If you do not forward this on to
15 people you will have bad
luck for 10 years.

Spamming is where you receive annoying attachments
through emails that can send viruses through your
computer.
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occasionally click on.
Things like where they say you have won a free trip to
Hawaii or a free iPod, are usually just links that will spam
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your computer, so don’t click on them.
That doesn’t mean that when ever you receive an email
from a friend with an attachment it’s going to be spam,
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sometimes they may be sending you a picture you
wanted or something. But they may be sending you a
virus unintentionally because they might already have
one on their computer, so it’s a good idea, when
opening attachments to have a virus scanner on your
computer so that you can check it out firstfirst.

You should only give your email out to people who you know
and trust.
Your email is like your entry onto the internet and is generally
what you use for sites such as MySpace and facebook.
Sending those chainmail emails also to a bunch of people is
an easy way for spammers to get heaps of other peoples
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email addresses.
You should protect your privacy by never using your full name
or correct address or contact details and by making sure that
all of your profiles are set to private.

Many parents freak out about the internet and think that it’s just
a major place where their kids can get into all kind of trouble.
However, the internet’s a pretty cool place where you can chat
to mates, upload photos and gather info for research.
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PRACTICE CYBER
SAFETY
Top 5 ways to stay safe .
• Don’t give out your full
name, EVER.
• Don’t add people you
don’t know on-line.
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address, etc.
• Do not agree to meet
people you do not knowknow.
• Set all your profiles to
private…including pictures.

Is shopping online safe?
Many people shop online on different websites and have
no trouble at all.
On the internet there are many sites such as eBay and
Amazon where people sell and buy stuff all th ti
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This is generally a safe thing to do but you don’t just buy
from anyone.
On sites such as eBay they have the sellers information and
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their ratings out of 100%
So if a previous customer has bought from the same
person and wasn’t happy with the way the seller operated
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negative feedback, and if most of the feedback is
negative then you know not to buy from that seller.

Passwords help to keep your accounts safe, so that they can’t
be hacked into and you wont have people changing your
account details or writing something that may not be that
nice.
Passwords work well when they are words, (or codes) that will
not be easy to guess, like your birthday or favourite colour.
Good passwords can include things like capital letters, with a
combo of words and numbers.
e.g. PassWord01

When you are talking to people who you don’t know on msn or
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chatrooms, it can be hard to tell if they are who they say they are.
Good advice would be to not agree to meet anyone who you only
know via the internet and to generally not speak to too many
strangers on the net.
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and don’t give them your real name.
When speaking to people who you don’t know, if they ask for your
mobile or home number, do not give it to them!

Some of the common mistakes p p make
people
online:
They give out their full names
Their profiles are not set to private
They think that all online shopping sites will
only steal their money.
They give contact details to people who
they only know via the internet, (strangers.)
They open silly pop ups such as the free
iPod scam and suchsuch.
They don’t have virus scanners on their
computers.

When you’re online doing research for
school it’s not always right to agree with
anything that has been put on the
iinternet.
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While most sites will tell the truth and give
you the correct information, websites
such as Wikipedia, where anyone can go
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online and edit the pages can
sometimes give you misleading
information.
information
The best way to avoid getting the wrong
information is to look on numerous sites
and see if there is an opinion or fact that
comes up a lot or on most of the sites.