InternetBrowsersRevC.ppt by Barry K James November 2014 CANNOCK CHASE U3A SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GROUP. Using Internet Browsers & Security November 2014

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1 InternetBrowsersRevC.ppt by Barry K James November 2014 CANNOCK CHASE U3A SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GROUP Using Internet Browsers & Security November 2014

2 INTERNET VIEWING, SEARCHING AND SECURITY 1. How to view the Internet 2. Browsers available for Windows, Apple and Android 3. Using a Browser, links, using tabs, favourite websites 4. Search Engines, rogue links 5. Banking security 6. Firewalls and Anti-Virus Software 7. Malware, Spyware and Adware cleaners

3 SOME AVAILABLE FREE BROWSERS To view the internet, a browser application is required. A browser is a user interface to the internet. Windows PCs will have Internet Explorer (IE) installed, but others can be downloaded and used instead. Examples of other browsers available are:

4 BROWSER BASICS Address bar If you know the web address, type in here for IE: Google Search bar in IE Setting Home Page as Google or other in IE: Tools> Internet Options >Homepage Enter Google search box

5 SEARCHING & SEARCH ENGINES Search Engines>> Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc Search Words>> How to, and, Search Results>> Are links to other websites Look at the website address of each hit >> Check link, company and country, (.co.uk)... beware.com can be from anywhere. Watch out for search websites posing the answer but just want to divert you to buy something else.

6 GET LOST?...USE TABS Getting lost by continual clicking on links? Solution: Use the tab facility on browsers: Puffin tabs IE tabs When clicking on a search link: Press down the mouse wheel on link until it clicks. Click on new tab. Original tab is preserved. Or, right mouse click on link, and select Open in new tab. Click on new tab. Opera tabs

7 INTERNET SECURITY Firewall to stop Malware downloads, (Windows etc) Banking and using credit card security Obtain from your bank website Always have Trusteer Rapport active (green) Download from your bank website Anti-Virus Software

8 FREE FIREWALLS Windows Firewall (Defender comes with PC) Outpost Firewall Free Edition Comodo Personal Firewall free Zone Alarm Free

9 MALWARE CLEANERS SuperAntiSpyWare, free Particularly good at cleaning viruses Scan and clean PC before banking or using credit card. Ccleaner, free, cleans out rubbish MS Malware removal tool SpyBot, free MalwareBytes, free

10 FREE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR PC Microsoft Security Essentials - totally free Windows Defender - comes free with PC Avast totally free Avira Antivirus - totally free Zone Alarm totally free AVG Free - totally free

11 INTERNET SAVVY See Martin Lewis s, Money Saving Expert links -yourself 15 tips on how to spot and avoid scams. Defend yourself with six questions. Link to Internet Scams & Questions summary doc

12 NEXT TEA ANYONE? ANY QUESTIONS? FUTURE SESSION IDEAS

13 FUTURE TOPICS November: December: January: February: March: Using an Internet Browser and security for banking online. No meeting A Famous Scientist study. Leonardo DaVinci. Energy. The practical truth about solar PV panels and power facts. The Electric Car. The workings inside the engine and battery of pure electric and hybrid cars. Envisaged further topics for 2015: Practical workshop session. Building a kit crystal set or equivalent. A famous scientist. Marconi and his transmitters. Climate change, true or false. Microsoft Word fundamentals of document creation. Microsoft Excel fundamentals of spreadsheet use. Microsoft PowerPoint fundamentals of creating a presentation. Amateur Weatherstations

14 FUTURE SESSION IDEAS The use and benefit of technology (PC s, Cameras/Photography, Tablets, Music MP3, etc) Scientific and Engineering achievements of interest. Famous Scientists or Engineers (Brunel, Marconi, Faraday) DVDs of Railways, Industrial Age, Air transport, Road transport, Buildings (Eiffel, Bridges), Waterways. Own interests, diagrams, photos. Group visits (JCB, Jaguar, Jodrell Bank, BBC, Transport museum, Chasewater engine sheds, Space Centre, RAF Cosford?) Electronics practical projects and workshops (Soldering, Components, Raspberry Pie, Picaxe)

15 PICAXE PROJECTS Anyone look at the Picaxe or Revolution Education websites? Any project ideas? How about 2 robot teams competing for the best obstacle course program? How about making a weather station or kit? Any more suggestions?