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Seven tips to ward off virus infections

1. Install an antivirus utility and update it often. During setup, at a minimum, you should enable full-time automatic scanning and make sure the utility checks the contents of .zip and other compressed files.2. Antivirus vendors update their virus definitions--the files they use to spot viruses--every week. For maximum safety, you should update that often, too. Some utilities can automatically add definitions as they become available.3. Be cautious about macros. Enable macro security options in your software packages. In such Office 2000 apps as Word and Outlook, for example, select Tools, Macro, Security... and be certain that the security level is set to high or medium.4. Update your Internet software. The majority of todays viruses arrive via e-mail, so make sure your e-mail program is up-to-date. Microsoft Outlook is the focus of most e-mail-based viruses, and Microsoft regularly releases new security patches. Dont ignore your Web browser either. The latest patches close some

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Managing TCP/IP Networks: Techniques, Tools and SecurityBy Gilbert Held

Department of BIG, Scary Numbers

The now familiar TERABYTE is 1,024 gigabytes, equivalent to all the X-ray films in a large technological hospital;

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Message from the Editor

Time is Tight, the song says. And it surely is, when it's famously fast cybertime. A month of cybertime, remember, is worth (fill in the blank: Six months? Two years? Three years?) of what's dubbed "real" time.

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RSA Security boosts smart card security

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Barrett: Intel will ride economic storm

Faced with an uncertain economic climate, Intel Corp. president and CEO Craig Barrett sought to deliver a strong message Tuesday that the chip giant can ride out the current economic downturn on the strength of its broad product offerings and by continuing to invest heavily in new technologies.

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