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January
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January is a great time to rest up before
getting started on those New Year's resolutions you enthusiastically
made on December 31st. However, if any of those goals included keeping
your computer worm and virus free, losing weight, or becoming a movie
buff, this month's newsletter can help you get started right now!
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E-Mail Worm - Mass-Mailing Worm Infects
Computers Without Use Of E-mail Attachment
The recent discovery of a new variant of the "Mydoom" e-mail worm has
some anti-virus companies on the alert for similar deviant malware. This
version of the Mydoom worm, although not considered a high-risk
mass-mailing worm at this time, does not attack and infect a computer
when a recipient opens an e-mail attachment. Instead, when the recipient
clicks on a text link located within an e-mail message, the recipient's
machine connects with an infectious website. The website then downloads
the worm onto the recipient's computer! So you must not only be on guard
for mass-mailing worms and viruses when receiving e-mail attachments,
but you must also be more cautious than ever when clicking on links
within e-mail messages.
Just like other mass-mailing worms, this Mydoom variant takes advantage
of a vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser found on
Windows-based computers. (The worm does not infect Macintosh, Unix, or
Linux systems.) The worm finds e-mail addresses within the infected
computer and mass-mails messages containing links to the infectious
website. Similar to most other e-mail worms, the Mydoom has a "spoofing"
feature that disguises the actual source of the e-mail by randomly
selecting e-mail addresses from the infected computer's system to be
shown as the "sender" of the e-mail. Thus, if a person receives the
e-mail worm from a co-worker or relative, chances are the person it
shows being sent from was probably not the person who actually sent it.
Remember, the ultimate responsibility of protecting your computer
against worms and viruses lies with you. Many viruses and worms not only
spread via e-mail, but also through the sharing of files when using
floppy disks, zip disks, CDs, and networks, as well as when downloading
software from the Internet. We encourage each of our users to install
and utilize virus scanning software, to update this software on a
regular basis, and to scan all incoming e-mail attachments before
opening them even if the attachment shows coming from a reliable source!
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Saturday: 10am to 2pm
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See Graphics
Within Incoming E-mail Messages
One of the protective features added to Outlook
Express for Windows XP users who have installed
Service Pack 2 (SP2) is the ability to block
images from being displayed within incoming
e-mail messages. However, what's the fun of
receiving e-mail messages from friends or
sources you trust unless you can look at the
graphics and images? Microsoft provides an easy
option to allow images to appear within messages
either on a per e-mail basis or for all e-mail
messages. To see the graphics within messages on
an e-mail-by-e-mail basis, with your Preview
Pane open, do the following:
1) Click your cursor arrow on the gray bar
located just below the subject line of the
message. It will say, "Some pictures have been
blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifying your computer. Click here to
download pictures." If you click anywhere on
that gray bar, the pictures for that particular
e-mail will appear for as long as you have that
e-mail open.
2) If you go to a different e-mail and then come
back to this message, you will need to click on
that bar again to see the images within the
message.
Note: If you don't see the gray bar, open the
message in its own window and follow steps one
and two above. Otherwise, click your cursor
arrow on the "View" menu and drop down to
"Layout." When the "Window Layout Properties"
window appears, make sure "Show preview pane
header" is checked.
If you want to be able to see all pictures on
all incoming e-mail messages that contain
images, you can disable this blocking feature.
Here's how:
1) Go to the Outlook Express "Tools" menu and
drop down to "Options."
2) When the "Options" window appears, click on
the "Security" tab. About half way down the
window you'll see an item titled "Download
images." You will see a box next to the words
"Block images and other external content in HTML
e-mail." If you uncheck this box, it will allow
images to be viewed again just as they were
before your SP2 update.
3) Click "Apply" and then "OK" to save your new
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Counting Calories And More While Online
http://CalorieControl.org - Is
it time to start counting calories again now that the holidays are over?
Head to the online calculators located at CalorieControl.org. The site
not only includes calorie calculators but also an exercise calculator,
body mass index calculator, weight maintenance calculator, and a healthy
weight calculator. Additionally, the website provides lots of helpful
tips and articles on exercise and eating healthy.
The 100 Greatest Movies Ever Made
http://afionline.org/tvevents/100years/100yearslist.aspx - This site
from the American Film Institute provides lists of some of the best
features in America's film history. A panel of 1,500 leaders from the
U.S. movie community selected the contents of each list. Lists include
the 100 greatest movies, the 100 funniest movies, the 100 greatest movie
stars, the 100 most thrilling movies, the 50 most villainous villains,
the 50 favorite movie heroes, and the 100 best movie songs of all-time.
The favorite movie list includes five Steven Spielberg films and four
films each by Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder. Jimmy Stewart and
Robert DeNiro both had starring roles in five of the selected movies.
Can you name the films?
Repair Your Broken VCR
http://fixer.com - Has your VCR gone on
the blink? Don't throw it away. First follow the easy step-by-step
instructions found at this site. Fixer.com claims that most VCRs can be
repaired with no prior electronic experience and no expensive equipment.
The site also has a neat technique for ejecting a stuck videotape and
the instructions do not include the use of a sledgehammer!
Your Online TV Game Show Resource
http://tvgameshows.net/ - Utah
resident Ken Jennings won an amazing 74 straight games as a contestant
on the TV game show Jeopardy! During his winning streak, which lasted
from June 2, 2004 to November 30, 2004, Jennings set dozens of Jeopardy!
records including the highest number of correct responses in one show
(45), the highest number of cumulative first ring-ins (2,575), the most
Final Jeopardy! correct answers (51), the most number of games locked up
after Double Jeopardy! (65), the largest winning margin in series
history ($73,200 on July 23rd), the highest number of category sweeps
(94), and, of course, the all-time record for most total winnings on a
TV game show series ($2,522,400). To find out all you ever wanted to
know about TV game shows, their hosts, the contestants, and even daily
updates on TV game show news and scores, check out this site!
The 2005 PGA Tour Gets Into Swing This
Month
http://www.PGA.com/ - The Professional
Golfers Association (PGA) kicks off its new season this month with
visits to Kapalua, HI, Honolulu, HI, San Diego, CA, and La Quinta, CA.
(It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it.) Vijay Singh will attempt
to defend his number one player status against last year's top
contenders that include Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Stewart
Cink, and others. The PGA's official site provides tips on improving
your game, tour event schedules and ticket information, the latest PGA
news and standings, player bios, and more.
Email your favorite website
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Feature of the Month |
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It's that time of
year again!
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So get out your cameras and
take some pictures! We now are
accepting photos for our
2005 directory cover.
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This Month's Chronicles |
Flower: Carnation
Birthstone: Garnet |
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January 2005
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| Jan. 1......... |
New Year's Day |
| Jan. 12....... |
Clean Your Desk Day |
| Jan. 19...... |
Martin Luther King Day |
| Jan. 19....... |
Popcorn Day |
| Jan. 23....... |
Pie Day |
| Jan. 29....... |
Carnation Day |
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Corn Chip Day |
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Puzzle Day |
This Day in
History
www.scopesys.com/anyday
Horoscopes
Capricorn.........12-22 to 1-19
Aquarius...........1-20 to 2-18 |
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Question & Answer |
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Question: I hear people talk about
opening and reading "PDFs" that are sent as e-mail attachments. What is
a PDF and how can I read them?
Answer:
PDF is an acronym that stands for Portable
Document Format. It is a file format created by Adobe Systems
Incorporated using a software program called Acrobat. A document
converted into or saved as a PDF preserves the look and integrity of the
original document, but allows the creator of the document to
share it with anyone electronically regardless of whether the recipient
has the same hardware or software platform as the document's creator.
This technology truly simplifies the document sharing
process and allows documents to be easily shared on the Web, via e-mail,
etc. PDFs are commonly used for catalogs, maps, presentations, white
papers, e-books, and computer manuals.
PDFs can be opened and viewed by
either a PC or a Macintosh as long as the computer's user has first
downloaded and installed Adobe's free Acrobat Reader software program.
If you do not have the Acrobat Reader software program installed on your
computer, you can download it for free at
http://www.adobe.com.
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your questions and we will do our best
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