Computer Spot

Your kids’ email addresses may be bombarded by unsolicited junk emails or spam everyday. So it is very possible that they open emails and download attachments from unknown senders.

Since spam is known to be a growing source of computer viruses, your kids may be inviting internet-based threats unknowingly.

Thus, it is very important that they know what to do to avoid attracting junk mails and keep their computer free from viruses.

Teach your kids to protect their email addresses. Make sure they know that it is dangerous for them to share their email addresses to someone they don’t know through instant messaging, online chatting, and signing up to websites for access. Read the rest of this entry →

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Would You Use a Tennis Racket to Drain Pasta?

You could…but it would be unnecessarily difficult. Yet that’s what many people do when they choose to store their passwords in a system that is not meant as a password manager.

If you store passwords in any of the following…

1. a file labeled passwords on your desktop
2. an excel file on your computer
3. a folder in your email account
4. post it notes by your computer

…your password is at risk of being compromised. Read the rest of this entry →