(From http://www.wiscocomputing.com/articles/ccfraud.htm)

Introduction

This article suggests preventative methods and post-order procedures that merchants can perform to minimize credit card fraud. When a brick and mortar merchant accepts a credit card, and the charge is authorized, and assuming the merchant conforms to regulation, the merchant will get paid, even if a stolen card is used. Liability for fraud shifts from the card issuer to the merchant for ‘Card Not Present’ sale (mail order, telephone/fax order, and internet sales). Read more »

The following steps outline how to setup the Risk Controls feature to determine if a payment will be accepted, based on an AVS (Address Verification System) match.

• Logon to your PayPal account.
• Click the Profile tab, and then the Risk Controls link.
• In the Risk Controls – All Payments section, click the Maximum Amount radio button and then Edit.
• In the Risk Control: Maximum Amount section, choose Maximum Amount and Options.
• Enter a Maximum Amount of $0.01 and apply it to the section labeled Payments from unconfirmed addresses only. This option gives you AVS protection—PayPal’s address confirmation includes AVS checks to thwart fraud.
• For the Action to take setting, choose Decline (Decline payments that exceed my Maximum Amount). Read more »

GoDaddy has elected to not allow you to change the ASP.Net permissions on your root folder, and 404 redirects won’t work for visiting http://yourdomain.com/.

If your blog or other subfolder is the primary content on your site, and this is the first thing that you’d like visitors to see, you can configure a default.aspx that will redirect people to http://yourdomain.com/subfolder. Read more »

Browsershots.org is a free service that generates screenshots of your web design on a wide number of Windows, Mac, and Linux browsers. Enter your web address and click “Make Screenshots.” After 10-45 minutes (depending on current loads) you’ll get screenshots of your site as displayed on a variety of different Windows/Mac/Linux browsers. The interface can be confusing at first, but it is a great free service.
http://Browsershots.org

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See attached MS Word document for a list of installed applications on my laptop.