Simple Computer Security: Disinfect Your PC

by CATM; With: Eric Geier; Jim Geier

• ISBN13: 9780470068540
• ISBN10: 047006854X
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The CA books will have three sections: Part 1: Understanding the Threats and Solutions-using real customer "scare stories" this section will describe typical security threats for consumers and then show how CA's software provided a quick and easy solution.Part 2: Detect and Eliminate Threats-step-by-step installation guidance for CA's Internet Security Suite, which comes bundled free w/the book and how to use each and every component, all in much more reader-friendly narrative than any software documentation could provide.Part 3: Updates and Troubleshooting- step-by-step to download regular updates and any available upgrades and how to do so; lists any problems/errors the readers/users may experience with the software titles, and give fixes.

Author Biography

CA Founded in 1976, CA is a global company with 150 offices in more than 45 countries and revenues of $3.5 billion in 2005. With over 15,000 employees, CA provides products and support to 980f Fortune 500® companies, as well as government entities, educational institutions, and thousands of other companies in diverse industries worldwide. CA products cover systems, networks, security, storage, and databases.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. xvii
Understand the Threats and Solutions	p. 1
Viruses, Spyware, and Other Malware Infections	p. 3
About Viral Infections	p. 3
About Spyware	p. 5
Adware	p. 7
Prevalence of Malware	p. 7
Threats Affect Online Behavior	p. 8
Spam, PC Intrusion, and Inappropriate Content	p. 11
About Spam	p. 11
About PC Intrusion	p. 12
Inappropriate Content	p. 13
Solutions to Online Threats	p. 17
Combat Viruses, Spyware, and Other Malware	p. 17
Get Rid of Spam	p. 20
Stop PC Intrusions	p. 21
Protect Your Family from Inappropriate Content	p. 22
Active Protection: CA Internet Security Suite	p. 23
Why Choose CA Internet Security Suite?	p. 26
CA Anti-Virus: Complete Virus Protection	p. 27
CA Personal Firewall: Complete Hacker and Privacy Protection	p. 29
CA Anti-Spyware: Comprehensive Anti-Spyware Solution	p. 30
CA Anti-Spam: Complete Spam Protection	p. 32
Blue Coat K9 Web Protection: Take Control	p. 33
Detect and Eliminate Threats	p. 35
Installing CA Internet Security Suite 2007	p. 37
Operating System Support	p. 37
System Requirements	p. 38
Individual Programs	p. 38
Before Installing CA Internet Security Suite 2007	p. 40
Installing CA Internet Security Suite 2007	p. 40
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You're Done!	p. 45
Prior to Installing Blue Coat K9 Web Protect	p. 46
Installing Blue Coat K9 Web Protection	p. 46
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You're Done!	p. 51
Using the CA Security Center	p. 53
Often the CA Security Center	p. 53
The CA Security Center Window	p. 55
Status Information	p. 57
Common Functions	p. 58
Use the System Tray Icon	p. 58
Detecting and Eliminating Viruses	p. 61
Virus Scanning and Detection Methods	p. 61
Open CA Anti-Virus	p. 62
CA Anti-Virus Introduction	p. 65
Overview Screen	p. 65
Real-Time Protection Status	p. 66
Email Protection Status	p. 67
Last Product Update Status	p. 68
Last System Scan Status	p. 68
Product License Status	p. 68
Quarantine Screen	p. 69
Options Screen	p. 70
Reports Screen	p. 70
Common Tasks	p. 71
Secure Now	p. 71
Perform an On-Demand Virus Scan	p. 72
Full System Scan	p. 72
Perform a Partial On-demand Virus Scan	p. 74
Turn Real-Time Protection On or Off	p. 75
Enable Snooze	p. 75
Awake from Snooze	p. 77
Enable the Real-time Scanner	p. 79
Disable the Real-time Scanner	p. 80
Enable the Real-time Email Scanner	p. 81
Disable the Real-time Email Scanner	p. 83
Schedule Automatic Scans	p. 84
Advanced Tasks	p. 85
Exclude Files and Folders from Virus Scanning	p. 86
Add Files or Folders to the On-demand Scanner Exclusion List	p. 86
Edit the On-demand Scanner Exclusion List	p. 87
Add Files or Folders to the Real-time Scanner Exclusion List	p. 89
Edit the Real-time Scanner Exclusion List	p. 90
Working with Quarantined Items	p. 92
View Your Quarantined Items	p. 92
Delete Items	p. 93
Restore Items	p. 95
Enable or Disable Automatic Quarantine	p. 97
On-demand Scanning	p. 97
Real-time Scanning	p. 97
Real-time Email Scanning	p. 98
Enable or Disable Additional Scanning Methods	p. 99
On-demand Heuristic Scanning	p. 99
Real-time Scanner Heuristic Scanning	p. 100
Network File Scanning	p. 102
Enable or Disable Virus Cleaning Methods	p. 103
On-demand Scanning	p. 103
Real-time Scanning	p. 104
Real-time Email Scanning	p. 104
Restore Scan Settings Defaults	p. 105
Stopping Hackers from Attacking Your PC	p. 107
Firewall and Protection Methods	p. 108
Authorization Methods	p. 108
The Firewall Zones	p. 110
Application Control	p. 111
Identity Theft and My Safe	p. 111
Email Protection	p. 112
Mobile Code Protection	p. 113
Expert Firewall Rules	p. 113
CA Personal Firewall Introduction	p. 114
Open CA Personal Firewall	p. 114
Overview Screen	p. 118
Firewall Screen	p. 120
Application Control Tab	p. 121
Zones Tab	p. 123
Expert Rules Tab	p. 125
Privacy Screen	p. 127
Internet Browser Protection Tab	p. 128
Cache Cleaner Tab	p. 131
ID Theft Tab	p. 132
Email Screen	p. 133
Protection Settings	p. 134
Email Attachments	p. 135
Reports Screen	p. 136
Settings Tab	p. 136
Log Viewer	p. 137
Option Menus	p. 138
General Options	p. 138
Firewall Options	p. 139
Privacy Options	p. 140
Email Options	p. 145
Common Tasks	p. 147
Secure Now	p. 147
Block All Internet Access	p. 148
Restore Internet Access	p. 149
Clean Cache Now	p. 150
Advanced Tasks	p. 150
Firewall	p. 151
Add an Application	p. 151
Edit Application Access	p. 152
Add Expert Rules to an Application	p. 154
Add Expert Firewall Rules	p. 161
Zone Protection Levels	p. 166
Change Your Safe Zone	p. 167
Change Your Restricted Zone	p. 168
Assign Network Adapters and Ports to Zones	p. 170
Internet Browser Protection	p. 171
Manage Sites	p. 171
Change the Cookie Control Protection Level	p. 173
Change the Ad/Pop-up Blocker Protection Level	p. 175
Change the Mobile Code Protection Level	p. 177
Cache Cleaner	p. 179
Schedule the Cache Cleaner	p. 179
Clean Cache Now	p. 180
Customize the Cache Cleaner	p. 181
ID Theft	p. 182
Add Private Information to My Safe	p. 182
Edit Private Information in My Safe	p. 184
Add a Trusted Site	p. 187
Edit a Trusted Site	p. 188
Email	p. 191
Enable or Disable Inbound Email Protection	p. 191
Enable or Disable Outbound Email Protection	p. 192
Add Attachments to Inbound Email Protection List	p. 193
Edit Attachments in the Inbound Email Protection List	p. 194
Configure Advanced Outbound Email Protection	p. 196
Protecting Against Spyware and Adware	p. 199
Anti-Spyware Scanning Methods	p. 199
CA Anti-Spyware Introduction	p. 201
Open CA Anti-Spyware	p. 201
Overview Screen	p. 204
Quarantine Screen	p. 206
Options Screen	p. 208
Reports Screen	p. 209
Common Tasks	p. 211
Secure Now	p. 211
Perform a Quick Scan	p. 212
Perform a Selective Scan	p. 214
Turn Real-Time Protection On or Off	p. 216
Schedule Automatic Scans	p. 217
Advanced Tasks	p. 219
Specify Scan Options	p. 219
Exclude Files or Folders from On-Demand Spyware Scanning	p. 220
Add Files or Folders to the Excluded Files/Folders List	p. 220
Remove Items from the Excluded Files/Folders or Spyware List	p. 221
Exclude Files or Folders from Real-Time Spyware Scanning	p. 223
Add Files or Folders to the Excluded Files/Folders List	p. 223
Remove Items from the Excluded Files/Folders List or Spyware List	p. 224
Exclude Specific Spyware from Spyware Scans	p. 226
For On-Demand Scanning Exclusion	p. 226
For Real-Time Scanning Exclusion	p. 226
Working with Quarantined Items	p. 227
View Quarantined Items	p. 227
Delete Items	p. 228
Restore Items	p. 229
Enable or Disable Automatic Quarantine	p. 229
Scanning Multiple User Accounts	p. 230
Configure Alert Sounds	p. 231
Restore Scan Settings Defaults	p. 232
Submit Files to CA Research	p. 232
Blocking Spam	p. 235
Setup CA Anti-Spam	p. 235
CA Anti-Spam Introduction	p. 237
Accessing the CA Anti-Spam Toolbar Menu	p. 237
Review Quarantined Messages Screen	p. 239
Approved Senders Screen	p. 239
Blocked Senders Screen	p. 240
Clean Current Folder Screen	p. 240
Options Screen	p. 241
Quarantine Tab	p. 242
Senders Tab	p. 243
Spam Score Tab	p. 244
Search Tab	p. 246
Advanced Tab	p. 247
Rules Tab	p. 248
Menu Buttons	p. 249
Common Tasks	p. 250
Review Quarantined Messages	p. 250
Approve Messages and Senders	p. 253
Block Messages and Senders	p. 254
Search for Email Messages	p. 256
Approved Senders List	p. 257
View Approved Senders	p. 257
Add Senders to Your Approved Senders List	p. 259
Add Domains to Your Approved Senders List	p. 260
Delete Senders from Your Approved Senders List	p. 261
Build Your Approved Senders List Automatically	p. 262
Blocked Senders List	p. 263
View Blocked Senders	p. 263
Add Senders to Your Blocked Senders List	p. 265
Add Domains to Your Blocked Senders List	p. 266
Delete Senders from Your Blocked Senders List	p. 267
Advanced Tasks	p. 268
Setting Options	p. 268
Export Approved Senders Lists	p. 269
Import Approved Senders Lists	p. 270
Require Valid Digital Signatures	p. 271
Require Matching Names from Senders	p. 272
Blocking Offensive Websites	p. 275
Web Content Filtering Methods	p. 276
Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Introduction	p. 277
Open Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Administration	p. 278
Administrator Login	p. 280
View Internet Activity	p. 281
View Activity Summary	p. 282
View Activity Detail	p. 284
Setup	p. 285
Web Categories to Block Page	p. 286
Web Site Exceptions Page	p. 288
Web Search Options Page	p. 288
Time Restrictions Page	p. 288
Blocking Effects Page	p. 290
URL Keywords Page	p. 290
Change Password Page	p. 291
Tasks	p. 292
Unblockor Block Websites	p. 292
Enable or Disable Google SafeSearch	p. 293
Configure Time Restrictions	p. 295
Hide or Show Admin Options on Block Page Alerts	p. 296
Hide or Show Blocked URL Keywords on Block Page Alerts	p. 298
Change the Administration Password	p. 299
Configure Audible Bark on Blocked Alert	p. 300
Configure Time Out Settings	p. 301
Ensuring Up-to-Date Protection	p. 305
Update CA Internet Security Suite	p. 305
Configure Proxy Settings	p. 307
Configure Automatic Update Options	p. 309
View the Update Log	p. 312
Index	p. 315
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