An Overview of Network Security

• There are a number of threats that could affect you, or your organization
  • Network Security is something that everyone will need to understand
  • It’s your job, as an Endpoint Administrator to educate your users. I suggest that you show the users in your organization this video.

**Adware – What is Adware? Adware is designed to display advertisements on your computer **

• People have asked, how did adware get installed on my computer?

Most of the time you get Adware from downloading software bundles – These programs install adware alongside programs you can get for free.

• Adware knows what types of ads to display, based on the users computing habits. Sites visited and computer usage.
• For prevention download your software from an official site, not a third-party site.

**Spyware – What is Spyware? Spyware is designed to steal a user’s personal information. **

• Spyware is a form of malware which is short for malicious software** **
• Spyware is installed without the users knowledge, it runs in the background.** **
• Spyware can record audio, video, and record calls from your smartphone** ** and capture credit card numbers.

For prevention – Be selective about what you download to your computer. Beware of clickable advertisements

**Mitigation of spyware and adware **

• Be aware that free software can include spyware or malware.
• Be sure that your antimalware software is up to date.

**Viruses, Trojans and Rootkits **

• These are all installed without user’s knowledge

**What is a computer virus? **

• A computer virus is a piece of code that is capable of copying itself, and has the potential of destroying data and corrupting your operating system.** **
• A virus can be application specific. For example, a macro virus for a Microsoft Word application can replace the regular commands with the same name, and run, when the command is selected. These malicious…