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MSN Security

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MSN (now known as Windows Live) is a popular instant messaging program these days. However, there are some things everyone needs to be aware of when using instant messaging programs like Windows Live.

Recently, if you’ve received e-mails or instant messages from a friend advertising a link about how to find out who has blocked you, or something else, it is probably because they have given their login information away to another website. DON’T CLICK IT!
If you’ve click on a link, you know what happens. The website asks you for your username and password for your Windows Live account. The website then logs into your account. What your probably not aware of is that it sends spam to everyone on your contact list. Once you login to this site with your username and password, it saves the information and continually sends spam through email and instant messaging to all of your friends. These block checkers are only intended to steal your password. Sites like these can also contain malware, which are programs that download and hide on your computer, recording keystrokes and possibly destroying your computer files.
If you’ve ever clicked on a link like this, you should probably run an anti-virus scan. Another important thing to do is to change your Windows Live password. This way, the information saved by the website will no longer work, and your friends will stop receiving spam sent from your account.
IMPORTANT:
Always check the address bar. Never give your login info for one website to another website. 
Computers and Internet

Facebook Security

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So, you logged into your account this morning, only to discover that your account had posted several spam comments advertising a video or weight loss site to all of your friends. This is because you logged into a site that looked like Facebook.com, but it wasn’t. It was a site designed to look and act like Facebook, but was only intended to steal your password. This is known as "phishing," By now, Facebook has blocked the links, so you can’t visit them, or post these links on the site. But if you clicked on the link before, and entered your password, there are some things you need to do:

– Run an anti-virus scan.
You should run an anti-virus scan to make sure nothing was downloaded to your computer that can track information you type in, such as your Facebook email and password, so your account will not be hacked in the future.
– Change your password
Changing your password is important because it voids the old password, and therefore the password you gave to the fake website will not work with your account anymore.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
– Always check the address bar.
Whenever you are logging into a site that requires a username and password, always check the address bar. For Facebook, it should always say facebook.com or www.facebook.com. If the address bar says something different, like facebook.somethingelse.com, then it isn’t the real site. A site like this could steal your password and spam all your friends. 
For more information: 
Facebook’s Secuirty page: http://www.facebook.com/security
If you’ve been hacked or "phished:" http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=797
Computers and Internet, Facebook

New Year at School; Summer’s Almost Over; Facebook

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Well school’s about to start again. I can’t believe the whole summer has gone by already. On the other hand, it does seem like ages since the last day of school. And Canada Day feels a long ways a way too. Anyway, on August 5, I went to Camp Sagitawa. What an awesome tiem I had there, although there were only about 30 kids there (and I was told there were only 15 for the weekend teen camp), it was still way fun. Wide games were fun. We played “Kingdom’s Quest” and “Cowboys and Indians.” They’re really fun to play. Well, although that does seem a long time ago, I still remember it quite well. Oh yeah, Jim was my cabin leader. We had so much fun, Darren, Cole, Jim, and I. We had an airsoft war in our cabin during the second day. At this camp, it was way different. I didn’t really have structure. You could just do whatever, whenever, sort of. There were no skills, but you could still do them, you know, you just didn’t get an award. Anyways after this we went camping for two weeks, and during the first week, on Thursday, while we were at Bear Lake, there was a massive electrial storm. It was like constant sheet lightning, almost like day. It was constant flikering. And when the fork lightning came, it was so loud. One strike was like FLASH, One… BOOM!!!
Anyway schools starting and I am going to North Peace this year. On the other hand, my bro Andrew is going to Bert Bowes, which is also new for him. I can’t wait for school to start as I get to see my friends, which I have not seen all summer long. And I’ll see even more friends than last year because I am going to a bigger school.
Anyway, check out Facebook.com. I have a profile on there. Check it out.
Matt
Computers and Internet

Hands!

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Hands!

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan’s hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it’s in.

 
 

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark McGuire’s hands is worth $19 million.
It depends on whose hands it’s in.

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A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Venus Williams’ hands is a championship winning.
It depends whose hands it’s in.

 

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses’ hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it’s in.

 
True Stories: (i.e., Moses parting the seas)

A sling shot in my hands is a kid’s toy
A sling shot in David’s hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it’s in.

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Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish
sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God’s hands will feed thousands.
It depends whose hands it’s in.
 

Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.
Nails in Jesus Christ’s hands will
produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it’s in.

 

As you see now it depends whose hands it’s in.
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams,
your families and your relationships in God’s hands because…
It depends whose hands it’s in.

This message is now in your hands.
What will YOU do with it?

It Depends on WHO’S Hands it’s in!!