Computer systems are under the constant attack from viruses. If a computer is connected to the Internet with a Broadband connection, then the risk of a virus attack is very high nowadays.
Every day, many Internet users are attacked by these viruses and face a loss of data, many dollars and time. These viruses and worms may interfere with your privacy, [read more]
To detect key logger spyware, you need to know what it is and how it works. Key logger is an invisible software program that identity thieves can use to track your online activity.
It is almost impossible to detect key logger on your computer and even if you're careful you'll never know if it is recording information such as bank account [read more]
Robert Tappan Morris was the first person convicted by a jury under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. The story of the worm he created and what happened to him after it was released is a tale of mistakes, infamy, and ultimately the financial and professional success of its author.
Morris was a 23-year-old graduate student at Cornell University [read more]
When you talk to a seasoned webmaster, he/she will always tell you to backup your website files since the server you are hosted on will always let you down when least expect it.
I remember it happened to me when my webhost went down for about 4 hours at the same time I just launched a massive (and costly) marketing campaign. [read more]
Spyware is a category of malicious software that secretly obtains information about a computer user's and sends it to a third party without the user's consent. For example, a piece of spyware running on an infected computer can obtain the user's bank account number when online banking, user's username and password when online trading or the user's credit card number [read more]
You must be cautious before you use all the Internet offers, be vigilant while purchasing anything from net.At time of online shopping take care of the following to make your net shopping experience quite enjoyable.Always prefer a protected browser: This software facilitates you to steer the Internet. Make sure the browser you are using, meet the terms of industry security [read more]
Advertising supported software, which has come to be more commonly referred to as adware, is a computer program and/or package of software under which advertisements or other marketing material are included or are just loaded automatically and played back to you over and over again after they install themselves. The main way that users are made aware that they have [read more]
Do you know what your computer is doing while you are away? You may be amazed at all of the things that your computer can pick up on a daily basis.First came viruses, and that was a huge threat for many years. We heard about such infections as the Love Bug virus, Doomsday virus, and many more. Most of these [read more]
You may have heard the term firewall before but have you ever wondered how does a firewall work and why do I need one? A computer firewall protects your computer by putting up a barrier to keep anyone from accessing your files when you are surfing the Internet.Once a hacker get access to your files malicious codes spread through your [read more]
Identity theft – also known as ID theft, identity fraud and ID fraud – describes a type of fraud where a criminal adopts someone else’s identity in order to profit illegally. It is one of the fastest growing forms of fraud in many developed countries.In the UK identity theft is increasing at the rate of 500% each year and, according [read more]