Welcome to PC Security & Maintenance


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Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 |

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Lesson 3 - Online Offsite Backup Services

Carbonite
IDrive
Mozy

Lesson 3 - Disk Imaging Software

Acronis True Image
Norton Ghost

Lesson 3 - Data Recovery Software

Convar PC Inspector
Ontrack EasyRecover

Lesson 5 - Commercial Antivirus Software

Kaspersky
Bit Defender
The Shield Deluxe 2008

Lesson 5 - Free Antivirus Software

Lesson 6 - Spam Filtering Software

SpamBayes
Postini
Vanguish
OnlyMyEmail

WebSims

Lesson 1

Hands-On 1.3A: Change an Account Type (Win XP)
Hands-On 1.3B: Change an Account Type (Win Vista)
Hands-On 1.4A: Personalize an Account Type (Win XP)
Hands-On 1.4B: Personalize an Account Type (Win Vista)
Hands-On 1.5A: Change an Account Password (Win XP)
Hands-On 1.5B: Change an Account Password (Win Vista)
Hands-On 1.6A: Create and Edit a New Account (Win XP)
Hands-On 1.6B: Create and Edit a New Account (Win Vista)
Hands-On 1.9A: Explore Public Folders (Win XP)
Hands-On 1.9B: Explore Public Folders (Win Vista)
Skill Builder 1.1A: Display My Documents on the Desktop (Win XP)
Skill Builder 1.1B: Display Your User Folder on the Desktop (Win Vista)
Skill Builder 1.2: Secure Standby Mode (Win XP)

Lesson 2

Hands-On 2.1A: Download and Install a Program (Win XP)
Hands-On 2.1B: Download and Install a Program (Win Vista)
Hands-On 2.2: Update a Program
Hands-On 2.3:Uninstall a Program via the Start Menu
Hands-On 2.4: Clean the Startup Folder
Skill Builder 2.1A: Uninstall a Program via the Control Panel (Win XP)
Skill Builder 2.1B: Uninstall a Program via the Control Panel (Win Vista)

Lesson 3

Hands-On 3.1A: Explore System Folders (Win XP)
Hands-On 3.1B: Explore System Folders (Win Vista)
Hands-On 3.2A: Perform Disk Cleanup (Win XP)
Hands-On 3.2B: Perform Disk Cleanup (Win Vista)
Hands-On 3.3A: Defragment a Drive (Win XP)
Hands-On 3.3B: Defragment a Drive (Win Vista)
Hands-On 3.4A: Back Up Data (Win XP)
Hands-On 3.4B: Back Up Data (Win Vista)
Hands-On 3.5A: Restore Backed Up Data (Win XP)
Hands-On 3.5B: Restore Backed Up Data (Win Vista)
Hands-On 3.6A: Back Up Files to an External Drive (Win XP)
Hands-On 3.6B: Back Up Files to an External Drive (Win Vista)
Skill Builder 3.1A: Use Chkdsk to Check for Errors (Win XP)
Skill Builder 3.1B: Use Chkdsk to Check for Errors (Win Vista)

Lesson 4

Hands-On 4.1A: Work with the Windows Firewall (Win XP)
Hands-On 4.1B: Work with the Windows Firewall (Win Vista)

Lesson 5

Hands-On 5.3A: Download and Install Antivirus Software (Win XP)
Hands-On 5.3B: Download and Install Antivirus Software (Win Vista)
Hands-On 5.4: Download and Install Antispyware Software (Win XP)
Hands-On 5.5: Perform a Virus Scan
Hands-On 5.6A: Use System Restore (Win XP)
Hands-On 5.6B: Use System Restore (Win Vista)
Skill Builder 5.1: Perform a Spyware Scan

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