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Lifelong Learning Festival 2008
Online Security and Safety
Conor O'Neill, LouderVoice.com Using internet since 1990 Managed projects for McAfee Today about simple straightforward tips Lots of bad people out there Pretty easy to stop them Ask me at any point to clarify
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Viruses
From CDs, USB thumbdrives (and floppies) From dodgy internet sites By email Good judgement mixed with anti-virus software No successful attacks in over six years
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Attacks
Automated attacks on your PC via the internet Try to take advantage of security holes in
Windows Try to take advantage of machines that have no
protection installed Millions of compromised PCs then used to
attack other PCs
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Malware
From dodgy internet sites Hijack your browser Grab password information Install software on your machine Some annoying, some dangerous, all
undesirable
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Phishing
Usually via email Con you into clicking onto dodgy sites Pretend to be banking sites, eBay etc Grab your login or financial details to rip you off Always look at the address in the browser Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox have anti-
phishing features Never click on an address like
http://167.456.76.23
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Nigerian 419
You've won the Euro Lotto! I am a lawyer for the estate of the former
president of the Congo...... Just give us your bank details and a processing
fee and we'll give you millions If it sounds to good to be true, run away! No free lunches on the internet
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Tools
Anti-Virus – AVG Free Anti-malware – Spybot S&D Anti-attack – Zone Alarm, Windows Firewall Anti-Spam – Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail All in One - McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft
OneCare Keep your machine up to date with Windows
Update Do not let your anti-virus expire!
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Social Networks
Bebo, MySpace, Orkut, Facebook etc Do you know what your kids are putting on their
pages? Are they over 13? Have you talked to them about using good
judgement? Have you explained about stalkers and ”dirty
old men”. What about bullying?
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Social Networks 2
Photo uploading Video uploading (live!) SMS/MMS Privacy and friend's privacy Their name, age, sex, school name, address Talked to other kids' parents? Future reputation when job-hunting Would you like your mum to see what you are
uploading?
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Filtering/Restricting/Monitoring
Internet Explorer Parental Controls (content type, specific sites)
Look at browsing history Look at search history Microsoft Vista Parental Controls Safe-Browsing add-ons (McAfee/Symantec) PC in kitchen or somewhere open
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Top Tips
Generic usernames for kids Strong & Multiple passwords Password Manager (KeePass, PasswordSafe) Giving out Credit Card Details Email attachments (.pif, .exe, .scr) Updates Good Judgement
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Useful Sites
kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/ mcafee.com, symantec.com etc AVG on free.grisoft.com Spybot Search & Destroy on www.safer-
networking.org www.microsoft.com/protect/family/age/stages.m
spx www.google.com/intl/en/landing/familysafety/
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Q&A
Questions? This presentation available on
www.slideshare.net/conor
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