What does it mean to “practice safe computing?
• Keep your antivirus software up-to-date. New viruses are being deployed daily. If you have a Windows computer, you are in a high risk group. Use any of the common software choices like Norton AntiVirus, McAfee, etc and take advantage of automatic virus definition updates provided for users through your software. • Make sure you run a virus scan on all files that you download from the internet, from friends, from any source other than your own computer. Its recommended to do a full systems scan monthly. • Do NOT open ANY email with an attachment that you are not expecting, or whose sender is unfamiliar to you. Even if you do not open the attachment, some of the newest viruses can infect your system if you simply open the email message! • Do NOT open email attachments or click on hyperlinks in email messages from unknown correspondents. (return to top) • My computer seems to run slower than when I first bought it, how can I clean it off to make it run faster? Delete the temporary and U
