AVG LinkScanner Tutorial for Mac Users

This past weekend, I visited Arizona State University where my brother has been accepted to college. During the presentation that they give to incoming freshman, one concerned mother asked the speaker about what the college does to protect student privacy over the internet. The speaker mentioned that at orientation incoming students are encouraged to download AVG LinkScanner. The parent seemed content with this answer, but I on the other hand had no idea what this was!

Due to the fact that we have been learning about Secure Email in this class, I decided to research AVG LinkScanner and discovered that it is a completely free way to protect both your computer and your information. In my final tutorial, I will show you guys how to download this wonderful system and encourage you all to keep your information safe!

AVG LinkScanner's Two Key Benefits:

Also:
1. Runs quietly in the background, won't even notice threat

2. Free and easy to download

3. Won't slow your computer down









Step 1: Visit http://linkscanner.avg.com/Mac.
Click on the "Free Download" button, if you are not a Mac user there is a free download for PC users as well!









Step 2: Once you have clicked on the "Free Download" button, it will bring you to a new screen with a green link titled "Download Now."
Click on this and this will appear on your screen.
Select "Save File." The file will then appear in your downloads. Double click on this download.








Step 3: This window will now appear Click "Install."

Step 4: You will then be guided through a window that will have the User Agreements. Click continue until you reach this screen. Select "Agree." The following screen will appear, select "Install." You will need to enter your particular computer's password in order to continue the installation process.






Step 5: The installation is complete and you will need to restart your computer.









I hope you have found this Tutorial useful. AVG LinkScanner is something that I am so glad to have learned about and am glad to have on my computer now, I hope you all feel the same way too!

--All pictures are screen captures taken on my own computer to avoid copyright--

Secure Email Project

Here is a screen capture of my Thunderbird inbox with both emails from the project:

http://securemedical.net/hipaa-medical-secure-email/the-news/34-doctors-and-hospitals-use-secure-medical.htmlhttp://securemedical.net/hipaa-medical-secure-email/the-news/34-doctors-and-hospitals-use-secure-medical.html

  Doctors and hospitals around the country have teamed up and started to use securemedical.net in an effort to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  Part of HIPAA's enactment was to protect the security and privacy of health data in the United States and securemedical.net is just another forum to help move in this direction.  This site allows users to send, store, and access their email in a a state-of the art secure encryption technology environment.  The target audience of securemedical.net is not just for the use of professionalism, but is also meant for small businesses and individuals as well. 

This forum also allows doctors to maintain relationships in a safe environment and to better serve those in need of medical attention by allowing a flow of communication.  Doctors have access to other specialitists email addresses and do not have to worry about having their information out there to be hacked or taken advantage of.  Securemedical.net is simply a way for you to make sure that your online medical information is safe from piracy or anyone that should not be able to access it and is a very inexpensive way to comply with HIPAA.  For any of you that are comfortable using regular email, securemedical.net should be just as easy and safe for you to use as well!

Voice Over IP (VOIP) and Video Capture

   Skype may be my favorite application on my computer.  As a out-of-state student, this VOIP forum allows me to keep in contact with my friends and family that are back home in New York.  Skype goes beyond and above what a cell phone or what email can do and allows me to have a face-to-face conversation with the people that I miss most.  VOIP allows you to be personal with who you are contacting and gives you a feeling of being in the other person's presence.  Needless to say, Skype and VOIP is something that I use quite often.  Aside from Skype, I have used IChat as well as Oovoo.  Skype however is my favorite software to use and is my VOIP of choice.  


  Although I was very familiar with VOIP and Skype, I had never used Jing or video capture before.  I thought it was really cool to be able to download software that would allow you to record a picture or video of essentially anything that appears on your screen at every given time.  Jing allows you to go above and beyond just simply taking a screen capture on your desktop and allows you to record video that could be used for anything. I thought that it was so cool to record my video chat, and is something that I am glad to have learned about and will certainly use in the future!  


   Below is a link to my video of my skype conversation.


http://www.screencast.com/users/KABodziner/folders/Jing/media/67032a38-1db1-4db4-84a2-a33764ac95dc