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  1. Orientation

7: Security

You have a responsibility to keep your machine clean while it's on our network.

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Operating System Updates

It's dangerously easy to assume nothing bad will ever happen to you. Viruses and computer hacks happen to our students. Again, please take this seriously and we can avoid most of it.

When major viruses and hacks break out, companies release updates to operating systems to correct vulnerabilities. To stay safe, you have to stay updated. Check around on your devices.

MacOS

Let's check for software updates in "About This Mac"

Windows

Antivirus and Anti-Malware

With your operating system updated and Malwarebytes running, you're now ready for our last step.

More updates can be found here
On a Windows machine, press the Start button and type "Update"

Make sure you've got a copy of installed. It's recommended that you upgrade your account so it runs active monitoring but it's not required. Running manual scans is sufficient so long as you remember to occasionally do so.

MalwareBytes
Here's a brief summary of this section
From "About This Mac" you can check for a software update