Prairie Flowers Newbies - Summer, 2002

Links on computer security

1. CITES Guide to Computer Security - Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services at the University of Illinois provides an overview of campus security issues for the UI community: www.cites.uiuc.edu/security/index.html


2. McAfee, a division of Network Associates and the maker of VirusScan and Virex.
1. VirusScan (Windows): www.mcafeeb2b.com/products/virusscan/default-desktop-protection.asp
2. Virex (Macintosh): www.mcafeeb2b.com/products/virex/default.asp
3. Microsoft Windows Update:windowsupdate.microsoft.com/


4. Apple Macintosh Support: www.apple.com/support/


5. An overview of computer viruses from How Stuff Works: www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm


6. Vmyths: http://www.vmyths.com


7. McAffee's Hoax page http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

Fighting Spam

1. Spamcop - a reporting system and filtering offers - http://spamcop.net/
2. How to complain to a spammerŐs provider http://spam.abuse.net/userhelp/howtocomplain.shtml
3. American Registry for Internet Numbers http://www.arin.net/
4. InterNIC Whois database provides information on who owns a domain name http://www.internic.net/whois.html

Search Tools

1. www.google.com
2. images.google.com
3. Ynews.yahoo.com

General Information about searching

Good Reference Sites

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