South Sioux City Technology & Information Services

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Pop-ups, spyware, and adware are three types of annoyances of which I'm sure your computer will eventually be plagued. Several full versions of popular anti-virus software now contain tools to contain and remove adware and spyware threats. The Corporate version of Symantec at the school will only protect you from viruses. Several popular brands are on the market. Some are free and some others involve a one-time charge for installation.  Several other brands include Ad-Aware (Lavasoft) and Spybot Search & Destroy.

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If you can, use the Mozilla Firefox browser. If you must use Internet Explorer (IE), set the security settings to high; this will disable multimedia features of many Web sites, but also will block a main path intruders use to plant Web contagions. Tip: To set IE security to high, navigate to Tools, Internet options, Security settings.

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For More Information Contact:

South Sioux City Technology Site
820 E 29th St.
Tel: 402-494-2425
FAX: 402-494-3916
Internet: technology@sioux.esu1.org

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Last modified: March 09, 2005