Tech Training Slideshow

1. Basic Software Securities for Staff Computers Presenter: Christine Greenwood cgreenwood@mcls.ms

2. When it comes to understanding the concepts of computer software, Dennie van Tassel says, “I’ve finally learned what ‘upward compatible’ means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes” (Tassel, 2009). (Google Images) 1/8/2011 2 Madison County-Canton Public Library

4. Keyloggers--Trojan horses, worms, viruses and other malicious and unwanted software.1/8/2011 3 Madison County-Canton Public Library

5. What is Spyware? “Spywarerefers to programs that use your Internet connection to send information from your computer to some other computer, normally without your knowledge or permission. Most often this information is a record of your ongoing browsing habits, downloads, or it could be more personal data like your name and address. Different strains of spyware perform different functions. Some might also hijack your browser to take you to an unexpected site, replace the Homepage setting in your browser with another site, or serve you personal ads, even when you're offline. Spyware that serves personalized advertisements is called adware also known as malware”(Wisegeek.com) 1/8/2011 4 Madison County-Canton Public Library

7. Alpha Antivirus

8. Malware Defender(Annthegran.com) 1/8/2011 5 Madison County-Canton Public Library

9. What are Pop-ups? (Get rid of annoying pop-ups, Google Images) A pop-up otherwise known as a pop-up ad, is a type of window that appears on top of, or over the browser window of a Web site that a user has visited. Pop-up ads are more prevalent in advertising on the Web, though advertising is not the only application for pop-up windows (wikipedia.org). 1/8/2011 6 Madison County-Canton Public Library

10. Fake Pop-ups Unfortunately not all pop ups are created equal. According to Dr. S Wogalter (2008) “ The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful software” (n.d). 1/8/2011 7 Madison County-Canton Public Library

11. Fake Pop-ups ( 2008 displays fake popups, Google, Images) 1/8/2011 8 Madison County-Canton Public Library

12. Fake Pop-ups, Con’t 1/8/2011 9 Madison County-Canton Public Library

13. Fake Pop-ups, Con’t. 1/8/2011 10 Madison County-Canton Public Library

14. Fake Pop-ups, Con’t. 1/8/2011 11 Madison County-Canton Public Library

15. What are Email Disclaimers? An email disclaimer is a signature block or a block of text automatically appended at the bottom of an e-mail message, Usenet article, or forum post (Google.com). A sample disclaimer is as follows: “The information contained in this email and/or attached document(s) is for the exclusive use of the individual(s) named above. This email may contain confidential, privileged and non-discloseable information. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Madison County Library System” (Madison County Library System, n.d). 1/8/2011 12 Madison County-Canton Public Library

16. How to Clear Internet History, Cache, Cookies, Temp Files Start Internet Explorer Click Tools, Internet Options Click delete Click delete all to delete everything 1/8/2011 13 Madison County-Canton Public Library

17. Backing up Data Why is computer backup important? Imagine yourself working on a document and before you hit the save button your computer goes haywire . (Ruidoso Computer Services, Google Images) A flash drive should be used to back up data on personal computers. 1/8/2011 14 Madison County-Canton Public Library

18. Thank you for your attention. (Your Attention, Google Image) Are there any questions? 1/8/2011 15 Madison County-Canton Public Library