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Malware is a fact of internet life. Because of the potential damage viruses, spyware, phishing schemes and other cyberthreats can do, our behaviors have to adjust to counter these threats. Luckily, a little education with regards to these threats can go a long way.
At Spider, we concern ourselves, not just with the security of University systems, but with helping people understand how to better secure their own computing environments. We think it best when folks can deal with threats to their laptops, to their cellphones and to their home wireless networks. If they can secure their own systems, if they can learn the ins and outs of anti-virus software, of email scams and of browser hijacking, then their systems no longer pose a threat to the other systems around them, and everyone benefits.
The tabs at the top of this page are a good start. The University of Nebraska at Omaha provides some protective software, such as McAfee's anti-virus product, for free to the University community. There are other products around the web that also will help you, and we provide links to these as well. Keeping in the know is perhaps the best defense against worms, trojans and other vulnerabilities, so we've added a page with RSS feeds from major security sites.
Websites
In addition to the links in the tabs above, there are a few other websites which address the daily threats of viruses, spyware and so on. Have a look at these if you are interested in learning how to protect your computing system.