Do you have a daughter or son in college?
Published on February 10, 2015
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I have to admit, this is one area that really caught me off-guard. After many years in the computer industry, I am almost embarrassed to say that college networks never entered my mind!
When my daughters entered college, I bought them laptops so they would not have to lug a desktop from one dorm to the next. I soon learned when they came home on break, that college networks are like a swamp!
As soon as they plugged their laptops into my home wireless network, all hell broke loose! It took me 2 days to get everything back to normal again. I could not believe the number of things my daughters had "acquired" from school.
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You name it, their computers had it!
Just be forewarned....before your children leave for college, make sure their computers are protected against all of this stuff!
If you have a wireless network at home, make sure you have security enabled.
After the first time they come home and turn their computers on, run a full virus scan on their computer before they connect it to your network. After a day has gone by, with their computers attached to the network, run a full virus scan on all the computers that are attached to your network.
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