Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Osama Bin Laden Dead

Did that grab your attention? It was meant to.

Neither is Osama Bin Laden dead, nor has Michael Jackson committed suicide, regardless of what some malicious spam messages will tell you. Sure this is a good way to get your attention and maybe get you to open an email, precisely the bad guys' goal.

Read the article HERE.

Yamanner: The First Of Many?

Last week, a new worm known as "Yamanner" spread through Yahoo's e-mail system. The problem was solved in short order and did relatively little damage while it still existed. What's more troubling is how the worm spread - when users opened just the e-mail itself, not any attachments, it sprang into action-and the strong possibility that more could follow suit.

Read the article HERE.


How can we avoid something like this happening to us ? EASY !!!

For many years I have using a Free Email Notification and Retrieval Programme named ePrompter. ePrompter is an easy to use email notifier that automatically checks up to sixteen password protected email accounts. It allows you to compose, forward and reply to the messages that have been retrieved for you. Your forwards and replies will be sent back through the account that the messages were retrieved from.

Learn about this excellent utility HERE.

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