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 | Virus Underground - who would write a virus? From the New York Times |
| Viruses De-Mystified The basics from Sophos |
| Avoiding computer worms Best practices recommendations |
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| Safe at any speed FTC advice for high speed computing |
| Virus
or hoax? How to tell them apart (trust Snopes) |
Email
issues: Spam
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Minimizing spam “How-to” advice |
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Register
your email address Sponsored by
Internet Service Providers and the Washington Attorney General |
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Report
spam Federal government addresses
provided by the University of Oregon |
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Junk
Email
Advice from the Washington AG’s office |
More
email issues: scams, fraud and phishing
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Don’t
get hooked An FTC “phishing”
alert |
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Email
address “harvesting”
How it works; how to stop it, an FTC bulletin |
Shopping
safely
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Internet
Fraud Online auction and shopping
advice from Washington Attorney General’s office |
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Pay it safe A consumer guide |
Spyware and file sharing (go hand-in-hand)
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GetNetWise on Spyware Prevention, symptoms and tools |
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Spyware.
It’s Lurking An
article by PC Magazine |
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Spyware
removal help Get rid of that
annoying comet cursor, etc. |
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Who
downloaded the spyware? Not me An
overview article from LLRX |
Computer safety for kids
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GetNetWise on child safety Resources and tools for family web security |
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Kids’ Quiz from the FTC |
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Kidz
privacy FTC-sponsored
site offers information for kids and parents |
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Safe computing contract Sample form from Kim Komando |
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SafeKids.com Tips and resources |
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Safety
Net Kids Washington Attorney
General’s site |
