April 2006 Mike FarquharApril 2006 Mike Farquhar

Thornbury U3A Computer GroupThornbury U3A Computer Group

““Microsoft Shortcuts”…Microsoft Shortcuts”…

..but what am I really going to talk about?

• Security Update

• Broadband Speed

• Microsoft Shortcuts

Security Update• Keep on using the products

Anti-Virus (FreeGrisoft AVG) Anti-Spyware (Ad-Aware, Spybot) Firewall (Windows Firewall, ZoneAlarm)

• Keep doing backups (USB memory devices are cheap and easy for ad-hoc backups and CD or DVD for more permanent backups)

• Secure your Wireless Network• Spam/Phishing/malware news• New security products

Australia introduces the first anti-spam code

• Australia has become the first country to lay down a code of practice to deal with spam.

• ISPs and other email service providers are now required to give adequate spam filters to their customers.

• Failure to provide them incurs fines of up to A$10 million.

Microsoft targets the phishers

• Microsoft says it plans a legal onslaught on phishing.

• There are 7.9 million phishing attempts per day• That’s an increase of 39% over the same time last

year• The Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative (GPEI)

has been set up to track down and prosecute the people behind this type of online fraud.

• Across the world Microsoft has led to the closure of 4,744 phishing sites, and in the US alone it filed 117 phishing lawsuits last spring.

Beware the 3rd February…

• A nasty piece of mal-ware threatens the files on an infected PC

• Variously called… MyWife, Blackmal, Nyxem and the Karma Sutra worm

• On the 3rd day of every month it deletes files with the extensions such as .doc, .ppt, .xls and .pdf

• How does it work, and how do you prevent it?

Passwords…

• How about blank passwords - are they OK or not?

• Passwords for user passwords are OK blank

• Passwords for accounts with administrator privileges should be secured with a strong password

Windows Shortcuts

• Highlighting, Dragging and Dropping• Context menus• Cut and paste• Move or Copy?• When does “Delete” move to the Recycle

Bin, and when does it actually delete?

Microsoft Word Shortcuts

• Where to find them? Start Word From the menus choose: Tools | Macro | Macros…

This brings up the Macros dialog box From “Macros in:” choose “Word Commands From “Macro Name:” choose “ListCommands” Choose “Run” From the “List Commands” dialog box, choose

“Current Menu and Keyboard Settings” and “OK”

Microsoft Excel Shortcuts

Mike’s Downloads

• Computer Club 2006 program• Windows Glossary• Windows Shortcuts• Understanding Screen and Printer Resolution• This Microsoft Shortcuts PowerPoint presentation

• www.mikefarquhar.co.uk/downloads