Latest email scams CLICK
YOUR XMAS CARD  CLICK
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Is your Smart Phone smarter than you ? CLICK
Your PASSWORD SECURITY CLICK

FACEBOOK SECURITY
Steve Dotto shows the values and dangers of FaceBook.
On page 3 the PRIVACY SETTINGS are VITAL. CLICK
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Getting a new laptop computer ?
Advice from Clark Howard-CLICK
Also talk to the SOS Mesa shop for best brands.
Buying a new TABLET ? Clark's advice CLICK

AVG UPGRADE
AVG is doing its usual annual upgrade. Each year it offers a huge upDATE and/or upGRADE. Each year it is a buggy procedure. Best to decline the offer until mid-December when the bugs are fixed.
When you do the update, be careful to select the FREE VERSION only. During installation, UNselect the additional features.

Facebook has changed its appearance. It has also changed its privacy settings. If you have an account, go back through the privacy settings because they have been loosened in the overhaul process. Another security risk.

Computer Club meeting will resume in mid-November. The Clubhouse Wi-Fi is always on.

SMART PHONE SECURITY ALERTS
CLICK HERE ...... and HERE
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Always dress before using a webcam. Why ? CLICK
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Police in the United States and seven other countries seized computers and servers used to run a "scareware" scheme that has netted more than $72 million from victims tricked into buying fake anti-virus software. The suspects, who were not identified, planted "scareware" on nearly a million computers. The scareware would pretend to find malicious software. The goal is to persuade the victim to hand over credit card information, paying to resolve a nonexistent problem.

BEWARE NEWEST EMAIL SCAMS

ONLY REPLY TO THESE CORPORATE EMAILS BY TELEPHONE DO NOT REPLY BY EMAIL A growing list of companies including giant rewards firm Air Miles and hotelier Marriott are among the businesses been affected by a massive U.S. data breach. The companies involved include: Air Miles, Best Buy, Target, Marriott, Hilton Hotels, AbeBooks US Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Capital One Financial Kroger Walgreen, TiVo, HSN, The College Board

On March 17 we discussed:
Dictionary OnLine www.dictionary.com
Thesaurus OnLine www.thesaurus.com
Excellent site listing Best of the Best www.HotSheet.com
Tighten up your FaceBook security CLICK

Poke your keyboard key near top right. PrtSc button
Mouse to Start-Programs-Accessories-Paint
Go to EDIT-PASTE
Experiment. When you botch it, select FILE-NEW and try some more features.

Information on eBooks below from earlier weeks.
Convert eBooks with this program CLICK

OnLine video of Apache Wells Country Club CLICK

Net10 (TracPhone) Avoid cellphone rip-offs. CLICK

eBOOKS: Each eBook company tries to keep you captive with its own proprietary format. You can read any format on any device you choose - IF you have a convertor program. Save the convertor to your computer and install it. Run the eBook through it. You choose the version it outputs. DOWNLOAD

FREE COMPUTER TUNE-UP: Office Max has offered this service for months. Now Staples is matching with cleanup, virus and spyware searches, and defrag. Pretty much what you do regularly.