Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

removable storage media (a CD-ROM, for example) where you want to save the file. And remember where you save it. If you’re downl ...

If you set a higher or lower level of security and want to restore the default setting at any point, click the Default button on ...

Risk-Free E-Mail T o a great extent today e-mail messages have replaced letters, providing an almost instantaneous way to stay i ...

Luckily you can use safe e-mailing practices, filters, and your smarts to avoid spam and malware, and spot common scam character ...

Figure 5-1 ➟ Think twice before you open attachments or click links in e-mail.If you don’t know the sender, delete the e-mail; i ...

➟ Report offensive, inappropriate, and illegal material sent via e-mail to your ISP (Internet service provider).If the content i ...

provided by Microsoft. However, the steps are similar for AOL, Yahoo!, Google Gmail, and so on. Connect to the Internet and ope ...

6.Enter additional requested information, but only the requiredinformation (marked with an asterisk), including Password:Learn ...

Figure 5-3 8.Read the Microsoft Service Agreement and Privacy Statement. Every company creates its own rules for how they treat ...

Figure 5-4 On the resulting Windows Live Hotmail page, (see Figure 5-5) you see a set of e-mail folders listed on the left. You ...

Figure 5-5 Create Safe E-Mail Aliases Your choice of an e-mail alias can provide as little or as much informa- tion about you as ...

➟ Location information:City, town, country, or region, such as Northwest. Don’t give away your employer in your personal e-mail ...

that you associate with that account. For example, you may provide your work phone number in your signa- ture, but avoid includi ...

Figure 5-6 6.In the resulting window (see Figure 5-7) unselect the checkbox labeled Allow Everyone to See My Last Name. Unless y ...

Figure 5-7 Send an E-Mail Sending an e-mail through any e-mail service involves entering the recipient’s e-mail address informat ...

Figure 5-8 3.In the e-mail form that appears (see Figure 5-9), type an e-mail address in the To:field (an e-mail address takes t ...

4.Type text in the Subjectfield that clearly explains the topic of your message and press the Tabkey. 5.Type whatever text you w ...

Figure 5-10 2.In the new field that appears underneath the Subject line, click the Browsebutton (refer to Figure 5-10). 3.In the ...

In that case, you can send several smaller attachments or post an attachment to an online file-sharing site such as Office Live. ...

Figure 5-12 2.In the open e-mail, click the attachment. The File Down- load dialog box appears (see Figure 5-13), offering you t ...