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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  3. List of Scamming Websites: 11 Fake Shopping Sites To Avoid - AOL

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    Commerce sites can be helpful and deliver exactly what you want or need. In other situations, they can leave you with false hopes, charges on your credit card and very little or nothing to show for...

  4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail , if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail , if it's an important account email.

  5. Ghostery - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.ghostery.com. Ghostery is a free and open-source privacy and security -related browser extension and mobile browser application. Since February 2017, it has been owned by the German company Cliqz International GmbH (formerly owned by Evidon, Inc., which was previously called Ghostery, Inc. and the Better Advertising Project).

  6. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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    Virus hoax. A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the recipients to forward it to everyone they know, but it can also be in the form of a pop-up window. [1] [2]

  7. Click fraud - Wikipedia

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    Click fraud is a type of fraud that occurs on the Internet in pay per click (PPC) online advertising. In this type of advertising, the owners of websites that post the ads are paid based on how many site visitors click on the ads. Fraud occurs when a person, automated script, computer program or an auto clicker imitates a legitimate user of a ...

  8. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    A Recent Changes page from a MediaWiki site affected by technical support scammers promoting fake "help lines" Technical support scams can begin in a variety of ways. Some variants of the scam are initiated using pop-up advertising on infected websites or via cybersquatting of major websites.

  9. Download, install, or uninstall AOL Desktop Gold - AOL Help

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    Uninstall Desktop Gold. Still need help? Call paid premium support at 1-800-358-4860 to get live expert help from AOL Customer Care. Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.