Security using Internet with Comcast

Question: Am I automatically protected when I access Internet with Comcast?

Answer: No: you have to download and install Norton Security Suite from Comcast.net The good news is that it is free

Comcast customers can now get the top-rated Norton™ Security Suite and Norton™ Internet Security for Mac®. It helps protect your computer, files and identity without slowing you down. Plus, get Norton Online Family to safeguard your kids online - $160 dollar value at no additional cost with your Comcast High-Speed Internet subscription.

Download Norton Security Suite

Current Comcast High-Speed Internet customers can download the Norton Security Suite by doing the following:

· Go to the Comcast Security Channel

· Select either PC or Macintosh and then click Get it now

· Go through the steps, which will include removing any existing anti-virus software from your computer, and installation of the Norton Security Suite

Use our Quick Switch Guide to learn more about switching from McAfee to Norton.

To have www.5clir.org on your browser toolbar

A) Internet Explorer

a. Go to www.5clir.org

b. Click on Favorites (Yellow star)

c. Click on “Add to favorites”

d. Click on “Add to Favorites bar”

B) Mozilla FIREFOX

a. Go to www.5clir.org

b. Click “Bookmarks”

c. Click “Bookmark this page”

d. In “Folder” select toolbar” then “done”

To have www.5clir.org as your “homepage” (i.e. to start there every time you use your browser)

A) Internet Explorer

a. Go to www.5clir.org

b. Click on :tools”

c. Click on “Internet options”

d. On the “General” page where it shows “home page” click “select current”

e. Apply—OK

B) Mozilla FIREFOX

a. Go to www.5clir.org

b. Click on “tools”

c. Click on “Options”

d. At “Homepage” click “select current”

Turning off the sound via the keyboard

It used to be that you had to click on audio ads to hear them. Then they began yakking at you when you accidentally moused over them. Now some are set to begin yammering at you the minute the page loads.

To stop this, I've used the MUTE key, which is F10 on my keyboard, to simply turn off sound. It's so nice to eliminate that stuff. If I WANT to hear a video or something, I can just click the same key again to turn the sound back on. Ahhh. Quiet.


Janet Price

Phishing

If you get an email (looking like coming) from your bank asking you to update your data and offering link to do it it is probably a "Phishing" scam. Do not click on the link! And if you want to be double sure go to your bank site with your browser as you usually do. You will most certainly not see any request for update!

Selecting Text

If you have trouble dragging a mouse across text to select it, there's another option. Double-click in the middle of a word to select a word or triple-click to select an entire line. To select several lines, select the first word, then scroll to the last word and SHIFT-select it.

Make your own calendar websites (2/27/2010)

There are a couple of websites that let you make your own calendars and print them out.  I use two of them regularly.  I use http://bighugelabs.com/calendar.php to make annual calendars for my grandson featuring pictures of him.  Then I use http://www.calendarsthatwork.com/ to print a weekly calendar for the growing season to keep track of what's happening when in the garden.


Janet Price