Basic Computer Notions Web searching

Introduction Quality control Quality control (cont'd) Subject directories Subject directories (cont'd) Search engines Search engines (cont'd) Effective searching Planning a search Planning a search (cont'd) Planning a search (cont'd) Planning a search (cont'd) Using the tools Know the engines Common methods Relevance ranking Keep track of your results Further information 19 of 19

Safe surfing

Remember the cautions about opening attachments, Word macros, etc.

Set the security level of your Web browser to refuse any ActiveX control or plug-in which is not signed by an entity you trust. ActiveX controls and plug-ins have complete access to your machine, unlike Java applets which are restricted to a sandbox (details).

Java (and Javascript) have also suffered from security problems in various versions of various browsers; use up-to-date software and the latest security patches, and/or disable Java and Javascript.

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