ACS Internet Help Desk

Important Things
  • SecureIT Plus
  • Red Condor
  • Web Mail
  • Browsers
  • Connecting to ACS while traveling
  • Virus Protection
  • What is a firewall
  • Basic troubleshooting options

  •   Browsers

    "Internet Explorer 8 helps protect you from today's threats, including malware and phishing, as well as emerging threats that can compromise your computer without your knowledge. Other browsers either don't offer you this level of protection or require you to download and configure third-party add-ons to get it, but with Internet Explorer 8 you get it right out of the box, and turned on by default."
    • "Malware: software that a cybercriminal can use to steal your bank account information, track everything you type, send out malicious software or spam, or harm your computer."
    • "Phishing: an attack where a cybercriminal pretends to be a legitimate organization, such as your bank, in order to deceive you into giving up personal information such as credit card numbers and account information."
    • Click here for more information
    • Click here to download
    Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation
    • Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine.
    • Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems.
    • Download software from: http://www.mozilla.com
    • Email software, Thunderbird, is also downloadable from the above site also.
    Other web browsers, some are open source:
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