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Facebook users unwittingly spread Koobface worm

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Facebook users unwittingly spread Koobface worm
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Facebook users are being targeted by a nasty new version of the Koobface worm — dubbed Koobface.GK — that compels its victims to manually participate in creating a new Facebook account to help spread the worm.
The [...]

Facebook Virus

Monday, November 9th, 2009

If you receive an email with the following message please do not open the attachment and delete it immediately. It is a virus.
Dear Facebook user,
Due to Facebook policy changes, all Facebook users must submit a new, updated account agreement, regardless of their original account start date.
Accounts that do not submit the updated account agreement by the deadline [...]

How Safe is Your Internet Connection?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Approximately 65000 High Speed Internet customers aren’t as safe as they once thought. An independent developer has discovered a glaring vulnerability in a certain model of cable modem being issued deployed on Time Warner / Road Runner networks.
The SMC8014 is a combination cable modem and wireless router. It has been discovered that by [...]

How do I add a new email address to my hosting account?

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Log in to the server administration of your web site.  This information is located on the document that was sent to you upon setting up your hosting account with ConnectNC, Inc.  If you do not have your documentation please contact us here and we will be glad to resend you the information.  Once you are [...]

Verify Your Email Account – Is it Phishing?

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

If you receive an email like this – YES it is PHISHING.  Please delete it and never reply to an email like this.  We have reported it so there is no need to forward it on to us but please do delete the phishing email immediately.  Thank you!!
From: “Web Master-Help Team” <belindab@gam.co.za>
To: <users@pinehurst.net>
Sent: Friday, May [...]

How do I send mail through my hosting account?

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

ConnectNC hosting customers have a few options for sending e-mail.

We recommend that customers always use the outgoing mail server of the ISP they connect to the Internet through.  For example, If your DSL provider is Verizon, we ask that you send using Verizon’s outgoing (smtp) mail server.  You will need to call your ISP or [...]

How Do I get rid of spam!

Friday, May 8th, 2009

How do you get rid of spam cluttering your mailbox everyday?  Most of us would have hundreds of spam and viruss messages each day without some spam and virus filtering.  There are many different types of filtering.  Some spam filters work on your computer AFTER your email has already come into your computer.  So you [...]

Online Domain Registration – Get your website name

Friday, May 8th, 2009

If you are ready to register a domain name today, Please use our handy domain registration tool.    Then when you need help with a WordPress install or WordPress theme customization or another web site setup or web site design, give us a buzz!  We’ve been web site professionals since 1995!    If you are located in [...]

I use your mail filter and am still receiving spam messages

Monday, April 27th, 2009

If you’re a ConnectNC web hosting customer enrolled in ConnectNC spam and virus filtering and are still getting spam messages, here’s what you can do.

Google how to “view full headers” for the mail program you use
Look for the word barracuda in the internet headers of the junk mail received
If the word barracuda or IP address of [...]

Does your organization need a mailing list?

Monday, April 20th, 2009

ConnectNC offers interactive or announcement type mailing lists (e-mail), starting at $15 per month for 500 and fewer subscribers.
Your list is fully configurable and includes an archive, if needed. Your subscribers may sign and manage their list subscriptions via a web interface.

Web based list administration for nearly all tasks, including list [...]



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