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You can’t forget about your PC’s security—after all, you probably still use it to pay bills, shop online, and store sensitive documents. You should fully protect yourself to lessen the chance of cybercriminals infiltrating your computer and your online accounts, capturing your personal information, invading your privacy, and stealing your money and identity.
You need to guard against viruses, of course, but not all antivirus programs catch all threats, and some do better than others. You have to watch for many other types of threats, too: Malware invasions, hacking attacks, and cases of identify theft can originate from email, search engine results, websites, and social networks such as Facebook. They can also come in the form of links or advertisements for phishing and scam sites. But with some education on the topic, and the right tools, you can identify such scams and avoid falling victim.
If your children use your computer, you must also protect against inappropriate content such as violent games and adult sites, and you should monitor communication on social networks. Although the best approach is to keep a close eye on your kids while they use the computer, you can employ tools and services to filter content and monitor their Web usage when you’re not around.
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Malware is the term used the describe malicious programs and techniques that are not viruses but still pose a threat to your system. Here are a few examples;
Worm: A worm is an independent program that copies itself across a network. Unlike a virus (which needs the infected file to be copied in order to replicate itself), the worm spreads actively by sending copies of itself via LAN or Internet, email communication, or through operating system security bugs.
Trojan: A Trojan is a malware program that, unlike viruses or worms, cannot copy itself and infect files. It is usually found in the form of an executable file (.exe, .com) and does not contain anything aside from the Trojan code itself. For this reason, the only solution is to delete it.
Adware: Adware is short for advertising-supported software, which is software dedicated to displaying advertisements. Adware works by displaying pop-up windows during Internet browsing, by setting various websites as your homepage or by opening a special program interface window.
Spyware: Spyware is software that uses the Internet for collecting various pieces of sensitive information about the user without his/her awareness. Some Spyware programs search for information such as currently installed applications and a history of visited websites. Other Spyware programs are created with a far more dangerous aim: the collection of financial or personal data for the purpose of Identity Theft.
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Things to know...
Cloud Computing
The terms "cloud computing" and "working in the cloud" refer to performing computer tasks using services delivered entirely over the Internet. Cloud computing is a movement away from applications needing to be installed on an individual's computer towards the applications being hosted online. (The "cloud" refers to the Internet and was inspired by technical flow charts and diagrams, which tend to use a cloud symbol to represent the Internet.)
What cloud computing is not about is your hard drive. When you store data on--or run programs from the hard drive, that's called local storage and computing. Everything you need is physically close to you, which means accessing your data is fast and easy (for that one computer, or others on the local network). Working off your hard drive is how the computer industry functioned for decades and some argue it's still superior to cloud computing. The cloud is also not about having a dedicated hardware server in residence. Storing data on a home or office network does not count as utilizing the cloud.
For it to be considered "cloud computing," you need to access your data or your programs over the Internet, or at the very least, have that data synchronized with other information over the Net. In a big business, you may know all there is to know about what's on the other side of the connection; as an individual user, you may never have any idea what kind of massive data-processing is happening on the other end. The end result is the same: with an online connection, cloud computing can be done anywhere, anytime.