questions of anonymity and identity theft. Lance Cotrell makes a product known as Anonymizer and is an expert on both of these topics. Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz had the opportunity recently to learn more about anonymous computing directly from Lance. Anatomy of a dead-drop: email spycraft gone bad OutlookPower Magazine - August 2005 So, what happens when one of your favorite submarine novelists misses the boat when it comes to describing technology? When it's a summer and you're moving and it's sunny outside, you grab onto his error with all your might, because otherwise you'd need to think up another story idea. In this eventually informative article, we tell you what the writer got wrong and what it might mean for your own secret dealings. Does your organization have an e-policy? OutlookPower Magazine - July 2004 While some personal email usage may be okay, companies should make it clear that company email is specifically for business communications. By explicitly prohibiting racist or sexist language, chain letters or pornography and other offensive material, companies can reduce their liability. To learn more about e-policies, read this important article by Dave Hunt. SmoothWall Corporate Server 3.0: an enterprise firewall for under $1,000 OutlookPower Magazine - February 2004 In this enterprise-aimed review, we look at SmoothWall Corporate Server 3.0, an enterprise firewall for under $1,000. It has some very powerful features, but to find out if this is a solution for your company, you'll have to read the full review.

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