the internet for beginners section four of four from the richard sugden library spencer, ma jillian...
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The Internet for BeginnersSection Four of Four
From the
Richard Sugden Library
Spencer, MA
Jillian M. Parsons
Section Four: Today’s Presentation
• Being Careful when
Using the Net
• Summary
Being Careful When Using the Net
Who has seen that AOL commercial?
What AOL doesn’t tell youDefinitions
• Advertising Gimmicks
• Pop Ups
• Pop Up Solutions
• Spyware
• Spyware Solutions
What AOL doesn’t tell you• Spam
• Spam Solutions
• Viruses
• Virus Solutions
What AOL doesn’t tell you• Identity Theft
• Identity Theft Solutions
• The Internet and your Privacy
Advertising Gimmicks• Almost every site has at least one
or two advertisements. They may flash, they may move around, or they may move only when your mouse is over the ad.
• If you are confronted with content that seems unrelated, or is not what you are looking for, feel free to ignore it, or if you can, “x out of it”
Pop Ups• Pop-up ads are a form of online
advertising on the Internet intended to increase the amount of visitors to that site, or to capture email addresses.
• They get their name because they pop-up uninvited while you may be doing other things on the Internet.
• Some web browsers claim to block pop-up ads, but I would recommend toolbars that offer several useful services in one package.
Pop ups Toolbar Solutions• Yahoo! Toolbar
• MSN Toolbar
• Google Toolbar
Examples of Internet Toolbars• Yahoo!
Spyware • Spyware covers a broad category of
software, created with mean-spirited intent, that takes partial control of a computer's operation without the informed consent of the machine's user.
• Spyware sometimes manifests itself as an advertisement or includes itself in a download.
Anti-Spyware Programs• Spyware infestations can be prevented
or disabled before they infect your computer.
Examples of Anti-Spyware software:www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ • Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE www.download.com/ Spybot-Search-
Destroy/3000-8022-10289035.html • Patrick Kolla's Spybot - Search &
Destroy
Spam• Spam, in this sense, involves sending nearly
identical messages to thousands (or millions) of recipients by email.
• By definition, spam occurs without the permission of the recipients.
• Following links in email spam, or opening attachments to these email could result in a computer virus or the introduction of Spyware.
Avoiding SpamComputer users can avoid e-mail spam. • End-users can use automated e-mail
filtering on their own computers. • Most email programs allow users to
identify junk mail. This block prohibits the identified Spam from that specific sender from getting into your mailbox.
Viruses• Regarding computer security, a virus is
a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other code or other documents
• The insertion of a virus into the program is termed as an infection, and the infected file (or executable code that is not part of a file) is called a host.
Anti-Virus SoftwareAvailable through:www.mcafee.com/us/ • McAfee Antivirus Software and
Intrusion Prevention Solutions Or,www.symantec.com/ • Norton Antivirus and computer
protection products
Identity Theft• Identity theft is usually the result
of serious breaches of privacy.
Identity Theft• Except for the simplest credit-
related cases, it is usually not possible without breakdowns in:
– customer privacy, – consumer privacy, or– client confidentiality
Customer Privacy• In which case the consequences
may be limited to one company; typically the one that leaked the data in the first place, e.g. account numbers.
Consumer Privacy• Is more serious, where credit card
numbers or other generally-useful identity data are stolen and used much more widely.
Client Confidentiality • Such breeches make it easy to
effectively impersonate someone, by using confidential information that an ordinary impersonator would not have access to.
The Internet and Your PrivacyThe ability to control what
information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information
“Let’s talk about ducks.”Is AOL really evil?
WORKSHOP TASK
Risk analysis: Pros and Cons
Conclusion
Review• Using the Internet Explorer
Web Browser
• Establishing Home
• Websites / Web Pages
• The Web Address (URL)
Review• Searching
• Everyday Uses for the Internet
• Saving and Printing
• Being Careful when Using the Net
Summary• We’ve covered a lot of information
here. You will want to keep these handouts and refer to them as needed.
• Please leave a message for me at the Circulation Desk with any questions you might have.
Summary• Leave your name, phone number
or email, name of workshop at
508-885-7513 or my email, [email protected]
What do I do now?• Make a plan
• Write down goals
• Brainstorm on how to achieve goals
• Practice!