Weekly Tip Sheet #11
VIRUS PREVENTION AND REMOVAL
This week, the W32.Klez.H@mm virus was making the rounds. Our Norton Anti-Virus program successfully blocked more than ten infected emails from corrupting our system. Some members of our mailing list and visitors to our site may not have
been so fortunate.
Symantec, maker of Norton software, publishes information about the latest virus threats on its worldwide homepage at http://www.symantec.com.
Free virus removal tools and instructions are also available there.
A free system security check to let you know how vulnerable your computer is to viruses and other security threats is available at http://www.symantec.com/securitycheck/.
Updating anti-virus software was also discussed in a previous tip sheet. See http://www.showyourlistings.com/news2.html.
INTERESTING RESOURCE SITES
The Internet is loaded with free information and tools to make your life easier. Finding those things is not always as easy as it could be, though. Since we spend a great deal of time on the Internet, we have found a few good resources
that we'd like to share with you.
Online dictionaries and thesauruses (thesaurae?) put the world's top reference books at your fingertips. A great compendium of reference resources can be had at http://www.e-releases.com/reference/index.html.
For a simple dictionary & thesaurus, try Merriam-Webster Online at http://www.m-w.com/.
Comparison shopping for a wide range of consumer and technical products is easily done at http://shopper.cnet.com.
Check your Internet connection speed at http://webservices.cnet.com/bandwidth/.
The Norfolk Federation of Agriculture web site at http://www.nfawebsite.org is a great source for news - and not just from the world of farming. The NFA's web search feature allows you to seach the web using a variety of popular search engines simultaneously.
International news reports from the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/default.stm) have a refreshingly global approach compared to the American network TV news we're so accustomed to.
The recently redesigned CBC site (http://www.cbc.ca/) is terrific for Canadian news and entertainment.
The Central Intelligence Agency (yes, the CIA!) publishes a wonderful resource called the CIA World Factbook. The site carries profiles of dozens of countries around the world. A good place to do some research before traveling or for school projects. See it at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html.
Microsoft's Office Template Gallery (http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/templategallery/) has hundreds templates and examples to help you craft more perfect letters, calendars, proposals, business forms and more.
