Tips for April 1 fool worm
April 1st, 2009
There are some tips to implement in order to face April fool worm. The tips are from Ashley Ewing, director of the information and security compliance department of the UA Office of Information Technology, and Richard Corbett, student consultant for the UA Help Desk.
1- Make sure you have an authentic antivirus installed and it is updated.
2- Set your computer to update the patches received from software companies.
3- Turn on firewall so the worm should be stopped at entrance.
4- Avoid to surf or open suspicios links in your email.
5- Try not to open unauthenticated website.
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If you feel your system has been attacked then run the antivirus program immediately to control that worm.