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SecurityIf you answered YES to that, you're dead wrong my friend. Let me prove it to you by giving you real true-to-life examples.Recently, I asked this question to one lady webmaster named Dorothy and she said quite simply,"Well, why should I do that? My webhost said that they guarantee 99.9% of the time, my website will be OK. Besides, I don't know how to do it if that's technical stuff. So why should I care?"That is the mindset of many people like her who really believed that the 99+% uptime...
Spyware is more dangerous than a virus. It can steal personal data and track your internet habits. It might be concealed in a free screensaver or other software that you download. Computer safety expert Leif Wheeler advises us to be aware of any offer of free software. Many times, spyware is hidden in legitimate software. Be cautious of deals offered by well-known companies. Crooks and thieves often create web sites that resemble Adobe, Google or Microsoft, says Wheeler. They instruct you...
Viruses are little bits of software that normally have a negative impact on our computers when they are activated. Usually viruses are attached onto other software programs (games, disk utilities, office documents/Macros, screen-savers), and are activated when these normally harmless programs are started.A virus is inactive until the infected program is run or an infected boot record on a floppy/CD is read. When the virus is activated it loads into your computer's memory where it can perform...
The days of riding horseback through the wilderness to deliver a message are over. But make no mistake; we're not out of the woods yet. The digital world exposes us all to a virtual wilderness. Email offers simplicity to both the messenger and the malevolent.Email has grown in vitality, now becoming the most important communication tool in the corporate world. The perpetuation of emerging threats has transformed email from an asset to a liability. Gone are the days when organizations could...
Of course, the number one way you can improve your client's online purchasing experience is to accept credit cards on your site, because most of your clients will prefer to use their debit or credit card, rather than send checks through the mail.Credit and debit card purchases are immediate and secure; paper checks are the least secure method of making a purchase from an online seller.Accepting payments online will also make it far less likely that customers will forget about your site...
Most organizations over look this very important security tool.
How can an organization or an individual verify the authenticity of an in coming
mail? Attaching a signature to your mail should be a standard practice.
Your E-mail Signature is an electronic business card and as such is a very
important security tool in e-mail verification.
Here is a sample of an e-mail signatureCustomer Consideration Ltd info@customerconsider.comhttp://:www.customerconsider.comNo 20 Ibadan Road, Opposite...
A USA Today article that ran in July 2005 cited findings from a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. They found that during the school year, kids between the ages of 8 and 10 years old spent an average of 6 hours per day watching television, playing video games and/or using computers.Since more than half of America's 100 million households have Internet access, I can only assume that some of their computer time is spent in online activities. My question is how safe are these...
I got a virus the other day, Thursday I believe and since then I have been making FRANTIC efforts to save all my info.The most important thing for me to save are my Outlook Express emails and my Roboform passwords. That way I can at least access all the places I need, to download and re-install all the software I use.Thankfully I was able to still access my Laptop and very, very slowly(the system was painfully slow because of the damge done by the virus) start a process of trying to save...
Spyware SolutionProbably Today's Biggest Computer Problem.
You Suffer Without Knowing Your PC is Infected!
"The effects can be devastating...and very costly."
"Probably the biggest problem PC User's
are experiencing right now."SymptomsPC runs very slowly for no apparent reason.
It is difficult to access the Internet.
Bandwidth seems to be reduced.
Unwanted popup ads and often when you are not even surfing the web.
Changed Internet Explorer home page, (known as Hijacking).
Your PC is slowing...