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Microsoft Issues Critical IE Patch

Robert Weiner

Microsoft issued a critical patch for Internet Explorer today, described as protection against a “remote code execution&# vulnerability. Microsoft usually issues security patches on the 2nd Tuesday of the month ( Patch Tuesday ), so this must be serious. You should also be able to run Windows Update (under Tools in IE).

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

Probably an issue that we should all be looking at. Ok, when none of those “show-stopper” or “drop-dead” issues above has come up, we just believe that we want/need a new system. Charlie addressed these issues and more in his original message. Many other important issues are hard to put a price tag, like.

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Spam of the Day: “McDonalds invites you to The Free Dinner Day”

Robert Weiner

Every manager will gladly take your card and issue you a tasty dish of Free Day. Every manager will gladly take your card and issue you a tasty dish of Free Day. . - Strawberry Triple Thick Shake. McCafe Iced Mocha. Print the invitation card attached to the letter and show it at the cash desk of any of our restaurants. And remember!

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Preventing Fraud on our Online Giving Pages

Robert Weiner

The first six numbers identify the bank that issued the card and the last six identify the specific customer. AVS checks the street address and zip code of each card against the issuing bank’s data for that card. S/he may not notice the extra charges until a statement arrives weeks later. Authorize.net, BluePay, iATS, etc.)

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What to Do When Technology Isn’t Your Problem

Robert Weiner

In fact, in many cases, what seem like problems with a particular piece of technology are actually due to issues with people, processes, or overall technology strategy. Come to this NTC session and talk about issues like: Are technology decisions tied to your mission and strategic plan? & technology for organizational problems.

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Lame spam of the day: U.N. natural disaster victim payment

Robert Weiner

this is to officially inform you that we are verifying all over the world issues on natural disaster affected persons. Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issue you with a private code for security, your code shall be (CARD 905:2007) Make this code your reference number when contacting us. Text: United Nations Headquarters.

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Lame spams of the day: more fake ADP notices

Robert Weiner

Most had subject = "ADP Major Accounts Changed Issue" but one had "ADP Major Accounts Solved Case". Please overview transaction issued by. ADP Operation Survey [ADPTransactionSurvey@adp.com]. ADP Transaction Survey [ADPTransactionSurvey@adp.com]. ADP Operation Status [ADPTransactionSurvey@adp.com]. Event # 216406623.

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