Colfax-Mingo Community Schools strives to create a technology-rich environment for our K-12 learning community. The district’s commitment to technology is strongly aligned with our desire to provide the best teaching and learning environment for our students, teachers, and staff. We work closely with the curriculum team to ensure we are providing staff and students with the best learning tools available.

Technology is an important tool in education and in today’s workplace. The Colfax-Mingo School District is dedicated to providing the best technology for students and staff.

The Technology Department (IT) is responsible for meeting the hardware and software needs of the Colfax-Mingo Community School District.  This includes repairing devices, maintaining the network and user accounts, planning for future technology purchases, and much more.

 

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Security Hints and Tips

If you’re known to dabble in a little online browsing, odds are you’ve encountered a pop-up once or twice. There are times when a user may think, “Wow, that’s a great deal!” and click on a pop-up. To those users: put down the mouse. Why? That pop-up could be malicious or dangerous.

There used to be a time when malicious pop-ups were only on questionable sites, but those days are gone. Hackers are smart and develop ways to inject malicious malware into pop-ups and online advertisements – even on the most trusted sites.

One of the most common attacks we see occurs when you visit a site and a pop-up appears that says, “Your computer is infected! Download our antivirus now!” If you click on this, a bogus virus scan will start. After the “scan” completes, you’ll be asked to pay for a full-version of the software or to call a helpline to connect with a support representative.

Spoiler alert: The software is not real and the fake support representative will take control of your computer to try and “fix” the issue, but end up causing more damage.

How to prevent pop-up attacks

Although hackers are smart, you can be smarter. Here are some tips to protect yourself from these types of attacks:

  • Avoid clicking on pop-ups.
  • Update your operating system regularly
 – don’t postpone or snooze updates!
  • Use web-filtering software to warn you before accessing potentially harmful sites.

Remember, these attacks are only successful if we fall for them. Stay alert and be cautious!
The KnowBe4 Security Team
KnowBe4.com

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