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Welcome to the December edition of the HAL-PC monthly member eBulletin. If you wish to stop receiving these bulletins, send an email to e-bulletin-off@hal-pc.org. This month: Protect Your PC, Music Capture and Conversion for Everyone, Nationwide Dial-up for the Holidays, HAL-PC Holiday Party, Classes, Volunteer of the Month, Magazine. |
PROTECT YOUR PC
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 | TIS THE SEASON TO NOT BE SOBER!
The scourge of this holiday season is the SOBER email worm. Sober hit with a vengance on November 22 and by the end of Wednesday, November 23 Postini said it had netted more than seven million copies of the bug. Of the 38 million viruses caught on December 1 by Postini, 36 million were Sober! The virus claims to come from the FBI or CIA and travels in an e-mail message with the subject line of "You visit illegal websites" or "Your IP was logged". The virus also comes in varieties that purport to hold a video of Paris Hilton, fake password change notices and e-mail error messages.
According to Postini statistics, 10 of every 16 email messages is spam, and 1 in 4 is virus-infected. Postini stops these messages before they reach the HALNet mail server. HALNet subscribers can get a 30-day free trial of the Postini mail filtering progam by visiting the Postini filter login page and inputting the HALNet email address and password. Your account will automatically be activated. That's all there is to it! If you spent Thanksgiving deleting spam and viruses, DON'T SPEND CHRISTMAS DOING THE SAME THING!
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CD BURNING FOR EVERYONE - MUSIC CAPTURE AND CONVERSION
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Join Robert DuVernay on Saturday, December 3 from 1:00 - 3:30 pm for a special For Everyone seminar on capturing and converting your favorite music and burning it to CD's to enjoy and share! Come learn how you can create a special cd of all your holiday favorites for dinner, gift exchange, open house and more! You MUST be a HAL-PC member to attend this special event!
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HEADING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS?
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| TAKE HALNet WITH YOU!
Don't forget your HALNet account in your holiday preparations. Dial-up users can take advantage of HALNet's Nationwide Dial-up plan. Look up the HALNet access number for your destination and you'll be all set! If you're an ADSL user, you can add Nationwide Dial-up for only $5.00 a month! Call our business office at 713-993-3300 to sign up for ADSL dial-up.
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HAL-PC HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
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| Friday, December 2, 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Get into the holiday spirit! Stop by the suite on Friday December 2nd from 4 to 8 pm
and share in some holiday cheer. Come join fellow members, volunteers, staff and friends.
Hot wassail and cold punch, as well as snacks, will be served.
A door prize will be awarded hourly.
No matter when you stop by, you will have a chance to win a prize!
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Upcoming Classes - HAL-PC Headquarters
Map To Facility
Starting December 3
Introduction to Computers
Instructor: Tomika Elizondo
Starting December 6
Windows XP
Instructor: Bear Jones
Ease into eBay - Buying
Instructor: Marie Jones
Starting December 7
Intro to MS Office
Instructor: Bear Jones
Starting December 13
Windows XP
Instructor: Bear Jones
MS Word Level 2
Instructor: Mel Babb
Starting December 14
MS Execl Level 1
Instructor: Lang Eng
Starting December 17
MS Outlook
Instructor: Fernando Bobbio
Starting December 20
MS PowerPoint Level 1
Instructor: Mel Babb
Starting December 27
Quickbooks Level 1
Instructor: Marie Jones
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DECEMBER VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH
December is the month of "Giving". We give gifts to our families and friends, even those we have not seen all year. HAL-PC would like to give the gift of appreciation to our volunteers who give all year long. Many hours of hard work and dedication go into operating the organization on a daily basis and it could not succeed without the faithful dilligence of our regular volunteers. We are extremely proud to call December 2005 The Month of Volunteers. We are thankful for the gifts you give HAL-PC every day of the year.
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THIS MONTH'S MAGAZINE
Look for your monthly online edition of the HAL-PC Magazine featuring Home Networking With HALNet ADSL, Holiday Gift ideas, Google Mail, Tech Tips, reviews and more! |
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