Safe Surfing

Safe Surfing

Visit these sites for advice on keeping your children safe whilst using the Internet

http://kids.getnetwise.org/

http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/

http://www.parentsonline.gov.uk/safety/index.html

http://www.safekids.com/


Free software to help protect your PC

If you are using Windows XP you need to have the Firewall turned on.
Go to ?Start?, ?Control Panel? then ?Network Connections?. Right click on the connection you use to access the Internet. Click on ?Properties?. Click on ?Advanced?. Click in the box under where it says ? Internet Connection Firewall?. Click ?OK?.

www.housecall.antivirus.com

free online anti-virus scanner (needs Broadband)

http://www.free-av.com/

Download this free (for personal use) Anti-Virus program

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

Another free Anti-Virus program

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer.

http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html

Free firewall

Update Anti-Virus software regularly (weekly?)
Run Adaware and Spybot weekly.

Use Windows Update to ensure that security holes are plugged.