1. Does your computer take a long time to startup or shutdown?
(relative to when it was new)
Yes
No

2. Is your computer slower than when it was new?
Yes
No

3. Do you have icons in your system tray that you don't know what they are for?
Yes
No
What is the system tray?

4. Do you use antivirus software and is it Norton or McAfee?
Norton
McAfee
Other
None

5. Have you thoroughly read the documentation to make sure it is configured properly?
No
Yes
I don't have antivirus software

6. Have you updated it within the past week?
Yes
No
I don't have antivirus software

7. Do you use antispyware software?
Yes
No

8. Have you thoroughly read the documentation to make sure it is configured properly?
Yes
No
I don't have antispyware software

9. Have you updated it within the past week?
Yes
No
I don't have antispyware software

10. What do you do when you get a file attachment you don't expect in an email?
Open it to see what it is
Ask the sender what they sent you
Delete it

11. Do you use a firewall?
Yes
No
What's a firewall

12. Have you thoroughly read the documentation to make sure it is configured properly?
Yes
No
I don't have a firewall

13. Is your firewall software or hardware?
Software
Router
I don't have a firewall

14. Do you have written procedures of what should be done in case something strange does starts happening, e.g., turn off the computer, call SafeTnet?
Yes
No

15. Do your passwords contain:
Same case letters?
Upper and lower case letters?
letters and numbers?
A combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols?

16. Do you have your computer remember your passwords?
Yes
No

17. When a website asks you to install something, do you:
Take their word for it and install it?
Determine what it is and if you need it?

18. Have you updated Windows within the past week?
Yes
No

19. Has your homepage ever changed without you changing it?
Yes
No

20. Do you use Internet Explorer?
Yes
I use Firefox
I use something other than these 2

21. Have you configured the browser settings for security, privacy, and pop-up blocking?
No
Yes

22. Are you running Windows '95, '98, or ME?
Yes
No

23. Are you running Windows 2000 or XP?
Yes
No

24. If yes, is your hard drive formatted with the NTFS file system?
Yes
No
What's that?

25. Does your computer automatically log you on?
Yes
No, I have to enter my username and password.

26. Do you have a backup of your system?
Yes
No
I use System Restore

27. If yes, has it been updated in the past week?
Yes
No
I use System Restore

28. Do you have a backup of your system in a secure location that is not at the same location as the computer?
Yes
No

29. Do you share the use of your computer?
Yes
No

30. Is your computer portable?
Yes
No

31. Does anyone have access to your computer when you are away from it (children, friends, contractors, housekeepers, babysitters, etc...)?
Yes
No

32. Have you taken any steps to prevent access to your data should your computer be stolen?
Yes
No
What can I do?

Reset