<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Sounds like a job for the BBC - <a target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7732971.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7732971.stm</a></span><br><span>And I see Snopes has a section dedicated to email scams (maybe of use?) - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/inboxer.asp">http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/inboxer.asp</a></span><br> <br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mark<br><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tayside Linux User Group
<dundee@lists.lug.org.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 10 March, 2010 14:34:15<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [dundee] One Granny Security Advice<br></font><br>Hi all,<br><br>I'm looking for a good security site/resource for my mother. As today<br>I told her to stop forwarding chain mails (specifically chain mails<br>with attachments), as they're a common vector for security exploits...<br>and now she's asking for more information...<br><br>I don't want to unnecessarily scare her, but she needs to understand<br>how to be more cautious than she is.<br><br>Essentially I need a good resource that can highlight the common<br>pitfalls in language she can understand. I don't expect her to spend<br>more than 5 minutes reading something on this subject, though she<br>might watch a 10 minute video.<br><br>I'm most concerned she learns about:<br><br>- the dangers of chain emails<br>-
when not to trust content/links in emails "from friends"<br>- opening malware from email attachments<br>- opening links<br>- forwarding chain mails that contain malware<br><br>Other advice welcome too... but it has to be dumbed down and<br>engaging... Any links you can share would be appreciated.<br><br>R.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk" href="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee@lists.lug.org.uk</a> <a href="http://dundeelug.org.uk" target="_blank">http://dundeelug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee</a><br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on irc.lug.org.uk<br></div></div>
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