George Town IT

Email security

George Town IT — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:12:58 +0000

Sometimes you may get a strange looking email from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or your bank saying that you need to re-validate your email and or account. They will often ask for your username and password. DO NOT click on the link in the email or reply to the email!

These emails are 99% of the time fake emails sent out by phishing companies to get access to your accounts.

According to Wikipedia “Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging,^[1] and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to deceive users,^[2] and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies.^[3] Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures.”

The best way to deal with them? Contact your bank/ISP or the company the email is reportedly from and ask them if they sent you the email. Most don’t contact you by email asking for these details. PayPal has an email address you can report spam emails to and has more information on their website.

A great way to check the link in the email is to hover your mouse over the link in the email. Does it show the actual web address that the email say they are from (eg Paypal is https://www.paypal.com/; Commonwealth Bank is http://www.commbank.com.au/; iiNet is http://www.iinet.net.au/)

After that – delete them. Mark them as spam. Whatever you do, don’t click the link.

George Town IT on your mobile

George Town IT — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:03:28 +0000

We’ve enabled a little plugin to make browsing our site on your mobile a little easier.

We hope you like it.

Finding your way around our blog

George Town IT — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:21:11 +0000

To help you find your way around our new look blog we thought we would post a helpful little "how to"

Know what you are looking for and want to see if we have blogged about it? Use our search box above the orange bar.

The ‘About‘ in the orange bar will take you to our About page. This tells you a little bit about our business & the services we offer.

At the end of the orange bar you will see this icon

Click on this and it will allow you to subscribe to our blog feed.

Over on the left of the screen in the sidebar you will find the following:

Follow us – Our social network links.

This icon will take you to our Facebook fan page. Feel free to ‘Like’ us.

This icon will take you to our Twitter profile. Follow us to keep up to date. All our blog posts will be ‘tweeted’ so you know when we post something new.

Categories - this is one of the fast ways to find posts on a certain top. For example, if you want to find all our posts on Site News, you would click on that category.

Below our categories you will find a list of links. These are links to sites we think you may find useful. We have split them into three sections for easier browsing (IT, Scrapbooking & Gaming).

At the end of each post you will see a little graphic ‘Share the knowledge’ with an arrow pointing to a selection of icons. This is so you, our readers, can share a post you find interesting. The icons from left to right are:

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Buying a new computer

George Town IT — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:38:29 +0000

When it comes time to buy a new computer, you should ask yourself a few questions. You may not need the biggest and the best if all you plan to do is check your email, surf the net. On the other hand if you want to play the latest games, something simple won’t be for you.

1. What will I be using my computer for?
This will help you decide on what you will need in your computer.
Some common uses include:

email
surfing the internet
business
word processing
digital photography (storing and editing images)
creating and editing movies
shopping
playing games

2. Who will be using the computer?
Will it be just yourself, your children, your grandchildren? Also think about how computer savvy users are and if any of the users have special needs (for example, bad eyesight).

3. Where will you be keeping your new computer?
Do you want something you can take with you or will it be located at a desk.

4. What is your budget?
It’s best to have a figure in mind. Computer hardware can get expensive.

Scrapping Shoebox

George Town IT — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:22:24 +0000

Are you a fan of scrapbooking? Well come check out our new scrapbooking site – Scrapping Shoebox.

You can ‘like’ us on Facebook for all the latest updates.

Welcome to our new blog

George Town IT — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:00:21 +0000

Welcome to our new look blog.
Please mind our dust while we settle in.

This blog will keep you up-to-date with all things related to George Town IT, the latest IT news, as well as news for our stores, both gaming and scrapbooking, and news related to both the scrapbooking and gaming industries.

We’re just putting the finishing touches on our site and are hoping to have it all finished by the end of November. We are also looking forward to opening our online store in January.

Feel free to subscribe to our blog, join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to keep up-to-date.

Until next time
Caroline & James