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The University of Rochester provides several services to help students stay safe online.

Anti-Virus Campus-wide downloading is now available. http://www.rochester.edu/its/security/antivirus/index.html#Download/ 
SPAM Filtering The University is always looking for the best way to protect you from SPAM and improve your email experience.  Our current SPAM filtering is free and easy to use.  http://www.rochester.edu/it/email/spam/

Legal Media Downloads *

The University offers access to a music and video service for your convenience.  It’s legal and free! http://www.rochester.edu/ruckus/
NetID Your NetID provides the credentials to access many of these resources. If you don't have it already, get it here. http://www.rochester.edu/it/netid/ 
Security Awareness Videos Humorous, student-made videos which address a broad range of security topics.

http://www.educause.edu/SecurityVideoContest/7103

http://www.researchchannel.org/securityvideo2007/

* Available upon registration for classes

 

Other ways to protect your:

Computer

Microsoft at Home

Apple Mac OS X

 

Linux Security

Mistakes that Lead to Security Breaches

Center for Internet Security

Top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/security/

http://www.securemac.com

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/

http://www.sans.org/resources/mistakes.php
      
http://www.cisecurity.org/
    

http://www.sans.org/top20/
Data Email Security

http://www.rochester.edu/it/security/resources/e-mail.html

Self

6 Steps to Safer Online Business

Avoid ID Theft

http://decision.csl.uiuc.edu/~bambenek/onlineshopping.pdf



http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
Community

UR Policy

Know the Law on Copyright

Information Technology Policy Document

http://www.rochester.edu/IT/security/copyright.html

       

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