Being OnlineHow can we stay safe?

Learning Outcomes• Understand what a Computer Virus is• Know how to protect your computer from a virus• Understand Social Networking and how to stay

safe online

What is a computer Virus?

a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.

Various Protection available• Antivirus Software - Antivirus or anti-virus software is software used to

prevent, detect and remove malware, such as: computer viruses, hijackers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, adware and spyware.

• Firewall - protect (a network or system) from unauthorized access with a firewall.

• Browser Privacy Settings - Privacy settings are controls available on many social networking and other websites that allow users to limit who can access your profile and what information visitors can see.

• Pop-up Blocker - Pop-up ads or pop-ups are often forms of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to attract web traffic or capture email addresses. Pop-ups are generally new web browser windows to display advertisements.

• User account control - is a technology and security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista. To summarise, a user account may have administrator privileges assigned to it, but applications that the user runs do not inherit those privileges unless they are approved beforehand or the user explicitly authorizes it.

Why is protecting a system from viruses important?Ask Jeeves states;

‘Virus protection is important because it prevents loss of data and intrusion of spyware into your computer. Having a virus in your computer will usually slow down your computer, and may make you lose control of your computer. Viruses today have also been used by hackers to get personal information from your computer such as your credit card information’.

How do I protect my computer?• Install an antivirus program• Don’t open e-mails from unfamiliar senders• Use a pop-up blocker• Keep Windows updated• Use a firewall• Use your browser’s privacy settings• Turn on User account control• Clear your Internet cache and your browsing

history

Click on the Windows icon for more information

Your Online Presence• Think about the information, do you want it kept

private or made public?• Photos• Can’t take it back!• Watch the Social Media Experiment below

What are Collaborative Tools?

produced by or involving two or more parties working together."collaborative research

Blogs - a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis or add new material to or regularly update a blog.

Click on the icon for link to the Apprenticeship

Blog

Forums

Forums - An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible. Click on the icon for links

to the Apprenticeship Forum

What are the pro’s and cons of using collaborative tools?

Pro’sTalk to anyone around the world at any time not just 9-5Lots of varied opinions

ConsSome sites not moderated so maybe just an opinion not factOpinions from limited audience, only people who use IT?

We should now

Understand what a Computer Virus is Know how to protect your computer

from a virus Understand Social Networking and

how to stay safe online