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Fake E-mail Alerts are one of many ways spammers, identity thieves and malware distributors may compromise your computer or network accounts
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This help guide will teach you all you ever wanted to know about a recent email virus called email spoofing.

For further assistance plesae contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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This help guide will teach you all you ever wanted to know about a recent email virus called email spoofing.

For further assistance plesae contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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Scanning for spyware, trojans and worms should be done weekly in order to protect your computer, and more importantly, your data. Please read the documents about Trojans to learn why!

For further assistance plesae contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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This help guide will teach you all you ever wanted to know about a recent email virus called email spoofing.

For further assistance plesae contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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Malwarebytes is currently the best anti-malware application to use. Install and update/scan weekly with the free version of this software, or pay $30 for the full version which will automatically update and scan for you.

For further assistance plesae contact the Help Desk: helpdesk@stkate.edu or 651.690.6402
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Spyware is not the same as a virus, and you need to have both anti-virus and anti-spyware installed. This is the one anti-spyware we recommend using. This guide will help you understand what this application is as you go through the process of installing.

If you have any questions please contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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McAfee Anti-Virus is just one piece of an entire Anti-Malware line of defense. You should also install Malwarebytes, Spybot, McAfee SiteAdvisor and Tangent Spam Filter.

If you have any questions please contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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For further assistance plesae contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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This updates our McAfee anti-virus software. Updates are important as new viruses and other malicious things are constantly being created. All anti-virus and anti-spyware applications need to be updated once a week. In addition, scans to check for malicious software and viruses should be run once a week!

If you have any questions please contact the Help Desk at 651.690.6402, or helpdesk@stkate.edu.
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You can only have one anti-virus software on your computer. Multiple anti-virus applications will argue with each other, and then neither one will work correctly.

You can (and should) have multiple anti-malware software. We recommend Malwarebytes and Spybot.

If you have any questions please contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@stkate or 651-690-6402.
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It is critical that all operating system and application software be updated when the vendor requests.

Cisco Clean Access, the security software used in Residence Halls requires Windows and Mac computers to do operating system updates.

New Residence Hall Students should update computers before bringing them to the University.

Know your operating system and applications to protect your computers.

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, 7 or Mac 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, Linux Ubuntu
Applications including (but not limited to) Office, Adobe products, Flash, Java

Please review our other Help Guides on viruses and spyware.

If you encounter errors completing Windows or Macintosh Update, please contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@stkate.edu, or 651-690-6402.