Related Links

Broadband

1. The PC Magazine Complete Guide to Broadband : 7 chapters
2. BroadBand Special Report

3. AlphaShield
4. Review -- 1 and 2 on AlphaShield

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Cybercriminals Most Wanted - Cybercrime Awareness, Prevention and Safety
Website.

Better Business Bureau Online - You can launch complaints about Web sites and
Internet based businesses here.

Scambusters - One of the premier resources on the Web for information
relating to Spam, Scams and Hoaxes.

Snopes - An huge compilation of online myths, legends, and hoaxes.

Internet Fraud Complaint Center - Based in the United States, IFCC's mission is
to address fraud committed over the Internet. IFCC provides resources for
victims to report fraud and tools to help authorities across North America.

Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email - "is an ad hoc, all volunteer
organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the
problem of UCE (a/k/a "spam")." (from their Website) The site contains a top
notch collection of links and information about about Spam and how to deal
with it.

Anti-Spam Campaign - Newbie Primer on Spam. This is an excellent read for
all those wanting to know exactly how Spam hurts all of us with increased
costs and addresses the freedom of speech and business issues that
Spammers often wave around like little flags.

Symantec's Virus Enclopedia and Threats page

Symantec's Online Security Tests for Mac/PC

McAfee's Virus Encyclopedia and Threats page

V Myths - An excellent site providing information on how to detect a virus hoax
and providing a variety of current media and virus hoaxes.

Hostile Code's Hacking Demonstration - For Windows based systems, this site
offers a number of tests and demonstrations to show you the types of
vulnerabilities your computer may have.

Cyberstalking - A 12 page article on cyberstalking with information on what to look for, what stalkers look for and how to deal with stalking situations.

Microsoft Windows Update Site - If you are running any version of Microsoft
Windows, obtaining the security patches regularly from this site is a prudent measure.

Microsoft Office Updates - As above with Windows software, if you are running
Microsoft Office, ensure that you obtain the security patches from this site
regularly.

Macintosh Security Updates at Securemac.com. Top notch site for Mac users.

FOR NEWBIES ::—

For those who are new to computers and the Internet, here are some links to
friendly information and tutorials.

Ivillage.com's Newbie zone - A good site for any self-declared newbie

ZD Net's collection of quickstart guides - an excellent collection of help and
how-to guides on virtually anything someone new to computers would need to
know.

PC Family - an excellent site with reviews, tools and guides to a wide range of
hardware and software products.

Online Glossaries :

Kadow's Internet Dictionary - Internet and Unix specific dictionary that is
extremely easy to navigate.

Techencyclopedia - Includes over 20,000 terms related to computer and the
Internet. Set up more like and Enclyclopedia than a dictionary so if you want
detailed entries, this is the place to go.

PCWebopeodia - Another massive online dictionary-enclyclopedia of
computing terms. Many entries include additional external links.

Computer Worm (malware) site

Articles on 'Worm'

Overall Security :

CIAC paper on overall Internet security (pdf file—requires Acrobat Reader)