At around 8 am EST on the morning of January 26, 2004, a computer worm, later to be named "MyDoom," began spreading rapidly on the Internet. Within a few hours, average web page load times had gone down 50...
The Internet is replete with dangers for the unwary user and the unprotected computer . Some experts say as many as 100 new viruses are created daily, infecting computers around the world. While many of those...
The idea of firewalls has existed since long before computers and the Internet. A firewall is a barrier which is put into place for protection. Originally, this meant protection from an actual fire, such as a...
While some file downloads are requested, authorized, and enjoyed by Internet users, other files are covert, malicious, and certainly not welcome. A consumer may not know when he or she has accepted a file...
Antivirus software is essential for browsing the web or downloading data on a computer. Security programs detect and remove malware and other potentially harmful or dangerous items before they are able to...
In the early 1980s, Internet security was practically nonexistent. No large-scale attacks had ever been attempted, and network-based vulnerabilities were rarely, if ever, exploited. This changed in the late...
Computer networking and servers have changed the way people live and work today. The Internet, for example, could be considered the largest network of servers and client computers in the world. There are many...
How to Properly Maintain a Server (and Minimize Downtime!) Whether people know it or not, servers have made their lives much easier. Servers work behind the scenes to do all kinds of things, from sending email...
How much would you say you've spent on Antivirus, Anti Spyware and Firewall products? $150? $200? What if I told you that some of the best utilities for these purposes are absolutely free? Would you want to...
Norton Internet Security 2005 includes Norton Anti-virus, firewall, anti-spam, intrusion detection, etc. It doesn't work! And Symantec can't (won't) fix it. The product allowed a particularly pernicious adware...
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