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- Data Backups - Why Bother?
For many people, computers have become a daily necessity. We use them for work, for correspondence and for entertainment. Many of the files are important documents and losing them would cost us time and money. Backups are the best way to prevent their permanent loss.
- PC Security - Browsers, Key to Security?
Less like the key, really, than a car - browsers provide the means for traveling around the Internet to interesting destinations. Unfortunately, sometimes uninvited passengers climb in. On rare occasions, they even 'carjack' you.
- PC Security Combating Spyware
Spyware can be more than an annoyance. Poorly programmed spyware can interfere with other programs and can even cause system instability. Privacy issues are at stake as well.
- PC Security - Combating Viruses, Beyond the PC
By now most users are aware of the need to implement antivirus software on individual systems. But a large percentage of the hardware and software used to provide something for those users to use resides outside them. What are they and what can be done to protect them from virus attacks?
- PC Security - Combating Viruses
Two simple precautions can help keep your computer virus free - install and use software from reliable vendors and avoid opening unexpected e-mail attachments.
- PC Security - Common Spam Scams
Along with spam advertisements hawking prescription medicines, 'cheap' mortgage rates and online gambling sites, there are a number of common scams whose sole goal is to separate you from your money.
- PC Security - Email Security
E-mail has become an essential mode of communication in the modern world. Unfortunately, that means it's also one of the most common routes for virus infection and fraud. Protecting yourself from these kinds of threats is necessary for everyone.
- PC Security - Fighting Spam, Part I: User Strategies
Fighting spam - like countering any illegitimate activity - is a never-ending battle. You devise a strategy and there's a counter-response. But taking low-effort steps that make spammers actions ineffective or difficult puts you at an advantage.
- PC Security Fighting Spam, Part II: Webmaster Strategies
Fighting spam like countering any illegitimate activity is a battle fought best on multiple fronts. There are simple steps end-users can take to minimize the impact of junk mail (outlined in Part I), but the webmaster or e-mail provider has even more tools available.
- PC Security Firewalls - Part One
Network firewalls get the name from physical firewalls which prevent fire spreading from one section of a building to another. Firewalls are structures which strictly control access from one side to another.
- PC Security Firewalls Part Two
Fighting Fire With Firewalls
- PC Security - Home Network Security, Simplified
Many home users have unknowingly become computer geeks. Not too long ago using the terms 'router' or 'wireless' signaled the presence of the enthusiast or professional. No longer. Now, routers, hubs, switches, Ethernet cards, firewalls and a bewildering array of other network related buzzwords have entered the home.
- PC Security - Malware: Spyware and Adware
Malware is any program designed to do harm, though sometimes what's considered harmful is a bit vague. Viruses, Trojans, spyware, adware, pop-ups, even spam and more have all qualified. Sometimes, though, one man's junk is another man's treasure.
- PC Security - Parental Control Software
The Internet gives us the world at our fingertips. Unfortunately, sometimes those fingers belong to a child. While innocently surfing 'the net', children can be exposed to inappropriate material. They may accidentally reveal personal information, their own or their parents' credit card data, for example.
- PC Security - Pop-ups
Pop-ups are those annoying advertisements that - as the name says - pop up on your monitor as you surf the Internet. Their main purpose is to attract visitors to advertisers' web sites or to collect e-mail addresses.
- PC Security - Trojan Horse Viruses, Not A Myth
Most people are familiar with the legend of the Trojan horse. During the siege of Troy, the Greeks left a large wooden horse outside the gates, allegedly as a peace offering. The Trojans brought the horse inside the city walls only to discover it was full of Greek soldiers who quickly sacked the city.
- PC Security - Virus Hoaxes, As Bad As The Real Thing?
Computer viruses cause real damage to systems or lead to data theft. The consequences are lost time, broken programs and sometimes real money stolen.
- PC Security - Virus Recovery Tips
Why is a computer virus harmful? For the same basic reason that biological viruses are: they damage components that keep systems healthy.
- PC Security - What IS a Computer Virus, Anyway?
Combating infections and removing viruses is now big business. Lesson one is 'knowing the enemy'.
- PC Security - What is Spam?
Almost anyone with a passing acquaintance with the Internet is familiar with spam. Just as junk mail is the demon of the Postal Service, spam is the scourge of e-mail.
- PC Security - Worm Viruses, Deadliest of All
Of the three most common types of malware (malware is short for malicious software, i.e. designed to harm) - viruses, Trojans and worms - the latter is the most harmful because only worms can function without human intervention.
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