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The GTPCC meets the third Sunday of each month in the Community Room of Howell Furniture, 6095 Folsom Road, Beaumont TX.  Dr. Sam’s Discussion Group Q&A from 1:30 to 2:25pm. Our guest speaker presentation begins at 2:30pm. Our club meetings are free and open to the public (club support is encouraged by membership and annual renewals).  Click on Menu "How to Join" to read about the benefits of becoming a member. Please come early, sign in, and receive a ticket for door prizes.


 Beaumont Public Library is looking for volunteers to teach basic computer classes in the library’s computer lab on Saturdays. Classes Needed:·  How to use a computer·  Microsoft Word·  Creating an email account & how to use email

Please contact Geri Roberts at 838-6606 or groberts@ci.beaumont.tx.us


 June 16, 2008

Ira Wilsker info:

The TransUnion credit bureau has finally announced the sign-up for the class action lawsuit settlement.  Details are at:
https://www.listclassaction.com/claim/

If you are one of 150million people who used a credit or debit card, you are eligible for the settlement.
 
Register for Benefits
To receive benefits from this settlement, you must register by September 24, 2008. You may register for the following benefit options:
  1. Sign up for six months of credit monitoring services. If you select this option, you can also register to possibly receive cash benefits in the event of a cash distribution or file an individual lawsuit against the Defendants.
  2. Sign up for nine months of enhanced credit monitoring services. If you select this option, you will not receive any further benefits, including a cash payment, and you will not be able to file an individual lawsuit against the Defendants.
  3. Register to possibly receive a cash payment. If you select this option, you can also sign up for six months of credit monitoring; however if you receive a cash payment, you cannot file an individual lawsuit against the Defendants.
You may only register once. Individuals with multiple submissions will only be eligible for the benefit chosen in the first registration.
If you have registered to receive credit monitoring, you will have six months after the Court grants final approval of the settlement and all appeals are resolved to activate your credit monitoring benefit. If you register for one or more of the benefits provided by this settlement, you will be notified about how to obtain these benefits after the Court grants final approval to the settlement and all appeals are resolved. If cash benefits become available they will not be distributed until at least two years after the Court grants final approval.
To register, please supply the following information.
*Items marked with an asterisk are required.


June 15, 2008

ID Theft by Ira Wilsker

 GTPCC-IDTHEFT-061508.pdf

Power Point Program available by request at gtpcclub@gt.rr.com

 
The E-Book is available at no cost at: www.identityfinder.com/scaredsafe

 


June 16, 2008

Many of you pointed out a significant error in the newsletter I just sent you. The pricing of both Acronis True Image 11 Home and Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 should have been $49 as a download and $53 plus shipping on CDs. This is $10 less than the erroneous prices shown in the article and is the bargain I promised you. You can read the entire corrected article at www.ugr.com/nl0608.html or the corrected paragraph as follows:
"Special offer of both Acronis True Image 11 Home plus Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 for just $49 as a download or $53 plus $5 shipping on two CDs. Go to either www.ugr.com/TrueImage.html or www.ugr.com/DiskDirector.html to order this Acronis Bundle package of these two outstanding hard drive utilities. This is an outstanding price for two excellent hard drive utilities from Acronis."
I am sorry for this mistake and want to correct this error quickly. If you sent the article to others, please send them this correction.
Gene Barlow
User Group Relations
PO Box 911600
StGeorge, UT 84791-1600
gene@ugr.com
www.ugr.com

 


Exclusive offer for GTPCC Members

Laplink's 20% discount has been extended until June 30, 2008

 
Laplink is very generously offering a 20% discount on PCmover to every member of an APCUG affiliated user group. PCmover is an essential tool for migrating to the new computer in your future.
 
You will need to set up a Laplink account as part of the PCmover download process.
 
I would also like to encourage you to write a product review on this PCmover, so that it can be published in your own user group's newsletter and on your website. In addition, if you send your product review to lmoore@apcug.net, then it will also be published on the APCUG website.   Copy and Paste into browser: http://www.laplink.com/?utm_source=apcug&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=memebers

 


JUNE 09, 2008  From Ira Wilsker:

 FREE Registry Cleaner

http://www.wisecleaner.com/


Announcing Free Downloadable E-Book!!
“SCARED SAFE: Life’s Little Identity Theft
Prevention Handbook”
 
What is shadyville.com and why is there a $1000 charge on my credit card!?” It is both frightening and frustrating when you see charges on a credit card for purchases that you never made. Or--even worse--you receive a credit card bill for an account that you never opened yourself! It might not have happened to you yet, but it has probably happened to someone you know. Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information without permission to commit fraud or other crimes. Identity thieves spend countless hours hunting for bank accounts, social security numbers, passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive data so that they can steal your identity and commit fraud. 
 
Now--a new E-Book entitled “SCARED SAFE:  Life’s Little Identity Theft Prevention Handbook” by Todd Feinman,  is available for FREE download beginning today for anyone who wishes to arm themselves with a general understanding of the issues, and answers to questions they did not even know to ask. The handbook aims to educate consumers about basics that they need to know to avoid becoming victims of the dire and ever-growing threat of electronic identity theft!
 
The E-Book is available at no cost at: www.identityfinder.com/scaredsafe
 
"According to the Federal Trade Commission – over 9 million Americans’ identities are stolen each year!  Of all complaints received by the FTC in 2007, the category with the most complaints was identity theft-related – a hefty 32%!  Over $100 billion in identity theft losses have been reported by consumers and businesses over the past two years alone!  And, reported fraud losses in 2007 were almost double the amount reported in 2005!

The 52-page E-book covers a host of the most common identity theft threats and explains in easy-to-understand language what you can do to protect yourself.  Identity theft expert Todd Feinman said he compiled the E-book to give consumers an understanding of how to protect themselves, based on the thousands of questions his company has received since they began selling their Identity Finder software. “I’m delighted to be able to provide the public with one-stop access to valuable information that can potentially avert a lot of emotional and financial distress.” 

SCARED SAFE chapters include “Peer-to-Peer File Sharing,”  “Viruses and Worms,”  “Spyware,” “Bots and Trojans,”  “Phishing,” “Receipts,”  “Retiring a Computer,” and more, each chapter illustrating--with screenshots for each so you can see just what these threats look like on your computer-- the ‘Threat Information’ and ‘How to Protect Yourself’ from that particular threat. (i.e.—on page 28, a fake Ebay email example is shown, with an explanation of how you can tell it’s fake.) There’s even a screenshot of an actual illegal website displaying stolen bank account logins that hackers can purchase showing the amount of money in each account! (See page 5.)

Author Todd Feinman is CEO of Identity Finder (www.identityfinder.com) - unique software designed to prevent electronic identity theft.  PC Magazine’s Neil Rubenking had said shortly after the launch of the software, “The concept behind Identity Finder is great… Identity Finder looks set to become a powerful security tool.”  PC World reviewer, Eric Larkin, reported that “Their intelligently designed Identity Finder software locates sensitive information on your PC and prompts you either to shred that info or to shield it from data thieves and snooping malware.”   Identity Finder has also been featured and lauded by media ranging from USA Today to Fox-TV to Softpedia (Five-Star review) to Wall Street Journal This Morning radio, and many more.

Feinman adds, “I feel that it is our responsibility to educate the public to be as well-informed as possible in regard to identity theft threats. Please know the basic facts before it’s too late!”

About Identity Finder LLC:

Identity Finder, LLC is a leading innovator of security and privacy technologies. Established in 2001 and headquartered in New York City, the company specializes in developing software solutions that meet business and consumer needs. Best known for Identity Finder and Velosecure CAM, the company's technologies have been used by thousands of organizations in more than 40 countries.


May 16, 2008

Dale Farris notes this neat utility from Microsoft that does even more than the msconfig does.  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx


May 1, 2008

New Computer with "Bloatware" ?? Ira Wilsker suggests using bloatware removal with Decrapifier at http://www.download.com/PC-Decrapifier/3000-2096_4-10636481.html?cdlPid=10837462


April 25, 2008

Dale Farris sends this:

From John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine, comes this latest review of what he refers to as Vista's 11 Pillars of Failure.




Be sure to read APCUG NOTICES for the March, 2008 Edition of NOOZ


Go to  Southwest Louisiana PC User Group and visit their new web page.


LISTEN to Ira's weekly radio show,"My Computer Show" Monday's 6 to 7 PM on 
NEWS TALK RADIO AM560 KLVI, STREAMIMG ON THE NET, at KLVI..COM


 

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http://www.theexaminer.com  Click on Page Guide-Personal Technology