• Give Your PC’s a Back-to-School Checkup

    by  • August 27, 2009 • Blog

    Summer is over. Well- Summer is over for public school students here in the Houston area. In other parts of the country Summer is winding down. In Michigan they aren’t allowed to start school until after Labor Day…so it starts the day after Labor Day- go figure.

    Anyway- whether Summer is winding down or the clock has expired where you are, it might be a good time to get your student’s PC back in tip-top homework doing, hardcore studying shape. As Ray Dickenson, CTO of Authentium puts it “After a long and busy summer of playing games, downloading music and browsing Facebook, PC’s can be out of shape or downright dangerous for serious use. Here is a handy guide for giving your computers that back-to-school check-up.”

    Check out his blog post: Give Your PC a Back-to-School Check-Up

    About

    Tony has driven security policies and technologies for antivirus and incident response for Fortune 500 companies, and he has been network administrator and technical support for smaller companies. He has written for a variety of other Web sites and publications, including BizTech Magazine, PC World, SearchSecurity.com, WindowsNetworking.com, Smart Computing magazine, and Information Security magazine. Tony is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and ISSAP (Information Systems Security Architecture Professional). He is Microsoft Certified as an MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) in Windows 2000 and an MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) in Windows NT. Tony has been recognized by Microsoft as an MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in Windows security since 2006. In addition to his Web site and magazine contributions, Tony was also tech editor of PCI Compliance (ISBN: 1597491659 ) and author of Essential Computer Security: Everyone’s Guide to E-mail, Internet, and Wireless Security (ISBN: 1597491144), coauthor of Hacker’s Challenge 3 (ISBN: 0072263040) and a contributing author to Winternals: Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide (ISBN: 1597490792), Combating Spyware in the Enterprise (ISBN: 1597490644) Syngress Force 2006 Emerging Threat Analysis: From Mischief to Malicious (ISBN: 1597490563), Botnets: The Killer Web Applications (ISBN: 1597491357), and AVIEN Malware Defense Guide for the Enterprise (ISBN: 1597491640).

    http://www.tonybradley.com