3. Who is the Creator of the Site?
Is it sponsored by a company you know? (Yahoo!,
MSN, Adobe, Microsoft)
Does the site look professional? Are there spelling
mistakes or grammatical errors?
What is the site asking of you?
4. • Before downloading a program see what others say
CNET.com
Majorgeeks.com
Microsoft Forums
5. Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, Spyware, Adware,
Crimeware and Rootkits are Considered Malware.
7. • Software sold to consumers by scaring them with warnings like: “virus
infected your computer!”
• convinces a user that a virus has infected his computer
• Usually the virus is fictional and the software is non-functional or malware.
• According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the number of scareware
packages in circulation rose from 2,850 to 9,287 in the second half of 2008.
• In the first half of 2009, the APWG identified a 583% increase in scareware
programs.
8. What is Spyware?-Harmful software that gathers personal
information from a user's computer
What’s the Threat? it collects personal information and searching
habits
sends that information to another user
Spyware can also change user settings on the computer or Internet
browser
Causing slower Internet Searches and slower computer
responses.
9. The Good
Anti-Spyware:
Spybot Search and
Destroy
The Bad
Anti-Spyware:
Search and Destroy
10. Viruses spread to computers through the Internet or Inter Office
Network
Viruses can slow down a computer or Replicate and take up memory
11. The Good Anti-Viruses:
AVG, AVAST!, Norton/Symantec,
Microsoft Security Essentials
The Bad Anti-Virus:
XP Anti-virus 2008
OR
Internet Antivirus 2011
12. Java http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Ll2QSc-Bo
Your Anti-virus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9hJCsrdJvw
Windows Updates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1fPExK6smo
Adobe
Reader http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbXWdty9mE
Flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx9l9q5Rc2Q
Shockwave Player
13. • Sites like BitTorrent, The Pirate Bay, Utorrent etc.
• files are actually bootlegged, pirated, and copyright violation
• Files are downloaded from several computers
• Putting your computers at higher risk for malware
Seed
Computer--
73%
Seed Seed
Computer-- Computer--
23% 4%
Home
Computer
14. File sharing programs like Napster, Kazaa, or FrostWire
• illegal files that have been bootlegged, Pirated, or violate copyright
• Be careful!
• files may contain viruses (camouflage viruses, etc.)
• Or files that make you computer vulnerable to hackers.
15. • Those little bars along the top of your browser window.
• Can get Installed during JAVA, Adobe, etc Updates.
• Uncheck the box
• toolbars can be used to track your searching history.
16. Instead of opening the downloaded file right away:
SCAN THE FILE FIRST!
• Right-Click the file in the download file
• Go to “Scan File” with and Choose your Anti-Virus or
Malwarebytes
• It will scan for viruses.
• If it has a virus in it, remove it!
• If it’s safe, can click the file and install or open it.
17. Limewire, FrostWire, Vuze, uTorrent
• allows user to illegally download Copyrighted material
• makes the computer more susceptible to Malware.
iWon—
• free casual game site with a chance to win cash and prizes through activities or
playing online games.
• the website also puts Malware like tracking cookies on the user’s computer.
My Way Search & My Web Search—
• Earlier versions of the program were classified as adware
• later versions were found to not function like malicious programs
• However, it is a program that is very difficult to remove and makes your computer
more vulnerable.
18. Games: MSN ZONE games, Yahoo! Games,
Kings.com, More
Add-ons for Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Firefox
19. un-safe downloading sites
• MediaFire
• MegaUpload (A downloading site came from Hong Kong),
• Instead buy the game.
• The cheaper price method is safer, from Amazon.com or eBay
• Plus you'll get to enjoy it's multiplayer features (if any) to its fullest.
23. These steps won’t prevent all malware, but now you can
download with confidence!
24. Maribeth Turner
Automation Assistant
Central Kansas Library System
mturner@ckls.org
www.ckls.org
25. 1. Kansas Attorney General Consumer Beware: http://www.ksag.org/page/consumer-corner-
beware-of-phishing-email-scams
2. How to Keep Your Computer Safe, Clean, and Backed Up in 2011. Adam Dachis.
http://lifehacker.com/#!5720731/resolved-keep-your-computer-safe-clean-and-backed-up-
in-2011
3. How to Know When It is Safe to Download Something http://www.wikihow.com/Know-
when-It-Is-Safe-to-Download-Something
4. Microsoft.com:http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/symptoms.aspx
5. http://majorgeeks.com/
6. Windows Maintenance Tips: The Good, The Bad and The Useless. Kevin Purdy & Jason
Fitzpatric. http://lifehacker.com/#!5520447/windows-maintenance-tips-the-good-bad-and-
useless
7. http://www.wisegeek.com/do-exe-files-harm-my-computer.htm
8. http://www.wikihow.com/Know-What-Not-to-Download
Editor's Notes
When these warnings pop-up: Do NOT click CANCEL. Do NOT click the red X. What to do: ctrl + alt + del –> task manager--> end now. ORAlt + F4Open your Anti-virus separately. Go to Start-->All Programs-->Open Your Anti-virus-->Run Full Scan.If the problem persists. Disconnect from the Internet.
http://www.wikihow.com/Know-What-Not-to-Download
http://www.wikihow.com/Know-What-Not-to-Download
http://www.wikihow.com/Know-What-Not-to-Download
http://www.wikihow.com/Know-What-Not-to-DownloadDon't download it from a un-safe downloading site; Such as MediaFire (some files are maybe safe at this website), or MegaUpload (A downloading site came from Hong Kong), Instead! buy the game. The cheaper price method is safer, just go get it from Amazon.com or eBay since you can buy them there at a good price. Plus you'll get to enjoy it's multiplayer features (if any) to its fullest.