Virus Protection & Disk Backup

CIS 50.13: Virus Protection & Disk Backup

© 2009 Eric Skagerberg (All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in printed or electronic format without the express permission of the author.)
Adjunct Instructor, Computer & Information Sciences Department
Santa Rosa Junior College, California

Page last updated 24 September, 2009.

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Virus Protection (Enter your CATE user name & password)
- What is a Computer Virus?
- What is Malware?
- Virus Information:
  - Virus Timeline
  - Symantec AntiVirus Reserach Center
  - F-Secure Virus Information Centre
    - Virus Screenshots
  - Trend Micro Security Information
  - McAfee Virus Information Library
- Warning: Fake Anti-malware on the Web
- Computer System Vulnerability
  - Vulnerability Scorecard - Jeff Jones Security Blog
  - Mac OS X:
    - Mac easiest to hack, says $10,000 winner
    - Interview with hacker challenge winner
- The Essential Components:
  - Combination Internet security suites
    - Firewall Software: your first line of defense
    - Antivirus Software
    - Anti-Spyware
    - Anti-Phishing
  - Operating System Updates
- Rootkit Protection
- Clickjacking
- Disabling Windows Autorun
- Web Browser Security
- The Limited User Account option
- Online Safety for Your Family
- Hoaxes
- Web Browser Alternatives:
- Pop-Up and Ad Blockers
- Security Fixes
- Security Resources

Disk Backup (Enter your CATE user name & password)
- Backup Media
  - Backup Media Sizes
  - Storage Capacity Numbers: How big is a Gig?
  - External Hard Drives
  - Tape Drives
  - Recordable CD and DVD drives:
    - DVD Drives & Media
  - Internet Storage
  - RAID (Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks)
  - Storage Reviews
  - Researchers Test Adhesive Tape as Storage Medium (True!)
- Folders to Back Up
- Backup Strategies
  - Types of Backups
    - Full Backups
    - Intermediate Backups
    - Illustrations
  - Differential
  - Incremental
- Backup Practice
  - Normal Backup
  - Incremental Backup
  - Restore
- Backup Software
  - Windows
  - Macintosh
  - Internet Backup Services
- System Recovery
- Articles
  - "Drive-Imaging: Beyond Backup"
  - "The State of Data Backup Protection"
  - "Not All Backup Software Is Created Equal"