• General Meeting, August 7
• Michael Tague, Win.Net
• SIG News
• APCUG Member Recommendation
• About KIPCUG

August 7 General Meeting:

Many of our members have used AVG's anti-spyware software. Grisoft is sending Jim Gildea, Vice-President of Marketing to roll out AVG Security 7.5. 

Additional Meeting Information

Meeting Location:  CCUM Assembly Hall, 4614 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY
                                 Corner of Brownsboro & Blankenbaker
                                 Directions
 

With his ISP receiving millions of spam e-mails daily, Michael explained his companies effort to block unwanted messages on behalf of his customers.

Michael recommended that the responsibility of its clients is to review the "quarantined" messages. "Look for items that you actual want to receive and train our software to allow future messages."  You can also log in to your specific account filter and allow all mail from known domain names and IP addresses to be allowed through to your mail box. (White Listing)

He suggested we do not flag a message as spam but rather allow it to simply expire in the quarantine area. Spammers are so good at (Spoofing) using legitimate domain addresses and IP addresses that your flagging spam usually hurts the legitimate owner of those addresses.  It can cause the actual owners to have their sites blacklisted. Anti-spam filtering software is becoming fairly accurate in reading the actual content, and quarantines messages based on subjective algorithms - allow it to work.
 

Complete SIG Calendar (Special Interest Groups)
 

So, you're the proud owner of a new PC. You anxiously open the box, dumping out the contents, casting the instructions aside. You feverishly push your old PC off the desk and get the new one set up. On the floor lies a pile of plastic wrap and twist ties. Your brand spanking new PC boots up only to greet you with a plethora of pop up advertisements pestering you to pay for anti-virus software or sign up for a music service. Your desktop is littered with website links for 'special offers.' The system tray is already full of programs that continuously use your internet connection to make sure that you're 'up to date.'

"When did I ask for this?" you ask. Well, you didn't and that's where the PC Decrapifier comes in. The PC Decrapifier attempts to remove all of the crap on your PC that you never asked for or wanted. To manually remove all of this stuff by hand can take at least an hour (depending on the severity of the infestation.) The PC Decrapifier will detect the 'crap' on your system, you choose what to uninstall, then sit back and let the PC Decrapifier work its magic.

Recommended by APCUG Member:  Exton PC Council, Pennsylvania
APCUG (Association of PC User Groups)
 

     KIPCUG is viewed as one of the leading groups in the nation by industry giants such as  Microsoft, Novell, IBM, and others. KIPCUG is a charter member of APCUG, the Association of Personal Computer User Groups, linking us with similar groups all over the United States.