230 likes | 411 Vues
Leyton Sixth Form College. London. Desktop Computer Security. We will be looking at three types of software: Personal Firewall Spyware/Adware removal Popup killer. A firewall blocks unwanted packets from entering or leaving the computer. Sygate personal firewall.
E N D
Leyton Sixth Form College London
Desktop Computer Security • We will be looking at three types of software: • Personal Firewall • Spyware/Adware removal • Popup killer
A firewall blocks unwanted packets from entering or leaving the computer
Sygate personal firewall A message is shown when packets are blocked. Example1.
The firewall also informs you if an application has changed since you last used it. This may be because it has been infected by a virus or worm
The firewall also stops Port scan attacks
You can now select what drives you wish to scan, once you have done this click ‘Scan’ and the scan of the chosen drives will begin.You will be kept updated with the progress of the scan in the main window.
Once the scan is completed you will have all of the scan results displayed on the main window. You then have the option to view the log of the scan or continue to the next page.
When you click on ‘next’, the following screen will be displayed.It shows all of the found spyware and adware from the scan.You can now select which items you wish and choose whether to Ignore, Backup or Delete the items
You can also view the registry settings.This is where you can view all of the setup files for all of the programs installed on your machine.WARNING: Messing about with these settings can result in programs no longer working
Once you have finished with all of the searching and removing you will be displayed with a final rundown of the scan and anything you did with the files found