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By: Emily, Jackie and By: Emily, Jackie and KathleenKathleen

Some daily things you Some daily things you may not think aboutmay not think about

• Don’t open e-mail attachments from out of the ordinary senders.

• Clicking on advertisements, i.e. “Which one is J-Lo’s booty.” & “See if you can hit the duck.”

• Don’t forget to sign out of your e-mail when using an outside computer.

How to get a VirusHow to get a Virus Lime Wire & Kazaa (free music) Downloading unknown files (e-mail

attachments) Pornography Trading programs with others. Viruses can be hidden in a program

and wont be released until you open the program, such as a “Trojan Horse” where you think your playing a game but it messes up your computer.

“Worm” a virus spreading through connected networks.

“Bonzi” a little monkey that seems nice but IS NOT!

How a Virus affects How a Virus affects your computeryour computer

• A virus disables your PC by multiplying itself in your computer's memory or on the hard drive.

• Many times when the virus creator makes the virus, they don’t intend for the virus to mess up some of the things that it does.

How to get rid of a How to get rid of a VirusVirus

• Go to your virus-scan software manufacturer's Web site and install any virus updates that are available.

• The software may not be able to delete the virus, but probably will be able to identify it.

• When you know what the virus is, search the web for it and find out what it affects

• Download and install a program that targets your specific virus.

• Run another scan to find out if that virus has successfully been deleted.

FIREWALL!FIREWALL!• Unfortunately viruses are

not the only threats to your computer, there are also hackers and identity thefts.

• Virus protectors do not protect against these problems. You need Firewall protection.

• Firewalls are made to prevent unauthorized access to your computer.

FIREWALL FIREWALL pt. 2pt. 2

• Firewall acts like a locked door, it protects your computer from any intruder entering.

• When you set your firewall to a certain criteria, your computer will only allow the specific data that meets the requirement.

• Anything that isn’t allowed by your firewall is blocked.

Keep your computer Keep your computer protectedprotected

• Using an antivirus program is the best way to keep your computer virus-free.

• Symantec and McAfee are the most popular antivirus programs .

• You need to use hard-to-guess passwords on your accounts, DON’T use the same password for multiple accounts.

Main PointsMain Points1. Don’t open or click on anything that you aren’t

familiar with.2. Don’t download things that are for “free” or trade

programs with others.3. You should keep programs on your computer that

scan files on a regular basis checking for viruses.4. If you end up having a virus, put protection on it

immediately.5. Make sure to have Firewall protection on your

computer, fit to what your needs are.6. Make sure to use passwords that aren’t easy to

guess and different ones for each different account.

Computer safety!!