Episode 4 - Email and Spam

Email and Spam: How Email works and how to reduce your spam intake.

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Topics covered:

• How Email gets from A to B;


• How spammers use weaknesses in the Email protocols to send email without revealing their identity;


• The damage spam can do;


• Reducing the amount of spam you receive.

Episode 3 - Malware

Malware: Viruses, Trojans and other very bad things, and how to protect yourself and your computer. New and Improved Sound Quality! Enriched with Vitamin B12!

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Topics covered:

• What Malware is;


• How Malware gets into your computer - email attachments, fake browser plugins and bad toolbars;


• Preventing Malware intrusions - antivirus programs and precautions you can take;


• Email scams (starring the famous Nigerian 419 scam);


• Cookies.

External Links:

• Malware Defined


• The Nigerian 419 Scam (AKA Advance Fee Fraud)


• Browser Plugin: Flash


• Browser Plugin: Java


• Browser Plugin: Quicktime


• Browser Plugin: Adobe Reader


• Lavasoft.com - home of Ad-Aware

Episode 2 - The Internet and the World Wide Web

What the Internet and the World Wide Web are.

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Topics covered:

• The Internet as a collection of machines;


• The Internet as Servers and Clients;


• The World Wide Web;


• For New Users: where to begin.

External Links:

• Google


• Altavista


• WebCrawler


• Lycos


• Yahoo


• Wikipedia


• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)


• WebMD

Episode 1 - Computer Hardware and Operating Systems

A high-level overview of the major parts of a computer and the basic functions of Operating Systems.

Apologies for the appalling sound quality. I'm working on it and hope to have this fixed before posting Episode 2.

MP3: http://www.archive.org/download/PeteFordGeekToGuruEpisode1/Ep1.mp3

Topics covered:

• CPU;


• RAM and ROM;


• Hard Disks;


• OS Resource Management and User Interface.

Next episode due approx. Feb 11.

Episode 0 - Introduction

Introducing Geek To Guru

MP3 download: http://www.archive.org/download/PeteFordGeekToGuruEpisode0/Ep0.mp3

Topics covered:

• Who this podcast is for
• What I'll be covering, in general terms