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Hello PressEnter Subscribers!

Happy New Year to you! This January eNewsletter is designed to help you start 2007 with new ways to boost your Internet knowledge. You'll get a "heads up" about a phishing scam using a bogus Coca-Cola car and cash sweepstakes. You'll learn how to attach files to e-mail messages, and why you sometimes receive e-mail messages containing those little red X's in boxes. Plus, you'll get our picks for helpful sites including one to help you find your risk for major diseases, one to help you connect with charities, and one to help you catch a glimpse of your favorite stars.

We think you'll find the information contained in this newsletter to be a valuable tool for enhancing your Internet experience. If, however, you'd prefer not to receive these bulletins on a monthly basis, please Reply to this message and put "REMOVE" in the subject line. Please e-mail any questions or comments to newsletter@pressenter.com. If you have any technical questions, please e-mail helpdesk@pressenter.com.

Here's what's inside our January 2007 Newsletter:

A. E-Mail Scam - Bogus Coca-Cola Sweepstakes Promises Car and Cash
B. PressEnter News - Just released: F-Secure Internet Security 2007!
C. Ask The Help Desk - Why Do I Receive Red X's Within Empty Boxes In Some E-mail Messages?
D. Great Sites To Check Out In January
E. Short Tutorial - Attaching Files (Attachments) To E-mail Messages

The PressEnter Newsletter Team

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A. E-Mail Scam - Bogus Coca-Cola Sweepstakes Promises Car and Cash

It may look like an e-mail from Coca-Cola but it's definitely not "The Real Thing." There's an e-mail in circulation, allegedly from a Hong Kong-based Coca-Cola sales and marketing manager, that promotes a sweepstakes to win a Mercedes-Benz ML Jeep convertible and $800,000 cash. The problem? There is no such sweepstakes and there is no such car as a Mercedes-Benz ML Jeep convertible. It's a phishing expedition, using the trusted Coca-Cola brand as bait, designed to obtain personal and financial information from victims.

It used to be that such hoaxes only hijacked the names of banking institutions or services like PayPal and eBay. But now non-financial consumer brands, such as the soft drink giant, are being used without permission by online scammers. On their website, the Coca-Cola Company states they are "... in no way associated with these e-mails or programs. We are not a sponsor and our name and trademarks are used here without permission."

If you receive an e-mail like the one described above, you have a couple of options. You can do nothing and simply delete the message. (Do not reply to it or unsubscribe.) Or you can report the suspicious e-mail to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at http://www.ftc.gov.

As always, you need to be aware of the telltale signs of phishing. According to PhishTank.com, a collaborative clearinghouse for data and information about phishing on the Internet, look for the following signs:

- Generic greeting that doesn't use your name

- Link to a website that doesn't start with "https" (The "s" stands for secure.)

- Request for personal information like account numbers

- Sense of urgency that pressures you to act quickly

B. PressEnter News - Just released: F-Secure Internet Security 2007!

F-Secure Internet Security 2007 combines automated virus and spyware discovery and removal, with daily automatically updated virus protection from F-Secure's world-renowned virus research laboratory. An integrated personal firewall stops hackers from breaking into your computer and lets you keep your private data to yourself. The enhanced Parental Control with new individually configurable profiles and Child Time lock function enables parents to control and monitor their childrens' Internet usage.
The key features are listed below. For your copy of F-Secure, call our office or e-mail sales@pressenter.com.

* F-Secure 2007 may be installed on up to 3 computers
You get award-winning protection for all the PCs in your home in one box!

* Protects your computer against hackers. You can keep your private data private with the personal firewall that stops hackers from accessing your computer. Some web sites
can infect your computer even if you do not specifically download anything from the site. F-Secure's Web Traffic Scanning protects you from this problem by scanning each web site you visit, and blocking any malicious content from entering your PC.

* Helps to reduce spam e-mail and phishing attempts F-Secure Internet Security filters unwanted spam and e-mail schemes designed to steal your private information. Anti-Spam component filters unsolicited email based on a Bayesian filter and the use of blacklists.

* Protects your children against unwanted Internet content
F-Secure Internet Security ensures that your children or teenagers do not enter objectionable sites or surf the Internet when you are not around. The software can be configured to block Internet pages that reference weapons, drugs, gambling and pornography. There is also an option to completely disable access to certain sites. With the Child Time Lock feature parents can also define at what time of the day their children are permitted to surf the Internet.

C. Ask The Help Desk - Why Do I Receive Red X's Within Empty Boxes In Some E-mail Messages?

Question: Why do I sometimes receive e-mail messages that contain an empty box with a red "X" within the message pane rather than a picture? My friends are having the same problem.

Answer: Graphics and photos contained within an e-mail message are often not "stored" within the e-mail message itself but rather on a remote Web server (computer). If the message you receive is in an HTML format (supposed to have graphics or photos as part of the message) and a little box with a red "X" shows up instead of the image, there may be a broken connection somewhere between the image link within the e-mail message and the remote Web server where the image is actually stored.

What causes a broken connection? There could be a number of reasons
including:

- A typo by the person who keyed in the Web address of the image's server. When this occurs, the request for the image goes to a server location where no image exists. It is similar to looking for a home at 1500 Peach Street when the correct address is 1500 Peach Avenue.

- Something on the Web server changed before you downloaded the e-mail. The graphic was eliminated, its name changed, or it was stored in a different folder, which changed its path.

- A power outage occurred somewhere between your computer and the location of the image's Web server.

- You've downloaded your e-mail and then closed your Internet connection to review your messages. If images within any of your incoming e-mail messages are stored at a remote server location, your computer will not be able to access them since you are no longer connected to the Internet.

- Newer versions of Microsoft e-mail client software (i.e. Outlook Express, Outlook, and Entourage) block graphics from appearing automatically in HTML e-mail messages and, of course, the red boxes show up in their place. (Click on "Download Pictures" at the top of the e-mail and the pictures will appear.) Note: Different e-mail clients and Web browsers use different symbols for a broken graphic link. For instance, Apple's Safari Web browser uses a blue box with a question mark symbol.

D. Great Sites To Check Out This Month

What's Your Health Risk?
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http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu

One way to take better care of your health in 2007 is to educate
yourself about your disease risks. This site, developed over the
past ten years by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, can
help you discover your risk of developing five important diseases:
cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke. Simply
answer questions about your health, background, and lifestyle
with easy-to-use interactive tools and get personalized tips for
preventing disease. Knowledge is power and Your Disease Risk gives
you the knowledge you need to make smarter, healthier choices.

Track The Travels Of $10s And $20s
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http://WheresGeorge.com

Ever wondered where your paper money goes after it leaves your wallet
at the checkout counter? Well a guy by the name of Hank Eskin was
so curious that he started a website in 1998 called WheresGeorge.com
so he and others could track the travels of U.S. currency. All you
need to do is enter the denomination, series, and serial number of any
U.S. dollar bill, as well as your current zip code. The site will then
follow the movement of that bill, giving you the average speed in miles
per day and the actual travel time between exchanges of the currency.

Give It A Try
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http://justgive.org

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to expand your charitable
giving, give this unique site a try. JustGive is a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to connect people with the charities
and causes they care about and to increase overall giving. They'll
help you find the charities most meaningful to you from more than
1,000,000 nonprofits. You can also buy a charity gift certificate,
start a charity wedding registry, track your donations, and get a
tax summary at the end of the year.

Super Bowl Legend
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http://snopes.com/business/bank/superbowl.asp

Legend has it that annual stock market trends are predicted by the
winner of the Super Bowl. According to what's known as the "Super Bowl
Indicator," a triumphant team from the old American Football League
(now the American Football Conference) foreshadows a down market,
but a winner from the old NFL (now the National Football Conference)
means the bulls are coming. Learn the origins of this famous legend
here and take a look at how accurate the "Super Bowl Indicator"
has been in the past at predicting Wall Street's ups and downs.

E. Short Tutorial - Attaching Files (Attachments) To E-mail Messages

Not sure how to attach files to e-mail messages? Follow the steps below and you'll be a pro in no time!

Adding Attachments Using Outlook Express 6 On Windows XP SP2

1. With Outlook Express open, create a new e-mail message. Prepare it for sending by filling in the recipient's address, the subject, and the body of your message.

2. Click your cursor arrow on the "Attach" button in the toolbar. (It looks like a paper clip.) The "Insert Attachment" dialog box will appear.
(Alternately, you can click on "Insert" in the menu bar and select "File Attachment" from the drop-down menu to open the "Insert Attachment"
dialog box.)

3. Click on the drop-down arrow next to the "Look-in" field and select the directory where the file you want to attach is located.

4. Once the file you want to attach shows up in the main part of the window, click on it to highlight it. (Hold the shift key down while clicking to highlight multiple files.) Then click the "Attach" button.

5. The file you selected to attach should now show up in an "Attach"
field below the "Subject" line field. If you want to attach additional files to the same e-mail, begin with Step 1 again. Click on the "Send"
button to mail the message with the attachment(s).

Adding Attachments Using Thunderbird 1.5 On Windows XP SP2 And Mac OS X 10.4

1. With Thunderbird open, create a new e-mail message. Prepare it for sending by filling in the recipient's address, the subject, and the body of your message.

2. Click your cursor arrow on the "Attach" button in the toolbar. (It looks like a paper clip.) The "Attach File(s)" dialog box will appear.

3. Browse to the file you would like to attach by clicking on the drop-down arrow next to the "Look-in" field. Select the directory where the file you want to attach is located.

4. Once you find the file you want to attach, click on it to highlight it.
(Hold the shift key down while clicking to highlight multiple files.) Then click the "Open" button.

5. The file you selected to attach should now show up in the "Attachments"
field to the right of your message's address info and subject line. If you want to attach additional files to the same e-mail, begin with Step 1 again. Click on the "Send" button to mail the message with the attachment(s).

Adding Attachments Using Netscape 7.2 Mail On Windows XP SP2 and Mac OS X 10.4

1. With Netscape Mail open, create a new e-mail message. Prepare it for sending by filling in the recipient's address, the subject, and the body of your message.

2. Click your cursor arrow on the "Attach" button in the toolbar. (It looks like a paper clip.) The "Attach File(s)" dialog box will appear.

3. Browse to the file you would like to attach by clicking on the drop-down arrow next to the "Look-in" field. Select the directory where the file you want to attach is located. Note: On the Macintosh, you get what looks like a standard Macintosh "Open" dialog box. There is no "Look-in" field.

4. Once you find the file you want to attach, click on it to highlight it.
(Hold the shift key down while clicking to highlight multiple files.) Then click the "Open" button.

5. The file you selected to attach should now show up in the "Attachments"
field to the right of your message's address info and subject line. If you want to attach additional files to the same e-mail, begin with Step 1 again. Click on the "Send" button to mail the message with the attachment(s).

Adding Attachments Using Mail 2.1.1 On Mac OS X 10.4

1. With Mail open, create a new e-mail message. Prepare it for sending by filling in the recipient's address, the subject, and the body of your message.

2. Click your cursor arrow on the "Attach" button in the toolbar. (It looks like a paper clip.) A standard "Open" dialog box will appear.

3. Browse to the file you would like to attach.

4. Once you find the file you want to attach, click on it to highlight it.
(Hold the shift key down while clicking to highlight multiple files.) If you are sending the file to a Windows user, click in the check box next to "Send Windows Friendly Attachments." Then click the "Choose File" button.

5. The file you selected to attach should now show up in the body of your message. If you want to attach additional files to the same e-mail, begin with Step 1 again. Click on the "Send" button to mail the message with the attachment(s).

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