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COMPUTER TIPS HOME
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Internet
Security 101
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The world wide web is the unrestricted
interconnection of computers all over
the world. It came into existence
because its designers wanted to share
information from distant places. It has
expanded from sharing information into a
place where business thrives. Hence, you
can buy just about anything on the
internet.
It has also been used for communication.
People send emails, audio and video
recordings to friends around the world.
Teleconferencing has been occurring. Its
where people talk and discuss ideas even
though its participants are scattered
all over the world. Shops with low
marketing budgets used the internet to
get more customers for far lesser
advertising costs than in the real
world.
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Big Businesses have joined the expansion
into the internet. They found it as a
great marketing tool, a good feedback
resource of its customers and a venue
where its internal office branches
communications can take place.
Estimates of financial transactions
happening on the internet are
staggering. On a daily basis,
transaction may reach an amount of
millions or even trillions of dollar. By
this fact alone, greed has corrupted a
large number of people who would do what
is necessary to steal money and personal
information from users of the internet.
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Called as cyber-criminals, they have
developed techniques and software to get
inside your personal computer, take
control of it and siphon off all the
valuable information, files it may
contain. They may even use your computer
to invade other computers. The trail to
that action might end as you becoming
the offender.
There has been a lot of cases where
personal information was used to commit
a crime. For instance, a hacker used the
personal information of a victim to open
a credit card account. Subsequently, he
buys stuff on the internet. The real
owner of the information end up being
sought after as the offenders. It will
take a while to trace and correct such
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Rest assured though that there are real
and effective solutions to these
threats. You can just disable these
dangers by obtaining a regular internet
security software. It can be done online
where you order a program and a CD will
be sent to you. The other option is to
download the software and activate them
by key generators after you have
purchased them. What are these programs
protecting you from? They can protect
you from hackers, spammers, and
saboteurs. Viruses, worms and spy ware
programs will be detected and deleted
before it infects your computer network.
Some of them incorporate a personal
firewall which regulates the access to
your computer from the internet. Web
site filtering is also an added feature
for parental control.
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You also have to consider the screen of
your Notebook, for this is what you are
going to be staring at, and you have to
be happy with its resolution and size.
You will want a crisp, bright screen
with good viewing, especially for
photos. You can go and look at different
screens at a local electronics store,
and try to figure out which size and
resolution you like best. Just be sure
that the screen is an Active Matrix one
and not Passive Matrix.
The other features you will be looking
at to connect to your Notebook are
external devices such as a mouse,
printer, portable disk drive, scanner
etc. Good luck!
This article is under GNU FDL license
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About The Author:
Written By Rick Brady
Rick Brady is a writer for
Internet-Security-101.com, where you get
advice on the importance of internet
security and how to install security softwares.
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