Internet Safety

More about internet safety today and I have been experiencing it myself at home. I have been told to use Hotmanpro2 and this worked. I found 124 different spyware and adware items which I didn't know I had on my PC. Why people send these things I do not know because it puts me off whatever they are trying to sell. My PC should be spyware free now as I have it running all the time, but touch wood, I will keep an eye on it. Spyware can really slow down or interfere with your PC on the internet and it can be very off putting. Keeping your virus checker running and up to date is a real must and after seeing the different types of viruses that there are running I am glad that I am (Hopefully) protected. Back next week and I hope still virus and spyware free.

Spyware and Adware

Back again with some input on what I have tried to take in today. It can be frightening when you see how easy it can be for people to maliciously interfere with your computer if you give them the chance. It makes you more inclined to be very safety concious when you log onto the internet. Spammers can also be quite annoying and thankfully I do not seem to be targeted by them yet. The various ways that your use of the internet can give others access to your computer is frightening and it makes us all the more safety concious. I know that sometimes running my anti virus software can seem to slow me down but after learning what I have it makes sense to run these programs. I'm off now but will be back next week (I hope!).

Malware

Week 2 and even more studying about Internet Safety. Doing research on Spyware and adware and it can get quite interesting when you go into it in depth. It is obvious that there will always be a market for some form of advertising and this definitely seems to be the easiest for many firms to use. I can see how your computer system can start to clog up with all the rubbish that can be accumulated when using the internet without being safety concious.

Hello boys I'm back

Hi,
During this session we have had to look at some of the virus's that can affect our computers if we are not security concious enough. It can be quite scary when you see what they can do and it makes you wonder why people do these things. We have only covered a small part of this section and it is interesting to see the many different types of virus that there are. It would not be interesting ,let me hasten to add, to be subjected to having to deal with an infected computer. We have looked at Worm viruses, boot sector viruses and a couple more. If this part of the course doesn't make everyone more security concious then nothing will. Running anti -virus software I think is definitely a must and keeping it updated is another must do. I will eventually(I hope) get round to posting a picture (Gasp) on this blog but I am not promising anything. I will attempt to get back and do some more posting if and when I am able.
So until then,
Bye
George

First post

Hi,
This being my first attempt at posting a blog I don't expect it to create a stir in the blogging community. I am at present doing a NQ course with Forthvalley College Falkirk in Business Computing. I will try to keep this up to date but I cannot promise anyone that I will be able to. I will be coming back to this later on today to update it but feel free to comment on my attempt.

George