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  1. Important Information • This presentation was created by Patrick Crispen (crispen@netsquirrel.com) • You are free to reuse this presentation provided that you • Not make any money from this presentation • Give credit where credit is due • Invite your audience to subscribe to TOURBUS (information about TOURBUS appears near the end of this presentation)

  2. The Completely Unrehearsed, Totally Unorganized, Frequently Asked Questions Session a “presentation” byPatrick Douglas Crispen

  3. How this works ... • Ask ANYTHING! No question is out of bounds. • There is no such thing as a dumb computer question! • No one is born knowing this stuff.

  4. Before we open the floor ... Let’s talk about viruses.

  5. Be afraid ... be VERY afraid! • More than 50,000 viruses exist in the wild. • Between 200 & 300 new viruses are discovered each month. • Approximately 55% of viruses are acquired via email attachments. • Each month, about 8% of computers encounter a virus. PC Magazine, May 9, 2000 – Page 164

  6. How can I protect myself? • PRACTICE SAFE SURF! • Step One: Purchase a good antivirus program like Norton AntiVirus or McAfee Viruscan.

  7. How can I protect myself? • Step Two: Update your virus definitions frequently, at least once a week! • If you don’t, YOU AREN’T PROTECTED!

  8. How can I protect myself? • Step Three: Never double-click (or launch) ANY file, especially an email attachment, regardless of who the file is from, until you first scan that file with your antivirus program. • How did Melissa, Bubbleboy, and WormExploreZip come to infect so many computers? Simple! People ignored this step.

  9. How can I protect myself? • Step Four: Turn on macro virus protection in Microsoft Word, especially if you don’t know what macros are. • To find out how, go to NetSquirrel.com and look in the Urban Legend Combat Kit.

  10. How can I protect myself? • Step Five: Run Windows Update at least once a month. • In IE, go to Tools  Windows Update. • In Windows, Go to Start  Settings  Windows Update.

  11. How can I protect myself? • Step Six: If someone unexpectedly sends you an executable file – in other words, a file that ends in .exe – throw it out. • WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT ... AND DOUBT EVERYTHING!

  12. QUESTION How many people whose computers were infected with viruses this past year ignored at least one of these six rules?

  13. ALL OF THEM!

  14. QUESTION How many people who followed these six rules had their computers infected with a virus in the past year?

  15. NO ONE!

  16. Wolf! Wolf! • If you follow these six rules, you can all but forget those silly virus warning emails you receive in your inbox each day (most of which, by the way, are outright hoaxes). • If you practice safe surf, you really don’t need to worry much about viruses.

  17. That’s it for viruses ... Now let’s have some fun!

  18. Neat Stuff • ACDSee – commercial program that opens every graphic format imaginable (acdsystems.com) • NeoTrace – commercial, graphical traceroute program (neoworx.com) • WebWasher – free program that blocks banner ads and js pop-ups (webwasher.com) • WhatIs – free IT dictionary (whatis.techtarget.com)

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