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Friday, November 01, 2002
Protect Your Computer from Viruses by Jeffrey Branzburg
This page is designed specifically with the new-to-technology educator in mind. Please feel free to reproduce it for use in your teacher training sessions or other staff development efforts.I received two computer viruses in my e-mail yesterday. I immediately recognized the first one: the subject was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves," and the sender was "hahaha." I seem to receive this virus a couple of times each month, and simply delete the e-mail without opening it. The other one, however, looked like a legitimate e-mail. It was from "Bob and Debbie," and did not list any attachments (see Glossary for definitions of highlighted words). The subject line was blank, but that is not unusual. Although I didn't recognize the names "Bob and Debbie," it easily could have been a teacher in my district (and his or her spouse). So, I opened the e-mail. My antivirus program immediately notified me that the e-mail contained the "W32.Badtrans.B@mm virus." It offered to try to clean the virus; it could not do so. It then quarantined the virus. My computer was safe. Whew. Why exactly was I so well protected? The reason is that I keep my virus definitions up to date....
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