Protecting Your System and Your Network
by Neal Fisch in awareness, data security, devices, personal security, phishing scams, security, tips 0
In lieu of recent network cleanup activity I wanted to take this time to remind everyone of a couple of items that will help protect your system and your networks from virus attacks.
Attaching External Storage Devices
Before attaching any external storage devices to your computer whether it's a USB thumb drive or a large external hard drive, please run a virus scan on it before making the final connection. This will save you alot of grief in the long run.
Clicking on Unknown Links in Email
If you receive an email and are asked to click on a link, unless you're expecting to receive an email with a link you may want to contact the person who sent the email before clicking that link. The email could be a phishing or website spoofing scam that can either load unwanted malware or virus software onto your machine, or try and get you to give up personal information. In either case, making a short phone call or sending a quick text or email will be worth not having to rebuild you machine.
