Protect Your Home PC
It’s just as important to protect your home computer as it is to protect your
office or laptop computers. Home computers can be especially problematic because
there may be multiple family members innocently downloading many things –
spyware, adware, worms, and viruses – that we warn about in these pages.
Be proactive in keeping your personal computer clean, safe and up to date. Many
people use their home computer to access UW resources. If you do, you can
unknowingly release viruses and worms into the UW computer network. Information
Technology may need to disable your access to UW resources if a home computer
attempts to spread malicious code behind our firewall.
Personal Services Available to Home Users
(www.uwyo.edu/InfoTech/services/Data/homeservices.htm)
Spyware & Adware removal: information and links to tools located under "Protect
your PC from spyware…"
Free Antivirus for Students, Faculty, and Staff provided by Information Technology
(www.uwyo.edu/InfoTech/antivirus/)
How To Install and Run Windows Automatic Updates
(www.uwyo.edu/ASKIT/displaydoc.asp?askitdocid=181&parentid=1)
It's highly recommended to automate your updates. The software can even do
it for you while you're sleeping.
Microsoft Office and other Microsoft product updates
(http://office.microsoft.com)
If you use Microsoft Office on a personal computer, it needs to be kept up to date. Plug up any security holes by running Microsoft's
online update.
UW VPN Remote Access
(www.uwyo.edu/InfoTech/vpn/)
Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections offer a greater level of security and are required for remote access to some UW network resources.
Do I need VPN
to access...?
(www.uwyo.edu/InfoTech/services/data/netsoftware.htm)
Confused about when VPN is required? Check this table of UW network connection
types and software availability.
Microsoft's Security at Home site
Protect your computer, yourself, your family.
