Protect against regular, old fashioned theft by registering your notebook computer with the BUPD.If you suspect your computer has a virus, we can help you by performing scans and removals at the main IT Help Center location.

You can protect yourself from many of these hazards by filtering spam.

Spam is always annoying, and it can be dangerous too: spam email often contains virus, spyware, or phishing exploits. Clicking on a link to visit a malicious webpage can also install viruses, spyware, and keystroke loggers on your computer. It offers a firewall, password manager, file shredder, a secure VPN, identity theft protection, tech scam protection, and file-less attacks. They can infect your computer with a virus or spyware, or install a keystroke logger on your system, allowing criminals to collect information about your online banking accounts, your passwords, and your credit card numbers. McAfee Total Protection works on Mac, PC and smartphones to protect them against viruses, malware, spyware and ransomware.

Don’t open unexpected email attachments.

They may say that they’ve observed suspicious activity on your account, and threaten to disable your access if you don’t click on a link and provide verifying information about your account. “ Phishing” scams often appear to come from your bank, or services such as PayPal or eBay.

Be skeptical of unexpected email, even if it appears to be from a BU address or someone you know, and especially if it requests you to provide or verify personal or financial details or information about an account.

Responding to such scams gives away access to your account and personal information.If you receive suspicious email asking you to reply or go to a website to provide information about your BU, Bank of America, eBay, PayPal, Chase Bank or other account, don’t do it! These dangerous phishing scams are attempts to steal your identity.

You may occasionally receive messages that claim that BU will delete your account (or similar) unless you respond and supply your password. No one at Boston University will ever ask you for your password in email! Don’t become a victim of identity theft.

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