Gmail et alia
As a reward for reading my drivel, I'm giving a free Gmail invitation to the first two commenters to request one.
This is a good time to remind Windows users that if you use want to keep your computer free from viruses, spyware, and other malicious programs you should do two simple and very important things:
1) Most important: Keep your version of Windows updated at windowsupdate.microsoft.com
2) Very important: Download Firefox the internet browser and Thunderbird the email program. Use these instead of the default Internet Explorer (the blue "E") and Outlook/Outlook Express. Firefox and Thunderbird are absolutely free and have some great features, and are immune to almost all of the security flaws that plague the Microsoft programs.
Runner-up: I strongly recommend running Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE. This is the premier anti-adware program out there, and it's free. Use it even if you use another spyware detection program. Over 4/5 of the times you use it, it'll find and eliminate something you don't want on your computer.
Take these steps seriously. They are even more important than using an antivirus program. Not following these steps can result in:
- Internet browsing becoming practically impossible due to pop-up ads and random webpage changes.
- Theft of sensitive information such as email passwords and credit card information.
- Your computer and your internet connection becoming incredibly slow because it is being used to send millions of spam emails hawking porn, software and prescription drugs.
This is a good time to remind Windows users that if you use want to keep your computer free from viruses, spyware, and other malicious programs you should do two simple and very important things:
1) Most important: Keep your version of Windows updated at windowsupdate.microsoft.com
2) Very important: Download Firefox the internet browser and Thunderbird the email program. Use these instead of the default Internet Explorer (the blue "E") and Outlook/Outlook Express. Firefox and Thunderbird are absolutely free and have some great features, and are immune to almost all of the security flaws that plague the Microsoft programs.
Runner-up: I strongly recommend running Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE. This is the premier anti-adware program out there, and it's free. Use it even if you use another spyware detection program. Over 4/5 of the times you use it, it'll find and eliminate something you don't want on your computer.
Take these steps seriously. They are even more important than using an antivirus program. Not following these steps can result in:
- Internet browsing becoming practically impossible due to pop-up ads and random webpage changes.
- Theft of sensitive information such as email passwords and credit card information.
- Your computer and your internet connection becoming incredibly slow because it is being used to send millions of spam emails hawking porn, software and prescription drugs.
posted by Derby at 23:20
3 Comments:
oooohhh! do you have any of those gmail invites left? i promise to read your drivel religiously every day if you do! my email addy is blitzberry@yahoo.com if you happen to have one available. if you were coming back to phc i would kiss your shoes but since you're not... anyways, let me know!
what's the difference between G-mail and anyother kind?
~heather
Google's Gmail (www.gmail.com) is easy to use directly from their website. It's much easier than hotmail or PHC's webmail. It also offers a gigabyte of email storage, so you'll never have to delete an email, and you can send large attachments. It has practically no ads, unlike hotmail, and is probably the fastest webmail there is (compared to PHC's, which is very slow.)
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