- Every Two (2) Seconds Someone's Identity Is Stolen!
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/pf/identity-fraud/
*(This website address may have to be typed in/searched manually or copy and paste.)
- Eighteen (18) victims of online crime per second!
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber
*(This website address may have to be typed in/searched manually or copy and paste.)
- Identity Theft Can Affect Your Credit Score
- Identity Theft Protection Services May Not Work If Your Computer Has Been Compromised
- Your Computer Camera and Microphone Could Be Accessed To Spy On You, Without Your Knowledge!
- In 2014 There Were 17.6 Million People - Living In The USA, That Experienced Identity Theft https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=41 *(This website address may have to be typed in/searched manually or copy and paste.)
- Even If You Do Not Have An "Online" Bank or Credit Card Account, Your Computer Could Still Be Putting Your Friends and Family At Risk
- Identity Theft Is On The Rise
- It Costs Time and Money To Fix
- Learn The Skills Needed To Help Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones
- Learn About Free Antivirus Protection!
*Course Outline:
- What computer viruses are, what they do, symptoms to look for, and the dangers of having them on your computer.
- Antivirus Program – the importance of scanning, checking the history of and monitoring the system.
- Clearing/cleaning your temporary internet files.
- Checking your firewall and Windows update settings.
- How to and the importance of: creating, setting, locking, and changing a strong and effective password.
- Creating a "Guest" account.
- Physically protecting your computer/laptop.
- How to privately browse/search the internet, so that your history is not tracked.
- Checking to see if a website is secure, prior to putting in your credit card information or password.
- How to identify and avoid email and phone call scams (electric company, IRS, updating your bank account information...).
- Learning how to avoid website pitfalls & traps (as some websites may automatically install viruses on your computer/device).
- Updating your browser (depending on students’ requests): Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.
- Unsubscribing from unwanted emails.
- Blocking Emails In: Hotmail & Gmail
- Two (2) Factor Authentication: Hotmail/Outlook & Gmail
- How to check the programs running on your machine.
- How to hide your desktop icons, private folders and documents.
*Note: The course will not cover encrypting data or router security. "Encrypting" can be taught as a separate course at an additional fee, for more experienced users. Inquire about the intermediate Internet Security and Safety class, if you are interested.