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 AVOID USING WIFI NETWORKS FOR BUSINESS, BANKING, OR SHOPING ONLINE
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST11-001.html
   Don't do it!

 AVOIDING SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND PHISHING ATTACKS 
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html
   Don't ever give out information!
   
 IDENTIFYING HOAXES AND URBAN LEGENDS 
   Email is not a good source of warnings, instruction or wisdom!
   Krebs's Rule #1: If you didn't go looking for it, don't install it!
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-009.html
   Ignore it!

 ADVICE ABOUT COMMON SECURITY ISSUES FOR NON-TECHNICAL COMPUTER USERS
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/
   Please read through these tips!

 SECURITY TIP OF THE DAY  
   http://www.sans.org/tip_of_the_day.php

 BROWSING SAFELY: UNDERSTANDING ACTIVE CONTENT AND COOKIES
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-012.html
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-001.html

 BEST PRACTICES FOR KEEPING YOUR HOME NETWORK SECURE
   http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets/Best_Practices_Datasheets.pdf

 SECURITY FOR THE HOME COMPUTER USER
   http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/hsoffice/homeland-security-starts-home-security-home-computer-user_625.pdf

 HOME NETWORK SECURITY
   http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html
   
 AM I ONLINE? WHAT'S MY BANDWIDTH?
   http://speedtest.frontier.com/
   http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/ (requires user address)
   http://speedtest.silverstar.com/
   http://www.ispgeeks.com/wild/modules/Bandwidth_Meter_DSL/initialmeter.php

 ARE THERE INTERNET PROBLEMS?
   http://downrightnow.com/
   http://isc.sans.edu/links.html via IP

 IS MY FIREWALL TURNED ON? 
   https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
   http://nmap-online.com/
   http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=4789 (Never disable your firewall)
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-004.html
   
 IS MY COMPUTER UP2DATE? 
   Do your Updates, Computer, Plugins and 3rd Party Apps! Patch 
   Everything: Java, Browsers, OS, Adobe Reader, etc. Everything! 
   I literally cannot stress the importance of this enough.
   https://browsercheck.qualys.com/
   http://secbrowsing.appspot.com/
   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
   http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html

 IS MY COMPUTER PART OF A BOTNET? 
   http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/05/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x/ (Macs)
   http://isc.sans.edu/ipinfo.html  (See: Reports and Targets)
   http://botnetchecker.com/
   http://www.rbltest.com/

 OUTBOUND FIREWALLS

   In a nutshell, an "outbound firewall" monitors all the traffic and
   requests leaving your computer, allowing you to ensure that nothing
   malicious is happening and that no sensitive data is being sent
   without your approval.

   ZoneAlarmŽ Free Firewall (Outbound Firewall for PCs)
     http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm

   Little Snitch (Outbound Firewall for Mac OS X)
     http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

 OK, SO MY COMPUTER IS INFECTED -- NOW WHAT?
   http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?n&storyid=10561
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-006.html

 WHAT PROCESSES ARE RUNNING ON MY COMPUTER
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete  Windows: Ctrl+Alt+Del ==> Task Manager
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_(software)  OS X/Unix/Linux: Terminal ==> top, ps aux, ps ef 

 ONLINE VIRUS SCAN
   http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
   http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

 SCAN A FILE - quick detection of malware
   http://www.virustotal.com/
   http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=10366

 FREE AVG for PCs
   http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2012
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-005.html
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST06-009.html

 SECURITY INCIDENT SURVEY
   http://zeltser.com/network-os-security/ddos-incident-cheat-sheet.pdf
   http://zeltser.com/network-os-security/security-incident-questionnaire-cheat-sheet.pdf
   http://zeltser.com/network-os-security/security-incident-survey-cheat-sheet.pdf
   http://zeltser.com/reverse-malware/analyzing-malicious-document-files.pdf
   
 INTERNET STATUS 
   http://isc.sans.edu/ via IP
   http://isc.sans.edu/links.html via IP
   http://www.dshield.org/links.html via IP
   http://www.dshield.org/ via IP
   http://www.internetpulse.net/ via IP

 DOMAIN NAME SERVER (DNS) STATUS
   http://www.cymru.com/monitoring/dnssumm/index.html via IP
   http://code.google.com/p/namebench/downloads/list (Find best DNS in my area)
   
 SECURITY THREATS NEWS - KEEPING UP2DATE 
   http://threatpost.com/en_us
   http://seclists.org/isn/
   http://krebsonsecurity.com/
   http://www.us-cert.gov/current/ via IP
   http://isc.sans.edu/ via IP
   http://isc.sans.edu/links.html via IP
   http://www.dshield.org/links.html via IP
   http://www.dshield.org/ via IP

 ANALYSIS TOOLS 
   http://code.google.com/p/namebench/downloads/list
   http://www.infosniper.net/index.php
   http://www.ipaddresslocation.org/
   http://centralops.net/co/
   http://www.dshield.org/tools/

 BROUSER SECURITY
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-001.html
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-012.html
   http://isc.sans.edu/tools/browserinfo.html
   http://centralops.net/asp/co/BrowserMirror.vbs.asp

 REMOTE ACCRESS
   http://showmypc.com/

 SHOULD I CHANGE MY PASSWORD (not a bad idea)
   http://www.xkcd.org/936/ 
   http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=11350
   http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-002.html
   https://shouldichangemypassword.com/

 EMAIL ADDRESS CHECK
   http://centralops.net/co/EmailDossier.aspx
   http://hq42.net/net_tools/test_email_addr.php
   http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?n&storyid=11026
   http://www.ip-address.org/tracker/trace-email.php (from email header)


 MAC OS X SECURITY CONFIGURATION GUIDES
   http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets/macosx_10_6_hardeningtips.pdf
   http://www.apple.com/support/security/guides/
   http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.php?title=Hardening_Mac_OS_X
   http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/04/mac-maintenance-tips/
   http://edu-observatory.org/mac/index.html


 COMPUTER SERVICES
   Solid Systems Inc
     http://solidsystemsinc.com/ 
     (Wed. 9-11am at Cafe Diem, 323 Main St Ames, IA)
   Iowa Computer Guys
     http://iowacomputerguys.com/Ames.aspx
   Heartland Technology Solutions
     http://www.heartlandtechnologies.com/

 RECYCLING OLD COMPUTERS
   Howard McPhail picks up old computers for recycling. They wipe
   the hard drives... rebuild what needs rebuilt and make the
   computers available to MICA (Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc).

   Howard B Mcphail - (515) 232-1293 - 2103 Hunziker Dr, Ames, IA 50010