Do you practice safe computing? I have this vision of people wondering after that statement of how to put on a condom on their computer.
When you go out on a date don't you wonder who that person is that you are dating? Some people will run a background check on the person they are dating or about to marry. He/She could be a mass murderer, you certainly don't want to date them.
So then why would you open an email from the person in a country you've never been to claiming to have your winning lottery ticket in a lottery you never bought a ticket in? Let's think this through for a moment.
You just got an email that has an attachment of a file from someone or some business you don't know. But yet you are going to click on it without taking the time to verify it? Let me guess you are just so busy you "Don't have the time for that". I would like to thank all the people that "Don't have the time for that" for all the money I have made cleaning the virus off your computer and trying to save your data. I really don't need everyone to pay attention there will always be a bunch of folks that don't read about safe computing and keep me flush and to them I dedicate my new car.
For the rest of you that really don't want to pay me a lot of money, well it's easy and I don't mind at all telling you the simple rule of thumb for safe computing. If you didn't ask for it, order it, subscribe to it, or just plain simply don't know who sent it then question it. Clear indications of someone trying to steal your stuff is when you get an email with a link telling you to click it and change your password. I promise you that no matter what your password is, was, or was changed to you will never get into that site. When in doubt go directly to the main page of the company or site you are dealing with.
And for those of you that "Don't have the time for that" I look forward to our encounter. I charge by the hour and any part there of. Minimum 2 hours. So enjoy that Nigerian lottery and your winnings.
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