How to stay private now that anyone can find you on Facebook

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Many of our members use Facebook and over the last year the Facebook privacy settings policy has changed slightly.  This article from TechHive provides guidance on how to best protect your privacy under new policy.

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Be careful about opening Email

from unfamiliar sources.  Today I had two emails from two different addresses (that I did not recognize) get quarantined by my antivirus that checks every email as it arrives in my inbox.  Both had attachments whose names appeared harmless but if I had opened them my system could have been infected.  My antivirus integrates well with my email client program (some clients don't allow such tight integration and some antivirus programs do not support it).  Still when I receive email with attachments I am not likely to open the attachments unless they are from on of the several individuals that I know have their systems locked down as tight as I have mine.  Remember almost any attachment type can be infected and be careful out there.

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Update 2014-01-24 - Got another one today from another (unknown to me) address. 

Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015

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It's not full support but it is better than nothing.  Since Microsoft decided to extend access to anti-malware signatures for Microsoft Security Essentials through 14 July 2015 is a welcome change in policy for seniors.  It remains to be seen wither the delivery for the Malicious Software Removal Tool will be a manual download or supplied automatically via Windows Update.

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