Spear Phishing Emails

May 19, 2020 We have been seeing a lot of Spear-Phishing emails lately.  This is when a scammer sends you an email impersonating a person or company you know.  Some emails want you to click on a button or link and ask you to fill in personal financial information.  Others want you to respond to…

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Clean Up your Gmail Inbox

I was having lunch with friends the other day and they said that it was very cumbersome to cleanup their inboxes.  Well here is a tip. Search for all the emails that you want to delete, such as Newsletters, Bank Confirmations, etc.  On the first page, select all.  A tiny menu comes up asking if…

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Password Advice

Keeping your logins to various websites secure is very important.  The best way is to follow these rules: 1. Never use any word that is in the dictionary. 2. Never use a date, such as your birthday, address etc. 3. Always use 2 or more of the following:     a) Capital Letter    b)…

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E-Mail Pet Peeves

There are a lot of things that are annoying in the email world.   Here are some of the most violated rules. Never send an email without a subject.  And make the subject descriptive enough to be found later.  Not just: “hello”, or “new idea”. Don’t use an email thread to talk about a completely…

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Comcast Modem Port Blocking

I just got a new modem from Comcast.  First of all it is HUGE.  Secondly, it broke some of my apps. The new modem blocks most ports even if you turn it’s firewall off.  You need to log into the modem to forward any ports your apps need to the Router so that it can…

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