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ALERTS AS OF 12/9/11: ·
Some email messages contain viruses or are
scams. Please check closely for suspicious
emails and alert me if you get one or have any questions. Remember any email messages about your
school accounts will only come from me. ·
www.moces.org
is a good resource for Internet Safety for students, teachers, and parents. It has handouts and videos related to different
internet safety issues. Link to Safety
Guide below in table. |
TECH NEWS PAGE Updates, documentation, resources, and technology announcements
will be posted here during the school year. Check back regularly to find the latest
technology information for the North Nodaway School District. Look below for the tech online support table. Find resources for school computer
documentation and also a few highly rated programs for your personal home
computer use. **LATEST NEWS: 12/15/11
– Over the holiday break, I will be doing some routine updates on the servers
at both buildings. During these
updates there may be short times that the servers are unavailable which will
include the school email system. The
tentative dates for maintenance are Dec. 21-23 12/9/11
– There are some email messages going around that contain viruses or are
scams. Please DO NOT open or “click”
on any links that look suspicious in any way. Also remember that any email message about
your school accounts (including email) will come from only me. Just use common sense when using email or
browsing the web. |
TECH TIP OF WEEK- Securing a Home
PC -- Essential Items that everyone should do 2.
Turn on Automatic Updates for Windows. Make sure Automatic Updates is on
and pick a time to install updates. If you pick a time at night, you do not
need to leave the computer on all night, it will update the next time it is
turned on. 3.
Install an Anti-Virus software package. AND MAKE SURE IT IS UPDATED
REGULARLY! Microsoft is now providing their Microsoft Security Essentials
anti-virus/anti-spyware for free to home users. http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
If you have purchased an AV software package, or if one was installed when
you bought your computer, make sure you are paying for and receiving the
updates. An outdated AV is worse than no AV! 4.
Make sure that your AV is set to scan AND disinfect removable media. This
is NOT the default on most AV products, including MS Security Essentials. 5.
Use a Local Hosts file from a site like www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm.
This will keep your computer from being able to contact over 16,000 sites
that distribute software called malware that can steal your personal
information, user accounts and passwords. About ˝ way down the
page there is a folder icon with a link to download the hosts.zip file.
Download that file, open it on your computer and extract the hosts file and
mvps.bat files to your desktop and doubleclick the mvps.bat file. That is all
there is to it. 6.
Run Secunia Personal Software Inspector (www.secunia.com).
It is free and it will tell you when you need to update your other software
(Adobe Acrobat, Firefox, Java, Quicktime, RealPlayer, etc). There have been
some significant vulnerabilities in all of these applications in the past 6
months. 7.
Educate yourself on what Phishing is and don’t become a victim. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx 8.
Don’t click on links in e-mail, use a bookmark or retype the URL instead. 9.
Don’t give out your password to anyone, ever, for any reason, especially
in an e-mail!!!!!! Real technical support people can change your password and
tell YOU what it is. If your tech support people are asking for your
password, kindly remind them that is a security breach and don’t give them
the information. 10.
Never enter your password into a site that is not using HTTPS (look at
the URL and make sure there is a lock in the lower right corner). |
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