…email you read DO turn on your email filter — for instructions see http://www.cruzio.com/support/email/junk_mail_filtering.html Please check our virus page for more information: http://www.cruzio.com/support/security/virus_info.html 2. Free: Security Brown Bag This Thursday Speaking of computer security, learn more about how to keep your computer and network secure in our next, FREE Brown Bag Workshop, led by the indefatigable Stephen and Mike fr…

…ake, music by 100.7 FM La Preciosa, raffle, face painting, balloon artist, free computer rentals, and the chance to win $200 worth of Cruzio Internet services. We’ll be joined by El Pajaro Community Development Corporation, which assists local bilingual/bicultural small businesses, and by the Santa Cruz Community Credit Union, which has recently opened a branch a few doors down. It’s going to be quite a party. Come help us celebrate! 2. Have You A…

…log. Wordpress, one of the most popular blogging programs on the Internet, comes free with Cruzio’s Website Plus or Website Premium service. If you’d like to see a WordPress blog example, go to http://www.thetweegles.org/home/category/blog To learn more, and register for the Brown Bag workshop, go to http://events.cruzio.com 3. Holiday Gifts, Part II Last month we mentioned how much your loved ones might appreciate a computer tuneup ($129 for Cruz…

…instructed to click a link to go to Washington Mutual’s real site (http://www.wamu.com) the link actually takes you to a different Web site — http://195.166.230.3/wamu/ — which is *not* a Washington Mutual site at all. (The two different addresses can be seen in the page‘s source.) By the time of this newsletter’s writing, their site is gone and the scammers are probably renting space somewhere else. If you do follow the fake link when the emai…

…ing the “Suggestion Box” at the bottom of any page on our Web site, http://www.cruzio.com . 3. We’ll Match Your Donations Please help Cruzio feed the hungry this year. We are offering to match contributions from our members and staff to the Second Harvest Food Bank up to a combined total of $1,500 between November 28th and the end of the year. The Food Bank is a worthy organization which fulfills the very basic need of feeding the hungry in our co…

…h lower speed DSL. For more information, please visit our Web site: http://www.cruzio.com/services/highspeed_access/3dot0_dsl.html 2. Anatomy of an Email Scam Once a computer worm gets into your system, it can damage your computer and spread to other computers around the Internet. But before it can install itself, there is a human factor. Most of the time, it has got to fool you into clicking on it. The same is true with Internet theft — schemes…

…3 and 6 pm for a free workshop. As a bonus, attendees receive 2.5 hours of free computer rental time! 2. Bring In Your Computer; We’ll Tune It Up Cruzio’s support technicians tune up dozens of sluggish machines a month, and we have room for more. If your computer has been acting overloaded, or if you’re getting excessive popups or weird windows that you can’t erase, call Cruzio and set up a free 15-minute diagnostic. Our tech staff will make an ho…

…sk. Let’s save the Earth from some of those nasty plastic bags: a tote bag comes free with every new account, or drop by our store (903 Pacific Avenue, downtown Santa Cruz) and buy them for just $5 each, until the end of April. 6. Buddy Bucks When you tell your friends and family about Cruzio, and they come in to get their own accounts, you can get a $10 credit per referral on your Cruzio account. It’s as simple as that. Remember to tell folks to…

…you with a CD for $2 which will check for and remove spyware. Please feel free to come down to our office to get a copy. 4. Free Workshop Next Thursday: “Exploring High Speed Internet” Brown Bag Workshop Thursday, December 16, 12-1:30 PM Cruzio, 903 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz All high speed Internet options are not the same. Come to this free workshop to learn about the benefits of DSL and dispel the myths of different broadband technologies. Lea…

…knows no bounds. A copy of the Buddy Bucks coupon can be found at: http://www.cruzio.com/support/specials/buddybucks.html Or your friend can just get one when signing up. 3. Customer and staff holiday food drive wins awards Cruzio won two awards from Second Harvest Food Bank for last year’s drive. We won a Platinum “per capita” award in a category that lets smaller businesses compete with big companies (like Safeway for example — how could Cruzi…