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Ajay M
The internet brings the world to your desktop,no doubt.but that world also includes a sub-world of spyware,worms,phishing attacks,and more.
The most common of online irritants is spam e-mail.Spam is simply unsolicited email that urge you to buy herbal concoctions to enlarge certain body parts,promise youthfulness via a pill,say that you've won a rolex watch,and so on.These mails invariably contain a link to a supposed online payment. It is difficult to believe how someone can fall for a trick like this,but apparently,there are a few innocent people out there who get tricked into buying a "herbal" cure or a "collector'c watch".needless to say,you need to just delete these mails.
The other common annoyance,which can also bring down your PC,is spyware\adware.the source of these is most usually pornographic sites or those with cracks for software.these sites can also be the very links you get in spam mail.once they get installed,they are able to send a list of the web sites you surf,and even your e-mail address.based on your surfing habits,spam is sent to your e-mail ID,advertising products or services that would ostensibly be of interest to you.
An adware program will open browser windows all by itself and direct you to websites selling products of the same nature.Some of them are so designed that if you close the window that they bring up,they will open two or more instantly!
If you receive a suspicious looking file in an e-mail{something like"annakournikova nude playing tennis.avi.scr"} even from a known source, do not download the file. It is likely that a virus has hacked into the sender's e-mail client{or even disguised the sending address as something else-yes,that's possible too} and
is sending out spam or offensive mails. The affected person may not even know that spam mails from his ID are being sent. You can be a good friend and call him up to let him know of this so he can take curative measures.
Some sites even make use of the fact that people occasionally make typographical errors!a recent example is www.ork0t.com(now taken down),which you could have visited if you typed what you thought was"www.orkut.com"and made a typo.when one entered one's user ID and password into that site,it would be used to hack into your account and send our spam to all your contacts!
Phishing is a threat that you can potentially rob you of your money.it's a mean of fooling you into disclosing your login details of any site/service.If you are using an e-banking service, be very careful of mails that you may receive claiming to be from your bank , asking you to fill in your log in details. As a policy, most banks do not send out e-mails asking you to fill in any e-banking details.if you do receive such a mail,it is fake.Before you fill out any details on a site following a link sent via via e-mail,do confirm with your bank's customer care if they have indeed sent out such a mail.visit only your bank's official site for all transactions.
that's all
have a happy time.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The most common of online irritants is spam e-mail.Spam is simply unsolicited email that urge you to buy herbal concoctions to enlarge certain body parts,promise youthfulness via a pill,say that you've won a rolex watch,and so on.These mails invariably contain a link to a supposed online payment. It is difficult to believe how someone can fall for a trick like this,but apparently,there are a few innocent people out there who get tricked into buying a "herbal" cure or a "collector'c watch".needless to say,you need to just delete these mails.
The other common annoyance,which can also bring down your PC,is spyware\adware.the source of these is most usually pornographic sites or those with cracks for software.these sites can also be the very links you get in spam mail.once they get installed,they are able to send a list of the web sites you surf,and even your e-mail address.based on your surfing habits,spam is sent to your e-mail ID,advertising products or services that would ostensibly be of interest to you.
An adware program will open browser windows all by itself and direct you to websites selling products of the same nature.Some of them are so designed that if you close the window that they bring up,they will open two or more instantly!
If you receive a suspicious looking file in an e-mail{something like"annakournikova nude playing tennis.avi.scr"} even from a known source, do not download the file. It is likely that a virus has hacked into the sender's e-mail client{or even disguised the sending address as something else-yes,that's possible too} and
is sending out spam or offensive mails. The affected person may not even know that spam mails from his ID are being sent. You can be a good friend and call him up to let him know of this so he can take curative measures.
Phishing is a threat that you can potentially rob you of your money.it's a mean of fooling you into disclosing your login details of any site/service.If you are using an e-banking service, be very careful of mails that you may receive claiming to be from your bank , asking you to fill in your log in details. As a policy, most banks do not send out e-mails asking you to fill in any e-banking details.if you do receive such a mail,it is fake.Before you fill out any details on a site following a link sent via via e-mail,do confirm with your bank's customer care if they have indeed sent out such a mail.visit only your bank's official site for all transactions.
that's all
have a happy time.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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