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Automation technologies represent a fundamental aspect of any modern industry. The major types of industrial automation solutions, such as DCS, PLC, SCADA, and MES, are used on a large-scale in process and discrete industries.DCS technologie Awhile ago, I got an email from one of the "gurus" I follow and it shocked me. The gist of it was this person wanted to trade services for a household item.To say it floored me would be an understatement.What was worse was a few days later t
You may have inadvertently invited a spy into your computer.There you are, shopping on line and little did you know ityou caught a spy or two.The spy is known by a few names "spyware, adware, trojans".Whatever its called, what it does, once it's in yourcomputer, is start taking statistical information as youtravel the Internet. It may also send you pop-up ads andslow down your computer. Wired.com,http://www.wired.com/news echnology/0,1282,49960,00.html,mentioned it "could even collect your credit cardinformation". According to OptOut,http://grc.com/optout.htm, one spyware program attacks youre-mail signature file.How did you invite the spy?Maybe you've gone to a website you knew and enjoyed only tofind that it was purposefully purchased by a pornographysite. The new company may have imbedded "spyware" or"adware" into that new home page and now, in many caseswithout your knowledge, it's on your computer, too.Maybe you've downloaded a free or paid program and as partof the package you were provided with an added bonus aspyware program.Maybe you agreed to it! You could have downloaded a programand checked the box that allows that program to takestatistics from you "for their own use".What you can do?A firewall program should let you know when you're on awebsite and a program is about to download. Note the word"should".Or you can learn all about spyware, download an anti-spywareprogram, and schedule time in your weekly calendar to runthe program. What I originally found on my 18-month-oldcomputer were: 2 porn and 42 other spyware programs. A weeklater, I had 4 new spyware programs appear.To further reduce the amount of spam that ends up in youre-mail, create a "rule" or "filter that will take anye-mail containing "certain adult words of your choosingand send those e-mails directly to your delete or spamfolder.Did you know that you can opt-out of some e-mail ad's andtele-marketing calls, too.Definition of spyware and adwarehttp://whatis.techtarget.com/definitionsSearchResults/1,289878,sid9,00.html?query=spywareLearn about protecting your computer from s*pam and spywarehttp://www.unwantedlinks.com/Use this link to check for spyware on new software beforeyou download it.http://www.spychecker.com/Free anti-spyware program. Remember to use it at leastmonthly and dont delete the items you really want!http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/Spyware UK - Lots of good informationhttp://www.spyware.co.uk/Opt out of doubleclick's adshttp://www.doubleclick.com/us/corporate/privacy/privacy/ad-cookie/default.aspMore lists you can opt-out of this link does not workhttp://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.aspRemoving your e-mail, address and telephone numbers fromlists.http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html#mailAnti-Spam Toolshttp://www.webattack.com/freeware/comm/fwspam.shtml24/7 Phone number that removes you from credit card offersthat go through the four most popular credit agencies.Listen to all options before hitting a key. #3 is the bestoption as it removes you "forever" (well till you changeyour phone number). Don't forget to get your cell phonenumber removed, too. Once you call them, they will mail youa confirmation letter, that you mail back tot hem. Call tollfree 888-567-8688.
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