Gaelim Holland asked: The Internet is a very scary place. If you don’t have internet security software, you are playing a risky game. That’s a very simple and direct statement but a powerful one. I am sure most PC users have had some form of malware on the PC. We all have been the victim [...]
jaya sinha asked: The word “phishing’’ was coined by hackers who used this method for illicit purposes to the order of luring people to get their bank passwords, credit card number etc. The sites or the email identity used by these hackers seem to be so authentic that an internet user gets lured and commits [...]
Vikram kuamr asked:
There are certain ways wherein you can keep the data of your computer secure. Your first option requires the downloading and installation of firewall and antivirus updates. Or else, you can choose to remove the rootkits which you have detected on your system. Another common way for you to protect your system [...]
revenue27 asked: Thousands of data are sent and received by users in the Internet every second. Just imagine how web developers manage to handle such large volume of data (with different genre such as music files, PDF, and others). Most of these are data that potential customers are looking for. If you can find the [...]
Kellie Hastings asked: One million women and 400,000 men were stalked online last year in the United States alone. Are you a desired candidate? Are any of us? Do any of us really care? Or is it because we haven’t the time to concern ourselves.So, why are the numbers so high? And who are the [...]
Joseph Nyamache asked: Contractors use the word firewall to denote a physical barrier to keep flames from spreading from room to room. Home networks also have (or should have) firewalls. These are hardware, software or a combination of the two which protects a network from being accessed by unauthorized persons and by malicious software.Computer firewalls [...]
Arvind asked: Porn dialers are malware that infect a computer system and use the internet connection to dial a premium-rate telephone number, such as a “900 number” in the U.S. and leave the line open that adds up the cost of the call to the user. This is a common way of stealing money from [...]
Carl Weinschenk asked: As the time lag between news of a new vulnerability and hackers’ ability to exploit it shrinks, patch management becomes a more vital tool for enterprises.InformationWeek’s look at five products begins by saying that the two main factors to consider when making a deployment decision are the number of operating systems supported [...]
Wayne Cutforth asked: I’m not going to be very popular after publishing this article, but this is really a big problem and one that needs to be addressed very quickly before it grows into another digital snowball like spam and malware. IT departments spend a lot of time and money on network security. Restrictions are [...]
Vijayanand asked: A firewall is a system that prevents unauthorized access to a private network. Firewalls are extensively used by businesses, corporations and the government to protect against potential hackers. They act as a barrier between a private network and the Internet. Anything that goes into or out of the network must pass through the [...]