For those of you who have been keeping up with my two-part series on fighting spam in Issue 81 and Issue 82, here’s some welcome news: Washington state scores a victory against a spammer in court.
Technology
Do you use Outlook Express? Watch out
By Tom Mighell on
PC World is reporting that a serious flaw in Outlook Express allows viruses or other bad files to bypass filters such as firewalls and antivirus programs. Another flaw in a Microsoft product….I just can’t believe it.
While we’re on the subject
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PC World ALSO reports that there’s a flaw in Microsoft Word that lets a hacker steal information from a user’s computer. A Word document can be created that, when e-mailed to the victim, retrieves information from the user’s computer and sends it back to the hacker when the document is e-mailed back. Apparently, though, the
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Don’t be fooled by September 11 e-mail
By Tom Mighell on
If you receive an e-mail claiming to offer “documentary materials” proving a link between the Bush Administration and Al-Qaeda, don’t open it — it’s an e-mail worm. Apparently it’s not a very good e-mail worm, because after awhile it just stops working. Still, don’t open any file that says september11.exe.
I’m glad I don’t use sparkLIST…
By Tom Mighell on
If you read last week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, you’ll know we’re currently talking about spam — how it happens, and how to avoid it. This article from the New York Times Technology Page reports how tens of thousands of e-mail newsletter subscribers have been receiving porn spam and other unsolicited
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Drive-By Spamming?
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In a follow-up to my article in this week’s Internet Legal Research Weekly, this article from CNET discusses how companies with wireless networks may be vulnerable to spammers. All they have to do is drive up to a building with an insecure wireless network, log in, and spam away.
Need a Quick PDF Document?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
I love PDF documents, but I don’t often find the need to actually create one. A few months ago, I found that Adobe has a service called Create Adobe PDF Online, where for $9.95 a month you can create unlimited numbers of PDF documents. Not bad, but I don’t want to spend ten bucks…
Have you gotten any of these e-mails?
By Tom Mighell on
Sophos, an anti-virus company, has released its list of the Top Ten E-Mail Hoaxes in August. If you get an e-mail that’s on the list, please, PLEASE think before you forward the e-mail to everyone you know.
New E-Mail Spyware Even Checks Free Services
By Tom Mighell on
Do you use Yahoo! or Hotmail e-mail at work for personal reasons? A company called SpectorSoft just made it easier for your employer to read your e-mails. E-Blaster will record and automatically forward an employee’s e-mail to the employer, and will send an “Activity Report” containing details of chats, instant messages, websites visited, and a…
XP Update Coming Soon
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software, Technology
The New York Times reports that the first update to the Windows XP operating system will be released sometime within the next ten days.