My Course Content and its Relevance

In the past weeks I have been able to apply all that I have learned to my own computer system. At the beginning of this course I was all set and ready to learn but my computer stopped me short in my tracks. I was faced with a unprotected system that had multiple virus issues. Prior to this discovery I was so frustrated with the rate my system processed any requests, it was slow and always shuting down on me during class. From I learned from my own system was to always have protection and the research I conducted during this class led me to wonderful software purchases that now how my system running much faster. My favorite part of this course was the virus research, I was able to gain a full understanding of what was occuring in my system and why. I will definetly be able to share my knowledge successfully with my colleagues and friends.

Computer's need protection too.....

I understand what it truly means to improve the management of the computer. In the past weeks I have been informed that my computer was infected with several different viruses. For a long time I could not understand why computer was running so slow, and I removed several non-significant files from my system but the run-time was still not functioning correctly. The discovery of the malware, spyware, and trojan viruses really brought to life the class 3 lecture. I believe Dr. Skonecki said "DON’T ever run without antivirus" and yes I did run my system without my system on a expired McAfe subscription. I have learned my lesson!!

From this experience I will always remember to run my system with Antivirus protection. I also learned to back up all my files and important data not only onto extended hard-drive but onto to my online drop box. Having my files available while my computer was away was essential to my all my daily activities.

Personally and professionally it is essential for the computer to be protected regardless of what sites and activities I am performing on my system (I just never assumed I would encounter any malicious activity). I will keep in mind what I learned this past week and that is to not open suspicious emails, keep my browser and operating system up to date, keep the firewall turned on, always back up my files, and to protect my wireless connection with a firewall and password.