Practical advice for greater online safety
The materials below are practical advice on how to be a savvy and successful digital citizen.
If you surf the web, you should know ..
How to:
Get a security update, tool, or scan
- Security updates
- Free antivirus, antispyware program
- Free PC safety scan
- Download Malicious Software Removal Tool
Protect my kids from online risks
Protect my personal information
- Protect your privacy on the Internet
- Your information on the Internet
- Take charge of your online reputation
Security terms
- What is an ActiveX control?
- What is antispyware?
- What is antivirus software?
- What is a botnet?
- What is a cookie?
- What is a firewall?
- What is browser hijacking?
- What is identity theft?
- What are Internet filters?
- What is malware?
- What are parental controls?
- What is phishing?
- What is a pop-up?
- What is social engineering?
- What is spam?
- What is spyware?
- What is a computer virus?
Free materials
Digital citizenship in action: A guide to education and events
The materials below are included in Microsoft’s Digital Citizenship in Action Toolkit. You will find practical advice on how to be a savvy and successful digital citizen. Use the materials to:
Teach yourself: Practical advice for greater online safety
Free materials including brochures, fact sheets, tip cards, videos, and posters to give you the basic information you need to help you stay safe online.
Teach others: Online safety presentations and event planning
Information and free materials to make a presentation or put together an event.
Downloads
- Help teens protect themselves online (downloadable book)
- Free Internet safety calendar
- Videos
Promotions
Research
Hey.. a bonus:
(One minor problem.. I don’t FB nor Twit.. never have.)
Bonus bonus: Countdown to Black Friday Deals (electronics)
Today’s quote: “I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.” ~ Reuben Blades
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• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
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I Tweeted, and posted it on Google+ and Diaspora. Great advice and info.
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delenn13,
That is from Microsoft’s free to all Safety & Security Center, a superb resource for all things security.
I understand: M$ bashing has been a popular pastime for many, for a long while, (I have a few “bashes” myself.. like.. why is Format still a visible right click option on C:\ [dumbest thing ever]???) but IMHO they are leading the way with the Safer Computing Initiative (which brought us Vista) and we are now seeing some of the benefits of that policy.. all across “tech”. A sea change.
Thank you for helping to spread the word.
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