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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

  3. HTML sanitization - Wikipedia

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    In data sanitization, HTML sanitization is the process of examining an HTML document and producing a new HTML document that preserves only whatever tags and attributes are designated "safe" and desired. HTML sanitization can be used to protect against attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) by sanitizing any HTML code submitted by a user.

  4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Sometimes these emails can contain dangerous viruses or malware that can infect your computer by downloading attached software, screensavers, photos, or offers for free products. Additionally, be wary if you receive unsolicited emails indicating you've won a prize or contest, or asking you to forward a petition or email.

  5. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    • You're not receiving any emails. • Your AOL Mail is sending spam to your contacts. • You keep getting bumped offline when you're signed into your account. • You see logins from unexpected locations on your recent activity page. • Your account info or mail settings were changed without your knowledge.

  6. What are cookies, exactly, and are they good or bad? Cyber ...

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    One quick and easy way to delete cookies that track you online is to download a software like McAfee Data Secure, which removes cookies and temporary files from your computer for you. The software ...

  7. Allow cookies? Here's the final answer - AOL

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    Here's why every website you go to these days is asking your permission to use cookies — and find out ... which removes cookies and temporary files from your computer for you. An added bonus: It ...

  8. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The scammer may falsely claim that normally disabled Windows services should not be disabled and that these services were disabled due to a computer virus. [19] The scammer may misuse Command Prompt tools to generate suspicious-looking output, for instance using the tree or dir /s command which displays an extensive listing of files and ...

  9. Protecting your AOL Account

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    Update and Secure your computer • Enable your firewall. • Update your software, such as AOL Desktop Gold Software, McAfee, Adobe products and Java. • Regularly scan your computer for spyware and viruses using anti-virus software. If you don’t have a one, we recommend McAfee Internet Security Suite – Special edition from AOL.