Monday, April 25, 2011

Additional Things To Clean The Bugs Out

Here are some guidelines that we all should use to help keep our email free of malware. (Think of it as washing your hands regularly to keep from passing any germs onto your friends.)

1.       Install a virus scanner.See the prior post about this
2.       And yes that includes the Apple computer.  These are getting infected also. We have found two in the last 2 weeks.
3.       Please make sure you scan your computer for viruses at least once a week.
4.       Make sure your Anti-Virus system is up-to-date.

Here is just some good common practices. 
1.       Do not use machines that are not under your control (e.g. public computers).
2.       Do not share your password.
3.       Do not connect to a network that you don’t have control over. (Library, Hotel network are insecure at best. If you must use one, keep it to a minimum and follow security guidelines).
4.       Change your email password every 6 months.

If we can get everyone to do their part, we can make things a bit more secure for everyone.

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