The AGA is made up of CPAs that work for or who have interest in the area of governmental accounting. Their members work for local, state or federal governmental employers, as well as in public accounting or academia.

The presentation covered SPAM and SPYWARE.

The SPAM content was presented by Kevin Martin and covered the following topics:

• Stats on the growth of spam over the years and the projected growth
• Different services that will help keep SPAM from your inbox
• Steps you can take to report the SPAM senders
• Ways to keep SPAMMERS from knowing your e-mail account exists

The SPYWARE content was presented by Joe Gast and covered the following topics:

• Ways spyware can be installed on your computer without you knowing
• Spyware removal methods
• General guidelines for securing your PC from becoming infected
  

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