{"id":1349,"date":"2012-04-27T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2012-04-27T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T17:54:21","slug":"tech-update-safeguarding-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=1349","title":{"rendered":"Tech Update: Safeguarding Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/virus-attacks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1351\" title=\"virus-attacks\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/virus-attacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a>You and Your Home PC\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The following article from US News outlines an issue that may directly affect you and your home PC. \u00a0Last year the FBI identified a group of international hackers who were &#8220;running an Internet ad scam on a massive network of home computers.&#8221; \u00a0The FBI has since shut down the operation and realized that they could not just pull the plug on all of the infected users. \u00a0So, they are encouraging home PC users to visit a website run by its security partner to see if their home computer is infected. \u00a0Please take a moment before July 9, and read the article below.\u00a0 Also, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcwg.org\/\">www.dcwg.org<\/a> to inform yourself on whether your home computer is infected and needs attention.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/technology\/articles\/2012\/04\/20\/hundreds-of-thousands-may-lose-internet-in-july\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/technology\/articles\/2012\/04\/20\/hundreds-of-thousands-may-lose-internet-in-july<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online: <\/strong>To check and clean computers:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcwg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dcwg.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Going Away from your desk?\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Lock Your Computer!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Are you leaving your desk?\u00a0 Do you not want to leave your <em>my<\/em>NMC and single-sign applications accessible?<\/p>\n<p><strong>For PC:<\/strong> Press the Windows Key and the letter \u201cL\u201d \u00a0at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Mac: <\/strong>Follow this link for directions <a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.nmc.edu\/depts\/help-desk\/intercom\/macosxlock\">https:\/\/intranet.nmc.edu\/depts\/help-desk\/intercom\/macosxlock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Either of these events lock the workstation and keeps your applications hidden, but open, and requires you to log in when you return to the computer.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn important information from the FBI on a threat to your home PC and learn how to safeguard your work computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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