At Microsoft, we take online safety very seriously. This spans across products, communications, education, awareness, and much more. To help people everywhere understand more about the potential threats that exist today, as well as steps you can take to help protect yourself, your family, your kids online, your computer security, and more, we have produced a collection of information resources that you can download and use.

Please utilize these electronic resources for your own use and share this information with anyone else that you think could benefit from these:

• Defend Your Computer Brochure
• Digital Citizenship Begins with You Factsheet
• Get Game Smart PACT
• Help Protect Kids from Cyberbullying Brochure
• Help Protect Kids from Cyberbullying Factsheet
• Is the Online World More Dangerous Than the Real World Factsheet
• Making Safer Financial Transactions Online Brochure
• Microsoft Tools Help Keep Families Safer Online Brochure
• Play It Safe Gaming Online Brochure
• Protecting Tweens and Teens Online Brochure
• Protecting Young Children Online Brochure
• Protecting Your Information On the Go Brochure
• Protecting Your Privacy Online Brochure
• Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft Online Brochure
• Protecting Yourself from Phishing Scams Brochure
• Safer Online Socializing Brochure
• Seniors Stay Safer on the Internet Brochure
• Take Charge of Your Online Reputation Factsheet
• Talking Safely Online Brochure
• Teach Kids Mobile Phone Safety Brochure
• Top Tips for Internet Safety at Work Tip Card
• Top Tips for Online Safety at Home Tip Card
• Top Tips for Online Safety for Secondary Students Factsheet
• Top Tips for Online Safety in Secondary Schools Tip Card_For Teachers
• Use Location Services More Safely Factsheet
• Using Email and Instant Messaging Safely Brochure

In addition to these downloads above, we have several online web pages available across a variety of subjects that you can utilize when it comes to computer security, online safety, and more. Here are some of them to check out:

• Security updates
• Free antivirus, antispyware program
• Free PC safety scan
• Download Malicious Software Removal Tool
• Help kids use social media websites
• Teach kids online security basics
• Use family safety settings
• Boost your malware defense
• Watch out for fake virus alerts
• Prevent spyware
• Email and web scams
• Avoid the fake Microsoft Lottery scam
• Avoid phishing scams
• Protect your privacy on the Internet
• Your information on the Internet
• Take charge of your online reputation
• Strong passwords: Check your password
• Create strong passwords

I hope you find the resources above helpful to teach yourself and help educate others about computer security, data privacy, and online safety issues, prevention, and remediation. If you have any feedback on the items above (Did you find them helpful? What did you like the most? Were there things you did not know already that you learned? etc.), feel free to leave me a comment or two below letting me know.

Did you find this information helpful? If so, you may want to make sure you are utilizing all of the areas I share information online, such as: my Facebook page, my Twitter account, my Linkedin account, and my blog. Plus, you can now get all of the latest Microsoft Partner Information right on your phone!

Thank you and have a wonderful day,

Eric Ligman - Follow me on TWITTER, LinkedIn, and RSS and see "What I'm thinking"
Director, Worldwide Partner Experience
Microsoft Corporation
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