Security issues (also see http://netsecurity.about.com/compute/netsecurity/ )

1. http://www.pcworld.com/hereshow/article.asp?aid=17012 - very good introduction to personal firewalls
2. http://www.msnbc.com/news/498543.asp?cp1=1 - a nice brief article introducing three firewalls
3. http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2615071,00.html - a review of popular software
4. http://netsecurity.about.com/compute/netsecurity/library/weekly/aa031901a.htm - some free firewalls
5. http://internet-tips.net/Security/Firewalls.htm - good introduction to firewalls

1. http://applied.co.nz/html/info/vb100/ - a summary of how various free/shareware anti-virus products we have tested faired against the 'In the Wild' test-sets since January 1998.
2. http://www.alphalink.com.au/~oleary/Virus/virus1.htm - a personal page that has many links to virus resources (including free programs, encyclopedias and more)
3. http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/safe2000.htm - a personal page that has good basic tips and definitions
4. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/remove.html - step by step instructions for removing a virus
5. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/hoax.html - how to spot a virus hoax
6. http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/index.htm the ultimate site for hoax and urban legend information
7. http://www.urbanlegends.com/ - another great site
8. http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/index.htm?rnk=c1&terms=virus - wonderful site for all sorts of virus protection information

1. http://www.smartcomputing.com/default.asp - great for maintaining system operations
2. http://pcsupport.about.com/ - general support web site
3. www.pcguide.com - another great general site
4. http://pcsupport.about.com/compute/pcsupport/cs/pcmaintenance/index.htms - list of basic questions asked and answered
5. http://pcsupport.about.com/compute/pcsupport/library/weekly/aa061900a.htm - tips on keeping your computer clean

1. http://pcsupport.about.com/compute/pcsupport/library/weekly/aa020800a.htm?rnk=r3&terms=backup backing up your computer
2. http://pcsupport.about.com/compute/pcsupport/cs/backuprecovery/index.htm - list of backup resources
3. http://www.pcguide.com/care/bu/index.htm - very detailed guide - start here http://www.pcguide.com/care/bu/method.htm for intro to backup methods
4. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/pcdir/content/1999/09/software/uninstallers/ - nice review of uninstallers
5. http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,397413,00.html - nice article reviewing uninstaller programs
6. http://www.freewarefilez.com/Utilities/Uninstallers - a list of some free uninstaller programs
7. http://www.medwrite.org/tutorials/winzip/winzip.htm - Winzip - files created with this program have a .zip file extension
8. www.winzip.com - winzip site, can download trial version to use.
9. http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/easyguide - Stufit - used primarily by Mac operators, will work on PC - files created with this program have a .hqx (also works with UNIX .tar files and winzip .zip files) file extension.
10. http://www.driverguide.com/ - nice site with links to drivers for various computer peripherals
11. http://icq.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2547327,00.html - PC Magazine’s 2000 Utility Guide
12. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/utilities99/index.html - PC Magazine’s 1999 Utility Guide (old, but good general information, useful as an introduction)

Computer Models- Classroom designs -

1. http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/project/teacher/manage/index.html
2. http://www.resnet.wm.edu/~lrscho/computer.htm
3. http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachtech/techsetup.htm
4. http://www.techtrain.org/curriculum/1c_mngmt.htm
5. http://www.learnsol.com/menu3.html
6. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/staff/abita/academic_websites/tech_classroom.htm - go to the one computer classroom section

Tutorials and Quizzes

1. http://www.chaminade.org/MIS/Tutorials/Quizzes/QuizStart.htm
2. http://www.chaminade.org/MIS/Tutorials/Quizzes/~BasicComputerQuiz1.htm

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