PC Pitstop Newsletter December 2008
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Identity Theft – Be Scared
Are you worried about having your identity stolen? I am. It
has happened to two people that I know. My mother and a friend
of mine in in Myrtle Beach. Once your identity is stolen, your
life is forever changed. Even after you spend weeks upon weeks
squaring everything away with your credit card company, things
will never be right. You begin to dread answering the phone
because it may be someone that erroneously thinks you owe them
money. My mother was close to tears still getting phone calls 5
years after the alleged deed took place. It certainly wears on you.
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Welcome TechBite’s Steve Bass
PC Pitstop is proud to announce a new partnership with TechBite columnist and PC World contributing editor Steve Bass, whose columns will now be featured in the PC Pitstop newsletters and highlighted at techtalk.pcpitstop.com and pcpitstop.com
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Free Identity Theft Test
It’s very convenient to let Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox save values and automatically complete fields on forms, but it may not be completely secure. Think about what could happen if you walk away from your computer for an extended period,
and someone else walks up to it and starts working.
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Give the Gift of PC Pitstop
Many of you have told us you spend a considerable amount of time helping friends and families with their computer issues. With that in mind, this holiday season – we wanted to give you the opportunity to spend more quality time with those same folks and less time with their computers.
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November 2008 Newsletter #2
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PC PITSTOP FIGHTS SCAREWARE – AV2008(9)
This happened just 2 days ago. On Saturday I installed a new copy of Windows XP. It was a brand new copy and I put it on a brand new hard drive for the purpose of software testing. I finished the install and applied the drivers. I was behind a router which acts as a firewall. I opened the IE browser and went to a favorite site. I read the forums and exactly 23 minutes after the install I was receiving AV2009 popups. It’s scare ware. It told me I was infected and needed to download their program to remove the threat. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even have an email client installed, no Instant Messenger.
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PC Pitstop Presidential Election Poll
Early voting is underway in many parts of the country and now at PC Pitstop. Who do you plan to vote for?
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Emergency Security Patch Issued By Microsoft
URGENT Install Immediately: PC Pitstop recommends installing this latest (958644) Microsoft security patch now.
On October 22, Microsoft released security patches for all versions of Windows listed below. This “out-of-cycle†patch was released in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 . Its sudden release only serves to emphasize its importance. You can check your add/remove programs sections to see if the patch was automatically installed (be sure to check the “show updates” box).
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