Actiontec electronic GT704WGB manual ATEWAYY3ECURITY, #OMPUTER 3ECURITY, NTI6IRUS 0ROGRAMS

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'ATEWAYY3ECURITY

"E SURE TO PROVIDE THE 'ATEWAY WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD )F A PASSWORD IS NOT SET SOMEONE ON THE )NTERNET CAN ACCESS THE 'ATEWAY AND CHANGE ITS CONFIGURA TION OR STEAL INFORMATION FROM YOUR COMPUTERS &OR INSTRUCTIONS ON SETTING THE PASSWORD SEE PAGE 

#OMPUTER 3ECURITY

4O PROTECT THE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE COMPUTER REVIEW THE FOLLOWING TOPICS 4HESE TOPICS COVER SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND OPERATING SYSTEM FEATURES AFFECTING THE SECURITY OF THE COMPUTERS DATA

!NTI6IRUS 0ROGRAMS

4HE COMPUTER SHOULD HAVE AN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM AND THE VIRUS DEFINITIONS SHOULD BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS n AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH

%-AILI!TTACHMENTS

.EVER RUN A PROGRAM RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO AN %MAIL MESSAGE UNLESS THE PROGRAM IS KNOWN TO BE SAFE ! PROGRAM FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE CAN DELETE ALL THE FILES ON THE COMPUTERS HARD DISK OR INSTALL A hBACK DOORv SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT LETS PEOPLE ON THE )NTERNET GAIN ACCESS TO THE COMPUTER WITHOUT PERMISSION

)NTERNETN"ROWSERS

!LWAYS EXIT THE )NTERNET BROWSER )NTERNET %XPLORER OR -OZILLA &IREFOX FOR EXAM PLE  .EVER hMINIMIZEv THE BROWSER OR LEAVE IT OPEN IN THE BACKGROUND "REAKING INTO A COMPUTER IS EASIER WHEN AN )NTERNET BROWSER IS RUNNING

.ETWORKK!PPLICATIONS

.ETWORK APPLICATIONS SUCH AS SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW REMOTE ACCESS TO THE COMPUTER ALSO MAKE THE COMPUTER VULNERABLE TO ACCESS FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE )NTERNET )F USING A NETWORK APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS REMOTE ACCESS CONSIDER INSTALL ING A FIREWALL