Hoaxes

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/nethoaxes/ht/emailhoax.htm
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp

Anti-Virus

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php (free version available)
http://www.mcafee.com/us/
http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
http://www.sophos.com/
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm (free online virus scan available)
http://www.f-secure.com/ (free online virus scan available)
http://www.free-av.com/ (free version available)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/home/default.asp (free online virus scan available)

Personal Firewall

http://www.firewallguide.com/
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp (free version available)
http://smb.sygate.com/ (free version available)
http://www.symantec.com/product/index_homecomp.html
http://www.kerio.com/kerio.html (free version available)
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
http://www.agnitum.com/
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/firewall/ov_firewall.asp
http://www.securepoint.cc/en/products-pcfirewall.html (free version available)
http://www.omniquad.com/homeuser.htm (free version available)

Adware & Spyware detection/removal software

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ (free version available)
http://www.spychecker.com/
http://www.webroot.com/ (free online scan available)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html (free)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html (free)
http://grc.com/nf/netfilter.htm

Software Glossary and Acronyms

http://www.itglossary.net/security.html
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6429.asp
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html

Other References

Microsoft has a security newsletter geared towards home users, with an option to
subscribe to a security newsletter: see http://www.microsoft.com/security/home/

Microsoft’s Advisory Page on viruses, at
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HA011030691033&CTT=
98
US Security Awareness: http://www.ussecurityawareness.org/highres/computersecurity.
html
CERT Home Network Security: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html#IVA-
4
Stay Safe Online: http://www.staysafeonline.info/
Windows Updates / Patches: http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/.

Anti-phishing working Group: Information about current scams.
http://www.antiphishing.org./index.html
Privacy Commissioner of Canada- learn about PIPEDA and how to file a complaint.
http://www.privcom.gc.ca

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