• Spyware

    By: Jonathan Coupal
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    Spyware is camouflaged software installed without user knowledge or consent. It compromises the user's experience with pop-up ads; tracking their web activities and keystrokes, and it can transmit sensitive information like credit card and social security numbers back to the manufacturer. Spyware steals network resources, and the end result is the network being slowed down to a crawl or virtually stopped all together.Read more…

  • A Good Firewall Offers Protection Against Security Holes Caused by Open Ports

    By: Debbie Jacobsen
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    All computers have thousands of ports that are used as communication paths between the PC's applications and services that are required on a network. Ports are like little open doors that allow two or more applications to talk to each other. Your computer has 65537 ports that may be used for various types of communication and data exchange.Read more…

  • Stop Spyware: Prevention, Detection and Removal

    By: Chuck Rees
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    Why Spyware SucksSpyware (or adware) presents one of the biggest threats to online privacy today. Personal data or Web browsing patterns are collected from unsuspecting users and sent to advertising, marketing and research firms by way of small applications running in the background of Windows®. The data is used within the companies collecting the data or sold in statistical reports.Read more…

  • Protect Your Computer from the Melissa Virus

    By: Michael Russell
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    The latest threat in the computer virus list is the "e-mail virus" which ingrains itself in a document that sends a dummy letter (attaching itself) to all the people in a person's address book. The most spectacular of the known e-mail viruses was the 1999 Melissa virus which used Microsoft Word documents to send itself all over the world, causing significant damage to businesses and email service providers.The virus creator coded the Melissa virus in a Word document and then sent it to an Internet newsgroup where it could be downloaded by just about anyone.Read more…

  • Gone Phishing

    By: Joe Myna
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    Believe it or not, there are rascals inhabiting this very planet, their consequence emanates from under the woodwork everywhere, and arrives without warning at your inbox.These communiqu?s, in the form of emails, are simply the result of people who have gone “phishing,” not to be confused with the term “gone fishing,” a practice no one seems to object to except maybe the fish.Read more…

  • Malicious Software, a Problem at a Deeper Level

    By: Coenraad De Beer
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    How do you get a cold? You get exposed to a germ, right? This may be a very simplified explanation of getting a cold, but the basic principle is the same when it comes to malicious software.Read more…

  • Online Shopping Fraud Prevention Tips

    By: Marcie Grant
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    Nervous about shopping online because of concerns about credit card fraud? Here are a few tips to help you shop wisely and protect yourself:1. Talk to your bank or credit card company and arrange for a separate, low limit credit card to use exclusively for online purchases. This will give you some peace of mind in case your card information is compromised as the fraudulent amount would only total a few hundred dollars rather than thousands of dollars.Read more…

  • Keylogger Software - Parents Benefit

    By: Kevin Dark
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    When online, children are completely out of the parental control and parents can’t actually find out what their children do when online.Banning children from computers or allowing using it only when parents are supervising the process is not a good solution. Besides producing a negative impact on relations with you child, this also makes it harder for your offspring to compete with other children, as the Internet these days gives certain social and academic advantages.Read more…

  • Condoms for Your PC

    By: Tim Flynt
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    Well, maybe you won't really put a condom on your PC, but what you do need is good protection. Today, that means a firewall, an anti-virus product, and an anti-spyware product. You need to have them in place and you need to keep them up-to-date.Read more…

  • Missed Packets: The Enemy of Your AUP

    By: Jennifer Fiocco
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    When it comes to defending the integrity and reputation of a corporation, one of the primary lines of defense will be your Acceptable Use Protocols (AUP). The diligence and attention you dedicate to your AUP, however, can be completely sidestepped by just one missed packet. So how can you remain vigilant, defend your AUP and enforce it without missing a packet?Read more…

  • Dealing with Spyware, Adware and Malware

    By: Dale Wathen
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    No matter if you are an amateur just getting acquainted to using your computer or an experienced computer user, we all have to deal with the annoyances of spyware and/or malware. Personally, I have been using a computer for many years and it’s really a shame that we should have to even deal with this type of problem at all. For many years now, marketing companies have been taking advantage of us by writing programs and sneaking them into software downloads without our permission so they can force us to view there advertisements for products.Read more…

  • How to Judge and Report Spoof Websites to eBay?

    By: Donny Lowy
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    When you click on a fake eBay website thinking it to be the actual one, it leads you to this fake websites pages where you are requested to sign in and give away your personal and contact information. Never click on such links since eBay only tells you to enter information when you access from the eBay site. eBay does not let you give away important information by providing links on the eBay pages.Read more…

  • Spyware - Get Protected

    By: Michael Russell
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    Spyware is the name that was given to wicked programs that install themselves without your permission. If that doesn't sound bad. what is worse is that they will bug you more than most viruses can.Read more…

  • Spyware Remover: Your Defense Against Internet Morons

    By: Roy White
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    Spyware is defined as a type of software that discreetly gathers information about a computer user's online connection without his or her knowledge. Often included as a concealed part of freeware or shareware that a user downloads, spyware will embed itself into the user's computer and transmit private Internet activity to another party. File sharing programs are notorious for infecting computers with spyware.Read more…

  • Should You Be Afraid of Open Source?

    By: Hans Bool
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    First.Wikipedia is not exactly an open source project (http://news.com.Read more…

  • Intrusion Detection Guide

    By: Mansi Aggarwal
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    With the growing use of internet the threats attached to it are also growing. As more and more people are getting dependent on internet, the hackers are inventing new ways to intrude into their systems and cause havoc for them. By intruding or by gaining unauthorized access to their computers the hackers can access confidential information or can simply destroy their system and derive sadistic pleasure out of it.Read more…

  • How To Protect Your Download Directories And Download Links

    By: Dan Thompson
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    In the digital age more and more people have taken to selling digital products such as software, pictures, music files and e-Books over the Internet. Many of these people sell such products on their own website, once a customer has purchased the product they will be given a download link so they can download their purchase.What a lot of these sellers don't realise is that a lot of potential customers are downloading the product free of charge either through un-encrypted download links or insecure download directories.Read more…

  • Undisclosed Security Issues with Merchant Accounts

    By: Billy Middleton
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    Anyone trying to make money on the internet will find it necessary to possess an account with one or more merchant providers. While in the information given to potential investors or online buyers is to brag wholeheartedly about the level of encryption used to keep their information safe, one e-mail I received in the course of running my website suggests a different story.This e-mail though badly written contained the promise of information on how to buy items without spending funds from an e-account, as well as how to receive other investors profits.Read more…

  • Adware Explained

    By: Oliver Turner
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    Adware is another potential threat to your computer if you access the internet. Adware is free software that is installed onto your computer with your permission and can be in the form of software that is used to automatically fill in web forms. In exchange for carrying out this task the installed adware will track your internet activity and show you targeted advertisements.Read more…

  • Common Internet Scams

    By: Michael Russell
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    The internet has certainly changed the way we shop, gather information, do business and meet people. There are more than 15 million internet users in the United States alone. However, most people still feel wary about putting their personal information on the net - and their fears are justified.Read more…

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