PC Maintenance and Security

The irony of this lesson is that I actually own Apple products, so a lot of this was lost on me.  That said, this limited my options down to those that were immediately relevant.

I chose to learn about Roboform because I've been signing up for a lot of websites lately, and I've been struggling to keep track of all the passwords.  Roboform not only keeps track of all your passwords for you, it can also password protect access to your passwords on the off  chance anyone else is using your computer.  I signed up immediately and realized how useful it was when I couldn't even remember all the passwords to all the sites I wanted it to remember.

I also watched a video on HiJack This! This is a tool which allows you to copy the code from your virus and paste it on a website for techies to try to help you with.  It's a last resort, but useful to know about in case of emergency. I was surprised to know that people were just sitting around waiting to help others with viruses.

Finally, I saw how to show hidden file extensions.  This is useful if you download random things from the internet that may look like documents, but are actually viruses in disguise.

It also shows you how to hide file extensions by, for example, changing .exe to .doc  Useful to know if you want to hide something incriminating from your parents/significant other/children. I don't think this was the purpose of the video, but it's what I took away from it.

Careful surfing to all!