If the Internet forms the basis of your career, business or studies, you understand just how important it is to keep your data secure. It only takes one virus infection or security breach and your job or online business may be threatened.

Training Objectives:

• Learn about data and Internet Security and how to prevent virus attacks.

• Understand how virus may affect files on your PC.

• Learn about OS security settings and configuration.

• Learn to solve PC problems relating to virus infection.

Who should attend? : All PC users: Students and adults. Those in IT sales, Helpdesk and office administrators.

Prerequisite: There is no special entry requirement.

Course duration: 1 session (5 hours).

Training Outline:

• Understand different types of security risks

• Importance of data security and backups

• Virus ABCs and how virus may affect files

• How virus are contacted

• Virus myths

• Macro viruses

• Worms

• Non-viral Malware

• Spyware/Adware/Trojans/Hijackers/Dialers/Keyloggers

• OS Updates and patches

• OS security settings and configuration

• Virus scanning, detection and removal

• Anti spam - email filtering/-blocking services.

•  Introduction to Firewall.

• Data and Email backup exercise.      

• Hard disk recovery and restore procedure.

Methodology: seminar and hands-on exercises.