It Is recommended that you use a Citizen to help with trades/sales.

1- Never put anything on the ground in a public place, if you do it may be picked up & taken by anyone. Even if no one is in the locale, there is no guarantee that somebody might not just ghost by, swoop down and take your prized item.

2- There is no guarantee that someone you are trading with or to whom you give tokens to for an item will in fact hand over the item, or vice versa. So exercise caution when making transactions with another Avatar. Unless the person is well known to you, it is wise to use a well known intermediary to effect the transaction or you can page a Citizen and ask them to help.

3- If you have a turf and plan on inviting people into it, you will need to glue down all your items. The first thing you need to do is glue down everything that is getable. When you bring items into your turf you need to glue them down. Also, never assume items in a glued down container are also glued down. If you glue down a container such as a chest, make sure there is nothing in the container or chest because people can still open the chest and retrieve items from it.

Here are the simple instructions on how to glue down an item:

a) Put down the item on the floor of your turf.

b) Click on the item and select Glue Down.

Protecting your Seducity Passwords

Never give your Seducity user Password to another person, you should treat your password just as you would your PIN number for your real world credit cards. You are solely liable for any harm resulting from disclosure of your password to any person, and you are entirely liable for activities conducted in Virtual Universe, Inc. through your Avatar identity. Never respond to an online request for your password. Virtual Universe, Inc. employees will never ask for your password online, except by e-mail. Never enter your password on any page that is not an official Virtual Universe, Inc. page marked as secure.

Protecting yourself against Hackers and Trojans

You Can Download Complete Hacker Prevention here.
It costs $40.00 but it is worth it. Highly recommended.

You should always use a good Virus Scanner on your computer. There are a number of shareware programs available, but if possible it is better to buy one of the commercial programs if you can afford it.

Freeware and Shareware virus protectors can be found here.

Commercial Virus Protectors such as Vet and Nortons can be found on their sites.

What is a Trojan Horse?

A Trojan Horse is a malicious program masquerading as a legitimate program. The name comes from the Greek legend of soldiers hiding in a wooden horse which was supposed to be a gift, but which actually allowed them to infiltrate and burn the city of Troy. The best protection against them is to be very careful about obtaining all your software from reputable sources. BackOrifice and Netbus exploit a security flaw in your system, and allows certain remote users to delete your files, use your internet account, open and close your programs and many other undesirable options. This is a program that doesn't replicate and doesn't infect any other executable files and whose execution will result in undesired (often destructive) effects. You can do a search for programs for detecting BackOrifice and Netbus.

What is a Worm?

This is a program that distributes multiple copies if itself across the system. The most famous was the Internet Worm, which in 1988 virtually shut down the Internet. It exploited holes in the Unix sendmail and finger programs. Most good virus programs check for worms. Do not open any attachments with the *.vbs extension without scanning them first and knowing well who sent it to you.

1- If you use ICQ it is important to make sure that you have it set so that it does not show you IP address to others online to avoid hackers. It is possible for others to gain access to information, such as passwords on your computer if they have your IP address. To do this select the ICQ menu and choose preferences. Select connection menu and make sure there is no tick in the box next to "Always use real IP" entry. It is also important never to download files from anyone you don't know well.

2- When logging out of Seducity, first check that you turf is properly locked. Remove the names of your turf(s) from the favorites list. Leave anything in your pockets glued down in your turf including at least part of you tokens. Once this is done, exit your turf and log off in a public place. This way if anyone does get your password by hacking or other means, and gains control of your Avatar, they will not be able or at least not as likely to access your turf without the address, and your possessions will be much safer.

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Updated: June 11th, 2005
By: Consigliere Luci

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