Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

overview, 12–13, 163–166

privacy settings,

174–176

profile settings, 54–55

protecting children,

219–221, 228

quizzes and surveys,

176–178

reporting abuse,

178–179

safety, 153

signing up for, 170–173

social security number, 17

spam

defined, 28, 89, 353

filtering, 90, 111–113

identifying, 56

managing, 110–111

reporting, 115–116

social networks and

blogging, 174

targeted, 36

Spam Arrest, 114–115

spim, 160, 353

splog, 174, 353

sponsored ad links, 83

sponsored site, 199

spyware, 301, 303–304,

313, 353

Spyware Doctor, 304

Stop button, Internet

Explorer, 70

storage media, 87

strong password, 46,

48–49, 145, 267

student information, 52

Subscriber Identity

Module (SIM card),

353

Sudoku, 202

Supervisor Can Type a

Password to Allow

Viewers to View

Restricted Content

check box, Internet

Explorer, 325

surfing, 63, 353

surveys, 34–37, 176–178,

225–226, 290–292

sweepstakes, 58–60

Symantec, 304

System Preferences

window, Mac, 312

• T •
  tabbed browsing, 71–72
  tagged image file format
  (TIFF), 135
  target audience, 8
  technology, safety
  Content Advisor,
  323–325
  firewalls, 302, 304,
  309–313, 349
  mobile phones,
  328–330
  overview, 301–302
  privacy settings,
  320–323
  security programs,
  302–305
  Trusted and Restricted
  Sites feature, 318–320
  Windows Defender, 302,
  304, 313–318
  Windows Update,
  305–309
  wireless network
  security, 326–328
  Terms and Conditions,
  32–34, 196

Tetris, 202

text messaging, 155, 217,

227–229, 354

text size, 69

This Zone check box,

Trusted Sites feature,

31 9

thread, 151

thumbnail, 67

TIFF (tagged image file

format), 135

Tracfone, 330

TransUnion, 272

Trend Micro, 304

trust, 9, 36

Trusted Sites feature,

318–320

TruthOrFiction.com, 40

Twitter, 155

• U •
  Uniform Resource
  Locator (URL),
  defined, 354
  unique identifier, 27–28
  Update, Windows, 305
  uploading, defined, 354
  URAC, 282
  Urban Legends, 116
  URL (Uniform Resource
  Locator), defined, 354
  Use Blank preset option
  button, Internet
  Explorer, 73
  Use Current preset option
  button, Internet
  Explorer, 72
  Use Default preset option
  button, Internet
  Explorer, 73

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