Practice “Safe” Computing
What Can Be Done?
- Install a virus checker and sweep your computer … (Dr. Solomon’s Anti-Virus application is available on UWICK)
- Be cautious about using other people’s floppy disks, and scan them first with a virus checker
- If you accidentally boot your machine with a non-system floppy, immediately turn it off before inserting the correct disk
- Be cautious about opening email attachments from unknown sources
Be realistic about viruses … there are
other, more likely ways to lose data