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Cybersecurity Basics at Home

• Protect Your Computer and Your Identity PDF icon

• Social Engineering: Phishing/Pharming

• Spyware & Spam

• Malware: Worms, Trojans, and Viruses

• Broadband Security Issues

• Securing Wireless Networks

• Credit Card Security

• Identity Theft

• Hardware Firewall vs Software Firewall

• Anonymous Attorney's Advice

• fightcrime.org - Ten Steps for Families to Stop Cyber Bullying PDF icon

• US-CERT - Recovering from a Trojan Horse or Virus PDF icon

• US-CERT - Software License Agreements: Ignore at Your Own Risk PDF icon


Protect Your Children

• Enhancing Online Experience for Your Children

• FBI - A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety

• Peer-to-peer File Sharing

• Protect MI Child Registry

• Protect Your Kids (OnGuardOnline.Gov)

• Cyberethics for Kids - The Internet know before you go into Cyberspace

• Michigan Cyber Safety Initiative

• Recommended Websites for Children


Identity Theft & Internet Fraud

• Email Fraud

• Example of Email Fraud

• Auction Fraud

• Home Business Scam

• Avoiding Online Stock Scams

• Internet Fraud: How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams

• Other Internet Resources

• Online Banking


Staying Secure

• Steps to Follow

• Protect Family, Yourself, Computer Videos

• Top Windows Antivirus Software

• Top 10 Anti-Spyware Reviews

• Top 10 Windows Spam Filters

• The FTC's 7 Practices For Safer Computing


More Resources
 •  Michigan Identity Theft Unit
 •  Protect MI Child Registry
 •  Security for Kids
 •  Privacy for Consumers
 •  More Security Websites
 •  Michigan Cyber Safety Initiative
 •  FTC Identity Theft Site
Security News
 • Virus Alerts
 • US-Cert Cyber Alerts
 • MI-ISAC


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