Courtesy Warning.
Internet
Banking.
Do
NOT respond to any emails asking you to log on to
their site via a link in the email. Always go directly
to the banks site in your browser. The links provided
in emails are most likely fraudulent copies.
If
you have already responded to these emails, contact
your bank immediately.
Do
NOT use the phone numbers in the emails to contact
the bank - they will be fraudulent as well!!!
This
applies to any email which you suddenly get requesting
you to click on a link. Treat all such emails as
fraudulent, and delete them. Recently
emails masquerading as Microsoft "updates" contained
a virus. See
Also Bank scams
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SPAM.
We
are working towards reducing the amount of spam (unsolicited
or "junk") emails in addition
to our current measures. Do NOT click on "remove
me" links in spam, as these are actually used
to VERIFY your email address as active. Clicking
on these links will probably INCREASE the level of
spam you receive.
LiSP has NEVER sold your email address to any "list" and
never will. Such an action would be highly unethical,
and may even be illegal.
Be
careful where you submit your email address, including
newsgroups, chat and internet forums. If you need
to give it on the internet, do so in a way that only
a person can make sense of it. E.g. "user@nospam.lisp.com.au" or "user
AT lisp.com.au" instead of "user@lisp.com.au".
This way the intended person can get the real email
address, whereas a computer collecting addresses
for spam lists cannot. See
Webmaster's Note...
We
suggest that you do NOT have "mailto:" links
on web pages, as these can be picked up by scanning
programs used by spammers. Use a form if necessary
or use one of the methods above. See
Webmaster's Note...
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Preview
Panes.
If
you use a preview pane in your email client, turn
it OFF. This means that you must actually double-click
an email to open it, not simply "highlight" it.
This will reduce the risk of being infected by malicious
email, and allow you to safely delete it. If you
do not know how to do this, please call our tech
support.
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KaZaa.
All
users of KaZaa should be aware that activity is being
tracked, and that there could be dire consequences,
including heavy fines or imprisonment, if you are
found sharing copyright material. A LiSP client was
recently indicated as sharing such material.
KaZaa
users are NOT anonymous, your transfers are logged
and you can be traced!!! Sharing copyright material
is ILLEGAL!!! See
Webmaster's Note...
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Internet
dialler "dumping".
We'd
also like customers to be aware of "dialler
dumping". This is where your internet connection
is replaced with an expensive replacement. This occurs
when people click on links which is supposed to do
someting else, but actually installs dialler for a
paid service. As such, when you next connect to the "internet" you
could actually be calling a charged service or even
an international call. We have had incidents where
this has cost clients thousands of dollars in phone
costs.
We
suggest that you learn the phone number you call,
and check that you are calling the right number
when you are calling LiSP.
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LiSP Systems Administration.
WebMaster's Note:
Email: Another
way to mask your email is use a graphic (eg: email.gif)
linked to a contact form. This way your email address
can still be displayed eg:  ,
however the spam engines cannot pick it up.
Open
a free Hotmail account
if you must give your email address when subscribing
to newsgroups, chat and
internet forums. Use your Hotmail Account
instead of your real email address. Only give your
real email address to people you trust. Does
not sound important - wait till you have 500 to 600
(or more) spam
emails coming in a day!!!! KaZaa: Security
Warning - The KaZaa software if not set
up properly can literally open a back door to your
computer.
Sharing certain folders eg: C:\My Documents\My
Music could lead
to unauthorised users reading your saved documents.
I have had Clients who have not realised that they
were sharing their documents as
well as their
illegal music downloads to the world.
Protect Your Privacy
While the Internet is a powerful resource and
provides users with many useful and often entertaining
things to see and do, it also has its dark side. Most
people are familiar with freeware, shareware,
cookies, media players, interactive content,
and file sharing. What they may not realize is
that
some of the aforementioned may contain code or
components that allow the developers of these
applications and tools to actually collect and
disseminate information
about those using them.
They
can:
- track
your surfing habits
- abuse
your Internet connection by sending this
data to
a third party
- profile
your shopping preferences
- hijack
your browser start page or pages
- alter
important system files
and
can do this without your
knowledge or permission. The
security and privacy implications
of these exploits should be quite
obvious and undesirable on any system or network! Try
Ad-aware to protect your privacy.
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