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Vaccination, the Best Protection The Director of Public Health for the Laurentians, Dr. Eric Goyer, would like to remind people about the importance of receiving vaccinations for the protection of their health. “Vaccination saves lives and helps to reduce the number of complications associated with certain contagious diseases. Safe and effective, it is the best way to protect yourself, as well as your family and loved ones. Vaccines are not restricted only to young children,” he said, and encourages Laurentian citizens to be sure to ask for immunizations according to their age group and personal health. Vaccination programs have proven effective in recent Dr. Goyer and Dr. Grenier decades. The eradication of smallpox and the elimination of polio in the Americas are two examples that demonstrate the power and effectiveness of vaccination against serious diseases. In Quebec, vaccination has led to significant health gains. For example, the introduction of a universal vaccination program against chickenpox in 2006, helped to significantly reduce the number of hospitalizations and medical consultations due to this disease. In children aged one to four years, the decline in hospitalizations was at least 93%. In addition, vaccinations against invasive infections caused by meningococcal C meningitis and Hib against hepatitis B also had an important bearing on the health of Quebecers. The average number of cases per year has decreased by at least 94% since the inception of these programs. “Unfortunately, the success of the vaccines has caused a perverse effect, namely, that today, since the disease has nearly disappeared, the population is much less concerned with the importance of maintaining vaccination schedules, but they must be continued.” For more information on vaccines offered in Quebec contact your doctor or local community service center (CLSC), or consult the calendar vaccination online at: www.msss.gouv.qc.ca / topics / santepub/vaccination. Supplementary Budgets for Laurentians Prime Minister, Pauline Marois, accompanied by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Réjean Hébert, and the responsible member for Labelle and Laurentian region, Sylvain Pagé, announced that the Quebec government will address the problem of interregional inequality regarding the financing of health in the Laurentians with an additional $10,950.600 to cover increased costs of developing services in the region. This will be in addition to the new annual budgets of $6,181,700 for improving care and home care services for the elderly. “We move from words to deeds. Never has a government gone so far to reduce regional disparities in the allocation of budgets for health and social services. In the Laurentians, this means that in one year, there will be a decrease of 27% in the funding gap between this region and those that were historically better funded. Money has also been set-aside for the Lanaudière, Montérégie and Outaouais regions. We will continue this work in the coming years, with the goal to reach the medium-term, equity among all regions, “said the Prime Minister. The injection of these additional funds was made possible by an improved budgetary allocation program, including support for the independence of older people. This method aims to improve the fairness of health financing between regions. “Improving services for frail, elderly people is a top priority for our government, as also confirms our approach to self-insurance, which will be announced shortly. The immediate improvement in home support will serve more seniors, help those who are already receiving services and better support families, “said Minister Hébert. Division of new funds are threefold: - $4,696,600 for the intensification of home services provided by institutions and social enterprises; - $665,000 for the consolidation of networks of services that promote the integration, coordination and continuity of services to seniors. Adding case managers is an essential part of improving services for the elderly. - $820,100 for the support given to community organizations involved with seniors and their families. Community organizations working with older people are valuable partners in the network, especially for home support. These additional funds will allow them to improve their services to this clientele. “The region can look forward to today’s announcement, which has a significant impact for our vulnerable seniors and their loved ones. Our government is proud to significantly increase interregional equity, which will better support the care teams of the Laurentians,” said Sylvain Pagé. Gift certificates available ...At the heart of your home! KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS 12 May 2013
TechSpot More Adventures with Computer Security Steve Friedman (Vice President, COO, TECHSPA) - Main Street Last month TechSpot covered some “adventures” with insidious malware, techniques to keep safe from infection, and if you are unfortunate enough to get hit with it, some ways for it to be removed. Since then, I’ve received so many calls and questions that I felt compelled to continue. In this follow-up, I’d like to start by mentioning some additional security vulnerabilities and exploits that are not secretly injected into your computer over the Internet. Instead, telephone scam artists, trying to enlist your cooperation in compromising your own security, attempt to breach your safety. I have personally experienced these attempts. Just the other day, I got a call from Gord Savery (thanks Gord!) reminding me about these calls. Here’s the scenario: someone calls claiming to be from a well-known computer company, a software developer such as Microsoft, or a security software company, like Symantec. They say they’ve noticed “dangerous activity” or have “seen many errors” coming from your computer and they ask you to allow them access to remotely “fix the problem.” These characters actually have no knowledge of what’s on your computer, nor do they have a connection to your computer, yet! They’re attempting to get you to provide it for them. Once you let them in, if you’re gullible enough, they can then have their way with your computer. Let’s get this straight! Unless you’ve contracted with somebody to remotely maintain your computer, no one should have access to see anything on your computer over the Internet. That’s what firewalls are for. Most modern operating systems are set, by default, to block incoming connections. Unless you really know what you’re doing, don’t change these settings and open connections from outside. Here’s another non-viral vulnerability. When your Wi-Fi router is installed, most installers commit a very serious security error. The mistake is forgetting to properly secure the router’s administration settings. Your wireless Wi-Fi network access may have a secure password to prevent unauthorized wireless access to your network, but access by a wired connection, as with an Ethernet cable plugged directly into your router, doesn’t require a password. This administrator configuration is critical, but often left installed with its factory settings. Since the factory settings are widely available for tutorials on the Internet and easily located, access to this most vulnerable part of your router is left wide open. With wired, or an unprotected “guest access,” your administration configuration page allows anyone to gain control or even reassign whatever passwords you’d created. The most popular routers come from the factory set with Admin as the username and Admin as the password (or some variation, like blank user name or “password”). The instructions don’t make it nearly clear enough, how critical this setting is. And the Quick-Start guides hardly ever mention it. It’s actually more important than the password for your wireless connections since control of your router configuration allows an administrator to establish a remote connection over the Internet at any time. Last but not least, one more horrible exploit I forgot to mention is a nasty, little package that comes to you via the Internet. Once your computer is infected, several separate programs start their work. All of a sudden, your computer is hijacked and displays a message claiming to be none other than the RCMP, notifying you that they have detected that you have downloaded illegally obtained copyrighted material such as music or video, OR, downloaded child pornography, or something else illegal to have on your computer. This notice is obviously tailored to scare you into immediately paying a ransom to free your computer. It directs you to pay a $100 fee through its window, by credit card, in order to release your computer. Sadly, after submitting payment, your money and identity are stolen while your computer is still locked from your access. Multiple pieces of special anti-malware software is required to adequately remove all the parts, which unless completely removed, will automatically reinstall when you restart. If you’re currently experiencing any of these threats, it’s time for attention and I’d be glad to help. If you would like to access my previous articles, please go to www.facebook.com/ techspa.inc/notes or http://themainstreet.org/previous-editions.html If you have any questions regarding the topic of this article, please call TECHSPA at 450 227-4118 or email info@techspa.ca. May 2013 13
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