Fake LinkedIn Emails

Mark Berry February 6, 2012

Today’s suspicious emails supposedly come from LinkedIn. They look authentic, but the links actually take you away to bogus and potentially malicious web sites.

Reduce US Bank Fraud with Check Card Alerts

Mark Berry January 4, 2012

On December 24, I received an email from US Bank informing me that a purchase had been made the previous day about two thousand miles away using my VISA debit card. I logged on to my online banking account and saw that two more fraudulent transactions were pending.

Copy Outlook Signatures to New Computer

Mark Berry April 20, 2011

Need to copy your Outlook signatures from one computer to another? Just copy the contents of this folder:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures

That %appdata% code will expand to the correct name for XP, Vista, or Windows 7.

Another way to get to that folder from Outlook is to go to Options > Mail Format Ctrl-click on the Signature button. That’s explained in more detail here.

This even works copying signatures from Outlook 2007 to 2010.

Invoices Reformatted by QuickBooks 2010 R11 Patch

Mark Berry April 14, 2011

When you install the R11 update in QuickBooks 2010 Pro, you may find that all your custom invoices suddenly have an extra, blank box at the bottom. This is because Intuit, without your consent, reformats all your invoices so it can display a link to its Intuit Payment Network:

Here’s how to turn that off.

Consolidate Multiple Accounts in Outlook 2010

Mark Berry April 6, 2011

Outlook 2010 allows adding multiple Exchange accounts. But what if you want to save all mail in a primary account, but still send mail from secondary accounts? With some help from Microsoft Partner Support, here is a workaround.

Prevent Outside Parties from Scheduling Your Calendar

Mark Berry January 18, 2011

Ever receive an email with an Outlook calendar item attached, then find that the item appeared in your calendar without your permission? It turns out that by default, Outlook lets anybody in the world add items to your calendar as “tentative” appointments, whether you agree or not. I got instructions from Microsoft support on how to disable that “feature.”

Identifying and Avoiding Fake Anti-Virus Programs

Mark Berry December 21, 2010

One of the biggest threats to your computer comes when you land on a web site containing a fake anti-virus warning. These sites try to trick you into installing a program that is actually a virus. Sometimes these programs will encrypt files on your system, then charge you money to unlock them. But what does a fake anti-virus site look like, and what should you do? Here’s an example.

Help! My Yahoo / Hotmail / Facebook Was Hacked!

Mark Berry September 28, 2010

In the last few weeks the personal accounts of at least four of my acquaintances have been hacked. As you may have experienced, when your friend’s account is hacked, you start getting emails that appear to be from them, but which actually contain some kind of spam.