Keeping your computer Safe

Hacker have an easy time of it.



Let's share things we can do to keep our computer safe:

1. Firewalls and Virus Protection software. You should either purchase these from your internet provider or you can buy/install your own. If you do it yourself, don't forget to update the virus list regularly

2. Update your web browser. The most common way that keystroke listener programs will hack you is through following web site links. Then they can learn your passwords. So if you haven't updated to Internet Explorer 8.0 yet, do it now.

3. Keep your email password different that other important passwords. Free email services make money by showing advertisements. They want it to be easy for you to remember your passwords. So it's also easy for others to hack your email password. So use a password for your other accounts, like Progressbook, online banking, etc so that if your email is hacked, that's as far as they can go.

4. Never click the "Remember Me" box. I know it makes it easier to get in and not have to remember so many userid/passwords. But it puts a cookie on your computer with your password in it. Hackers know where to look for these things.

What am I missing? What else should we do? Have you ever gotten a virus? What was it like?