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In March, 2004 I wrote and posted this article to my website.  I was reminded of it this evening when I opened an e-mail from someone warning me of the latest and greatest virus.  Some of the wording had not even changed in six years! ...
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I am a member of a private community of Microsoft Certified Trainers on a well known networking site.  In the last couple of days one of my colleagues complained that his students were passing their exams by using Brain Dumps, and that these tools...
The following message appeared in my Junk Mail box today. (These are only the first few lines… it looked complete and quite official) From: paypal.support@520838.com Security Center Advisory! PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by screening...
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The original e-mail arrived in French... not entirely normal to begin with, although not unheard of.  The original text is attached below.  The title translated to ' FW: Free Computer (Verified)!   At first I figured someone was forwarding...
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<Because the original e-mail on which this article is based was in French I decided to write a rudimentary translation for my French readers and friends.> Je ne reçois pas souvent des courriels en français, mais des fois, alors je l'ai regardé...
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