Viruses
Checklist for virus protection.
- Make sure that your operating system is patched and up-to-date.
For Windows, visit the
Microsoft update web site regularly.
- Acquire an anti-virus checking software.
- Keep your Microsoft Windows updated with security fixes.
- If you receive email from someone you don't know, don't open it. Just delete!
- If the email is forwarded and contains an attachment (jokes, cartoons, anything), don't open it.
Just delete it!
- Only open up attachments YOU ASKED FOR. If you receive an email from someone you know and it has
an attachment, send an email back to check what it is. Check with them first about the content.
(Melissa and the LoveBug viruses)
- If you receive an email from someone you know and it has an attachment, scan it first.
- Think of using web based email which automatically scans attachments.
- Don't respond to an email that claims to alert you to a virus, even from a friend. The alert
is most likely a hoax or can contain a virus itself. And don't forward it to any of your friends!
- Don't use the Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing network. Kazaa is a known conduit for virus infected software.
- Write protect any floppy diskette before plopping it into your machine unless you want to write
data to it.
- Change the boot sequence of your computer (in the BIOS setup) from A:, C: to C:, A: just in case
there is a floppy diskette in your computer when you turn it on.
