Internal Mini-Workshop: Protecting against Computer Viruses

Note: This workshop is intended for the Rigsum staff. Registration to this workshop is not possible.

Instructor: Boaz Shmueli, B.Sc. President and Founder, MileMaven.com, Washington DC

Venue: RIIT

Number of seats: 16.

Summary: Computer viruses destroy data and programs on computers, and cause a major reduction in productivity. In this workshop we will learn simple steps to avoid computer viruses and other rouge software ("malware").

Prerequisites: None.

Topics:

• What is malware?
• Viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware...
• Anti Virus software
• USB thumb drives
• Email attachments
• User accounts
• Summary