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Slide 2 Safe Surfing Tips Internet Safety Tips for Teens By: LaQuacious Garrett Slide 3 Surfing The Web? Slide 4 No! Surfing the WEB! Throughout this PowerPoint you will view different safety tips and things to avoid while surfing the web. You will learn the dos and don'ts of chat rooms, posting pictures, talking to strangers and downloading different things. You also will view videos about Cyber- Bullying and uploading personal info online. I hope this PowerPoint makes you think twice about the things you see and do while on the internet. Slide 5 The Four Rs RECOGNIZE techniques used by online predators to deceive. REFUSE requests for personal information. RESPOND assertively if you are ever in an uncomfortable situation online. Exit the program, log off or turn off the computer, tell a trusted adult, or call the police. REPORT to a trusted adult any suspicious or dangerous contact that makes you feel uncomfortable. Slide 6 Smart Surfing First rule of smart surfing? Remain as anonymous as possible. That means keeping all private information private. Here are some examples of private information that you should never give out on the Internet: full name home address phone number Social Security number passwords names of family members credit card numbers Slide 7 Chat Rooms When in chat rooms remember that not everyone may be who they say they are. For example a person who says "she" is a 14-year-old girl from New York may really be a 42-year-old man from Ohio. If someone harasses you online, says anything inappropriate, or does anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, contact your Parents, teacher or adult. Know that there are rules many Internet Service Providers (ISP) have about online behavior. If you disobey an ISP's rules, your ISP may penalize you by disabling your account, and sometimes every account in a household, either temporarily or permanently Slide 8 Posting Pictures & Videos Think about what you post. Sharing photos or intimate details online, even in private emails, can cause you problems later on. Even people you consider friends can use this info against you, especially if they become ex-friends. Slide 9 Think About What You Post Slide 10 Strangers Avoid in-person meetings. The only way someone can physically harm you is if youre both in the same location. So to be 100% safe dont meet them in person. If you really have to get together with someone you met online, don't go alone. Have the meeting in a public place, tell a parent or some other solid backup, and bring some friends along. Slide 11 Downloading Know the rules about Intellectual Property. Do not illegally download music and movies. Another point to consider is that downloading files from other peoples computers puts you at risk for inadvertently downloading computer viruses, Trojan horses, or spyware/adware to your machine. A computer virus or a Trojan horse can cause your computer to malfunction, even to become permanently disabled. Spyware allows people outside your home to track what you are doing online. Adware will cause your computer to fill up with electronic junk mail called spam. Slide 12 More Downloading Before downloading any files to your computer, I have five different topics to cover to help you keep your computer secure. Slide 13 File Size First of all, look at the file size of the files that you want to download. For example, you want to download freeware software from a web site and you know that the software file size should be around 12 or 13 MB. But on that web site, it says 234 kb. You need to be very careful with this as it might be a virus or Trojan because the size is just not right. Many people have been tricked to download this type of file and the files turn out to be malicious software. Slide 14 Firewall Use a firewall before downloading any files. If the files youve downloaded are trying to send private information to the hackers, it will not be able to do so because the firewall will block its outgoing traffic. Slide 15 File Extension File extensions are very important when downloading files from the Internet. File extension with.exe have a small file size and might be malicious software. It would be best to have an antivirus that will terminate the connection every time you tried to download any malicious software. Slide 16 Antivirus I strongly advise you to find an antivirus right now. If you dont have any antivirus or anti-spyware programs on your computer, your computer might be already infected. Some places and sites to find antivirus programs are: BestBuy.com Buy.com www.mcafee.com antivirus.about.com www.consumersearch.com/www/so ftware/antivirus-software Slide 17 Add-On's Use Internet Explorer Add-On and it will tell you if the website youre visiting contains threats that can affect your computer. Use an add-on such as McAffe Site Advisor that you can download for free because this add-on will advise you which websites are safe to visit. As I mentioned in the first tip, you need to know the file size before downloading. If you dont know the file size, Google it and visit the website which the site advisor add-on consider as safe. Slide 18 What is Cyber-bullying? Cyber-bullying is hurting someone else through the use of technology. So, instead of whispering a rumor to a friend, a cyber-bully might e-mail or instant message that rumor or post it on the internet for everyone to see! Ways people bully with technology : blogs instant messaging/IMing e-mail chat rooms text messaging/texting Slide 19 Cyber-bullying Hurts Slide 20 The Wrap Up There is no complete solution to computer security. The only way you can be sure your computer will be safe from any threats is by turning it off and placing it in a sealed box. But what we can do is arm ourselves with essential security knowledge as it will help us in many ways! Slide 21 Check It Out http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id= media_tips www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/safety2.htm http://www.webwisekids.org/Internet_safety_tips.htm http://ezinearticles.com/?Computer-Safety-Tips---Six- Tips-You-Should-Know-Before-Downloading-Any-Files- From-The-Internet&id=739679 www.netsmartz.org/ www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm www.wiredsafety.org/