Microsoft launched its latest version of their popular Office suite last month.   Office 2016 builds on its predecessors with added functionality and a similar look and feel to Office 2013.  This blog post won’t go into the new features or changes, but rather discuss some things to be aware of and some promotions that Microsoft […]

Most invalid emails purporting to be from banks requesting account information are blocked by spam filters and anti-virus scanners.  This one, Important Issues Concerning Your Online Account, supposedly from Bank of America Alerts (onlp.ert@ealerts.bankofamerica.com) is an example of spam phising for your bank account information.  Cyber thieves are smart; what better time is there to […]

Today I’ve seen some NDR (non delivery report) email messages bounced back to mail servers from earthlink.net:  #5.5.0 smtp;550 550 Dynamic/zombied/spam IPs blocked. Write blockedbyearthlink@abuse.earthlink.net>.  So at first I didn’t think much of it assuming it was a false positive and I would get with earthlink and have them review the server and they would […]

We’ve all received one of those emails… we know we shouldn’t open it, but what if it is true? Unless you really know what you’re doing and understand how to read mail headers, verify links, etc… you should never open anything from a bank, credit card, store, etc that is asking about your account. I […]