General23. January 2009 12:49

Welcome to our new Blog!

This blog was created to document the IT services at Knockanean N.S. and work on issues arising while using IT and the network. For this to become a helpful resource, it depends on the requests and questions coming from you - teachers and staff, the users. As the saying goes, there is no stupid question, only stupid answers, and I will do my best to give you the best possible information in the course of this venture. The only possibly "stupid" question is the question not asked!

Quite often it is very helpful to get a so called "Screen shot" of a problematic situation on your computer. This is to create a picture (like a photo) with the content of the screen at the time the error happens. How to do this is explained in "How to Create a "Screenshot".

This blog is still in its infancy. Many things need to be added/completed, but please keep coming back for more stuff! Furthermore, any ideas, suggestions or hints to improve this service are more than welcome!

The most important article in these series so far is: "5 Steps to PC Security".

How to get in contact:

Please do not hesitate to use the Comment function under each post (article) for any question, request, idea or comment you have!

You can also reach me via:  "knockanean.IT.services{at}gmail{dot}com". Or text me on 086 8287266.

Regards,
Matthias

General18. January 2009 14:46

While most AntiVirus-Software is based on a list of known threats, ThreatFire tries to analyze the behaviour of programs to detect whether they are genuine or malicious. Together with Avast, it makes a perfect match!

Steps to install ThreatFire

1. Download the software from http://www.threatfire.com/download/ Download Security Warning

On that page, click on the "Get Free" button to start the download. You will be asked to "Run" or "Save" the file, select "Save". Click on "Browse folders" and save the software possibly to the Public Download folder of your computer (on Vista) or on "My Documents", "My Received Files" in Windows XP.

2. When the download is finished, click on "Run" to launch the Installation program.Confirm Program Launch

Windows will ask you for confirmation to run this program, accept it.

3. Accept all the default suggestions during Setup by clicking on Next or OK.