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Staying Safe Online

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Program Type:

Technology

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Join computer expert Mike Ingber to learn how to recognize and avoid many of the risks that are lurking online. These risks can infect your computer, steal your personal information, and scam you in many ways. Among the assorted topics that we will discuss:

  • Security software
  • Passwords
  • Updating your software
  • Social engineering
  • Phishing
  • Ransomware
  • Malware
  • Popular scams
  • Recognizing fraudulent emails
  • Avoiding dangerous links
  • The importance of backups

Join us to learn more about staying safe online.


About the Presenter

Mike Ingber is the owner of Upward Business Systems, which has been in business since 1989 and provides expert, reliable, affordable computer consulting services to a large base of clients. Clients include town halls, libraries, schools, non-profit agencies, small and medium businesses of all sorts, home users, and senior citizens. 

Mike received an M.S. Degree in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1979, and a B.S. Degree in Computer Science and Applied Math from Stony Brook University in 1977. Mike has been a resident of Oxford since 1982, is happily married to Connie, and has two grown stepchildren.

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