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		<title>Datasafexl &#8211; A Brief Overview of Microsoft Excel Vulnerabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2009/05/16/datasafexl-a-brief-overview-of-microsoft-excel-vulnerabilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nikolas Petousis In this article, we will provide you with a brief overview of the Microsoft (R) Excel security environment and examine in more detail the effectiveness of Microsoft (R) Excel&#8217;s built-in protection features. Undoubtedly, Microsoft (R) Excel&#8217;s security environment can prove to be cumbersome even for experienced users. In addition, there are numerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SECURITY ALERT &#8211; Adobe Acrobat Users Beware</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2009/03/06/security-alert-adobe-acrobat-users-beware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We technical writers use Adobe Acrobat reader and &#8220;Writer&#8221; (Pro) whole day long both to read PDF documents and to create them. So that&#8217;s why it is urgent that you take notice of this security alert about a security flaw in Adobe Acrobat that the Adobe officials are working hard to patch by March 11.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to &#8220;Whitelist&#8221; a Vendor&#8217;s Email Address</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2009/01/21/how-to-whitelist-an-email-address-or-vendor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Early to Rise Unsolicited, unwanted advertising e-mail, commonly known as “spam”, has become a big problem. It’s reached such proportions that most e-mail services and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have put blocking and filtering systems to keep these messages out. The systems work… but sometimes they work too well, blocking messages that you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Fake Hallmark Cards</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2008/01/07/beware-of-fake-hallmark-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the season when people might be still sending each other &#8220;New Year Cards.&#8221; Some these ecards will point to ecard sites where you&#8217;ll find a card from a friend waiting for you. Some others, however, are phishing messages. If you click the link, an executable program will start running on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Tell Fake (Phishing) E-Mails from Real Ones</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/06/01/how-to-tell-fake-phishing-e-mails-from-real-ones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2007-2010 Ugur Akinci There is a very easy way to tell a fake phishing e-mail from a real one. One immediate clue is to receive it from a bank where you have no account. That one is obvious (you would think) but still you&#8217;d be amazed how many people take such mails seriously despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCAMGLISH Gives Away E-Mail Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/05/29/scamglish-gives-away-e-mail-scams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are not sure if an e-mail offer is a scam or not, just look at the English with which it is written. Almost all scam letters have ungrammatical, awkward, stilted and sometimes outright laughable English (or, &#8220;Scamglish&#8221;) since the text is copied and pasted many times over during the life cycle of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad English (or “Scamglish”) Gives Away E-Mail Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/05/15/bad-english-or-%e2%80%9cscamglish%e2%80%9d-gives-away-e-mail-scams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve yet received another “Lottery Winning Notification” – this time from Microsoft (!). Ho ho ho! There are two items that give away these scams immediately: 1) The domain name of the return link is invariably registered in some foreign country (Hong Kong, Slovenia, Russia, UK, Netherlands, Japan, etc.) but never in the United States. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caution &#8212; Flash Drive Sticks</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/05/15/caution-flash-drive-sticks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/05/15/caution-flash-drive-sticks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flash drive sticks are great. They provide a lightweight solution to memory problems. I have one myself that I carry with me wherever I go. But are you aware that the same innocent looking flash stick can actually be a Trojan Horse, carrying someone else&#8217;s malicious code or virus? How come? In essence, once you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-MAIL SCAM ~ “Iraqi re-construction effort”</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/05/04/e-mail-scam-%e2%80%9ciraqi-re-construction-effort%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2007/05/04/e-mail-scam-%e2%80%9ciraqi-re-construction-effort%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new one… Someone with an Arabic name is sending e-mails on behalf of the “Iraqi re-construction effort” and “PM Al-maliki regime” to solicit “your co-operation in a multi million dollars worth of contracts to supplies on various goods /construction…” Notice the bad English. Usually these scam letters contain grammatical or stylistic errors [...]]]></description>
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