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Secure your Wireless network!  Little Johnny next door has a stolen credit card number. We don't know how he got it, it doesn't really matter.  Johnny isn't foolish enough to walk into a store and use his stolen credit card, he knows a better way. Johnny lives across the street from you and your unsecured wireless network.

So here's what Johnny does. First he configures his computer to use your wireless network instead of his own, taking an extra minute to make sure that he spoofs any information that may uniquely identify his computer. Next, he searches the web a bit for the perfect online vendor to acquire his product. 

Once he locates a suitable vendor he places the order and has it shipped to a next door neighbor. Why there? Well, he doesn't actually know that the wireless network he is using is yours and doesn't really care. What he does know is your next-door neighbor leaves the house every morning promptly at 7:30 and doesn't return until at least 6:00 in the evening. This leaves opportunity to safely retrieve the "tried to deliver while you were out" slip that will be left behind by the parcel delivery driver. The following morning he will reattach the delivery slip to the door, with instructions to leave the package on the doorstep. A few hours later he picks up his package, leaving no trail leading back to him.

If checked, however, the IP address LEADS STRAIGHT BACK TO YOU!  With the delivery address nearby, (it could even have been YOUR house he used), you could be looking at a pair of uniformed officers at your door, with an arrest warrant!   What can I do to prevent this?  First, get out your wireless router manual, and change the master password. All LinkSys routers use "admin" so that is the easy way for someone to get and change all your settings.  Change that first!  Then, go to "Wireless Security", and set up WEP security with a non-obvious password. 

This newsletter has a circulation of over 4000 of our merchants, merchant applicants, and subscribers.  We have made purchases ourselves from many of our merchants, and feel that this will give our merchants the ability to promote their products and services to a new audience. Take advantage of this unique opportunity!  You would be amazed at the diversity and needs of our merchants.  

Why are we doing this?  Our basic mission is to help other businesses succeed, using our technologies.  We are constantly getting rave reviews and comments from our merchants, as well as a constant stream of referrals.  This is one way we can say:  THANKS!

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One of the most inexpensive and useful items a merchant can own is a manual imprinter.  With a Swiped Transaction, it can provide you with Chargeback Protection (see column one)!  It can also provide a backup if you are out of wireless, range, or if your network or Internet provider is having problems.  When storing swiped transactions on your PDA (for instance, if you were out of range), a manual imprint gives you a permanent copy of the cardholder information should your PDA be lost, stolen, or damaged before you get back in range.  All in all, since your livelihood depends on credit card transactions, there is no better $50 investment!  Our Imprinter bundle includes 300 sales slips, at 30% of their normal price!  

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom The tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.

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