E-Mail Virus The 32.Netsky.B@mm Worm Spreads Across The Web Don't Miss Important Calls Dial-up Internet Subscribers Utilize Voice Mail 5000 Ask The Help Desk How Do You "Drag and Drop?" Sites Of The Month Great Sites To Check Out In March! Short Tutorial Shortcuts When Managing Your Favorites/Bookmarks

Hello goNDTC Internet Customers! The month of March is the beginning of many exciting things ... a new season, the NCAA basketball tournament, the PBA World Championships ... and spring-cleaning? Whatever your interest, we hope that we can help you to enjoy it all the more through the World Wide Web and the tips and information presented in our newsletter. The goal of each of our monthly eNewsletters is to keep our subscribers informed regarding their Internet connection and to improve their Internet experience. To meet this goal, each monthly newsletter will usually contain information related to: Warnings on a recent virus or e-mail hoax that may affect you An update on new services and other local interests An answer to a frequently asked Internet related question Some fun, seasonal websites to check out A short, step-by-step tutorial on an e-mail or browser related task We hope you found this newsletter to be informative. It's our way of keeping you posted on the happenings at our shop. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions that you would like to submit, please click: HERE . To see what's inside this issue, take a look at the index to the left and thanks for reading! - The goNDTC Team

E-Mail Virus - The 32.Netsky.B@mm Worm Spreads Across The Web

The most recent worm to cause a major stir around the Internet is the "32.Netsky.B@mm Worm" which was first discovered on February 18, 2004. The 32.Netsky.B@mm Worm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself as an attachment to e-mail addresses found within an infected machine. (The worm only infects Windows-based systems - not Macintosh, Unix or Linux systems.) Once launched on the infected computer, an error dialog box appears that states that "The file could not be opened!" The worm also copies itself onto computer subdirectories that contain "share" or "sharing" in the directory name. This could allow copies of the worm to be spread through Instant Messaging clients, file-sharing networks, or via any folders that contain the words "share" or "sharing."

Like most worms circulating around the Web, the 32.Netsky.B@mm Worm has a "spoofing" feature that disguises the actual source of the e-mail by randomly selecting e-mail addresses from the infected computer's system to be shown as the "sender" of the e-mail. So, if a person receives this e-mail worm from a co-worker or relative, chances are the person it shows being sent from was probably not the person who actually sent it.

An e-mail message that contains the 32.Netsky.B@mm Worm as an attachment will have one of the following text messages within its subject line:

hi
HI
hello
read it immediately
something for you
warning
information
stolen
fake
unknown

The message body will randomly contain any one of about four dozen short phrases. The attachment will also appear as one of dozens of randomly selected names.

Remember, receiving an e-mail attachment from a trusted friend or a reliable source may not necessarily mean they were the actual senders of the message and attachment. Also, the ultimate responsibility of protecting your computer against worms and viruses lies with you. Many viruses and worms not only spread via e-mail, but also through the sharing of files when using floppy disks, zip disks, CDs and networks, as well as when downloading software from the Internet. We encourage each of our users to install and utilize virus scanning software, to update this software on a regular basis, and to scan all incoming attachments before opening them, even if the attachment shows coming from a reliable source.

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Don't Miss Important Calls - Dial-up Internet Customers Utilize Voice Mail 5000

When you are using dial-up Internet access, your phone line is tied up during the time you are on-line. This actually blocks people from reaching you by telephone because when they dial your number they hear the busy signal. There are several ways to over-come missing calls that may be important to you while you are "surfing the net."

• Many customers are switching Internet access to a DSL connection from NDTC. The NDTC's high speed DSL Advantage Internet access allows you to surf at speeds you can't even dream of with a dial-up connection, frees up your telephone line so you can receive calls while you are on-line, and gives you unlimited access for a low monthly rate.
• Some customers add a second phone line to their premise. This allows you to use your telephone on one access line while you are on-line with the other access line.
• Another very effective tool is Voice Mail 5000. When you subscribe to this service you won't miss any important calls, because those calling you will not hear a busy signal. Callers are routed to your own private secure voice mail box that allows them to leave you a message. Messages are "date and time stamped" so you'll always know when the caller left the message. NDTC is also offering a special on Voice Mail 5000 through the month of March. We'll let you try it for FREE to see if you like it. NDTC will waive the activation fee and give you 3 months of Voice Mail 5000 absolutely free.

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Ask The Help Desk  - How Do You "Drag and Drop?"

Question:  People often refer to "dragging and dropping" files, text, etc. What does this mean?

Answer:  Dragging and dropping is the simple procedure of "picking up" something (a selected file, text, picture, etc.), "dragging" or moving it to a new location on your computer, and then "dropping" or placing it at the new location.

To drag and drop an item, click on the file that you want to move to a new location with your left mouse button (if you have one). Now, keeping that mouse button pressed down, move the item by "dragging" it with your mouse to the desired destination. Once you have the item hovering over its new home, release the left mouse button and the file will be automatically "dropped" into place. You've just "dragged and dropped!"

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Great Sites To Check Out This Month

It's Spring-Cleaning Time
http://www.flylady.net/pages/FLYingLessons.asp  -  Do you have CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) in your house? Or would say that you are BO (Born Organized)? Marla Cilley, better known as the FlyLady, has coined these "buzzzz words" and developed methods and routines to help you de-clutter and clean your house and keep it that way. A free subscription to her newsletter is offered to provide encouragement but all of her housecleaning tips and organizational advice can be found on this website.

Puzzles, Riddles, And Quizzes
http://rec-puzzles.org/  -  Test your wits at this site full of quizzes, riddles, and puzzles. Sample Trivia Question: Can you name ten body parts that are spelled with three letters? (No slang words.) Sample Riddle: I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind. I help others to see. What am I? You'll need to go to the site to find out the answers.

Ratings That Allow You To Accurately Prescreen Movies
http://kids-in-mind.com/  -  It's fun to take in a movie with friends or the family but sometimes the content can be a little shocking. Here's a website that allows you to screen movies to determine if they would be suitable for your children and/or enjoyable for you. The movies are assigned a rating for sex and nudity, violence and gore, and profanity. Descriptions of each instance are listed so that you can decide if the movie is one that you should see by yourself, with the family, or skip altogether.

The Oprah Winfrey Show - Seventeen Years of Success
http://Oprah.com  -  Oprah Winfrey has hosted the most popular daytime talk show for years. She's also one of the richest and most famous women in North America. The Oprah Winfrey Show's site provides previews of upcoming shows, details and snapshots of past shows (including an archive of every show since 1999), as well as links to information on how to become a guest on the show or make studio audience reservations.

Professional Bowlers Association's World Championships
http://pba.com  -  The best bowlers in the world will compete in the Professional Bowlers Association's World Championships March 15th-21st in Taylor, Michigan. Get updates from regional tournaments, current world rankings for both the regular and senior tours, schedules for upcoming tournaments, as well as ticket information, player profiles, and more. If you love bowling, this is your site!

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Short Tutorial  - Shortcuts When Managing Your Favorites/Bookmarks

Using the "Favorites" (on Internet Explorer) or "Bookmarks" (on Netscape and Safari) feature on your browser is a great tool for storing links to the fun and useful Web pages that you frequent. The contents of your current Favorites list can be found in a variety of places, depending somewhat on the browser that you are using. The most obvious place is the Favorites or Bookmarks menu at the top of your browser window. Internet Explorer also has a Favorites side bar on the PC and a tab in its sidebar on a Macintosh. In Netscape, you can see your Bookmarks in the Netscape menu and on the Netscape tool bar.

When clicking your cursor arrow on bookmarked favorites at any of the locations listed above, your bookmarked sites will appear. (If you have yet to place a Web page into your browser's favorites list, most browsers have a few already placed there to get you started.) The Favorites feature allows you to add Web pages to your list, delete Web pages from your list, as well as categorize sites into folders by subject within your Favorites list. For short/easy tutorials on each of these functions, click your cursor arrow on your browser's Help menu located at the top of your computer screen.

Shortcuts For Managing Favorite Pages With Internet Explorer Via Windows:

To add the current Web page to your Favorites list	CTRL+D
To open the Organize Favorites dialog box	CTRL+B
To move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box	ALT+UP ARROW
To move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box	ALT+DOWN ARROW

Shortcuts For Managing Favorite Pages With Internet Explorer Via Macintosh:

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Thanks for your business!

Best regards,

Dave Dircks
NDTC General Manager
North Dakota Telephone Company

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