HackAttack
P C. owners are constantly at risk from attacks by hackers.
Spy ware, viruses, trogan horses, and all sorts of other malevolent programs are all trying to take control of your computer.
What can we do about it?
How can we be sure that we are properly protected against them?
A hacker will generally not be interested in doing damage to your PC. His main interest is in gaining control of your computer so that he can use it to send out hundreds of thousands of e-mails in your name with the intention of crashing your mail server.
This can get you into very serious trouble with the server. This is something that you do not want. How are you going to prove that you were not to blame?
How do the hackers do it?
What tools do they use?
A port scanner.
What is a port scanner?
A port scanner can locate PCs that are on line and check for an open port.
A hacker using a program such as ‘Super Scan’ can find an open port to gain entrance to your computer. Once in, he can use your computer as if it were his own. The only difference is that to all intents and purposes it is you that is causing all of the trouble.
The main port that the hacker is interested in is port 80. This is the one that you use to log on to the internet.
I am not going to confuse you with all the various programs that are designed to show you what ports are open at any particular time. What you need to know is how to protect your computer against these attacks.
There are a number of programs designed to show you what is going on inside your PC. I will give you a short list of some that are recommended by some of the program makers.
The one that I would not be without is: www.testmyfirewall.com As its name implies it will test your firewall for flaws and scan for open ports and any other security problems you may have.
You do have a firewall, don’t you?
Another one is: www.pestscan.com This will scan for any nasties that are already on the computer.
Lastly, I use: http://www.security.symantec.com This will run a security check of all my systems.
Don’t put of what you should be doing today. Make sure that your protection is doing its job. Check that you have the latest version of whatever protection you are using. An out of date system is worse than useless. It gives a false sense of security and suddenly you find yourself in serious trouble with your ISP.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your computer will not cause problems for someone else. There are so many free systems out there that you have no excuse for not using one or more of them.
Be safe. Be happy. Be responsible.
All the best. Bob
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Tags: hackers, spyware, trojan horses, virusesFiled by itbsuperrich on April 30th, 2008 under free-spyware-guide.info | Comment now »
Simple Steps To Protect Your Personal Information From Hackers
The Internet is an unlimited sea of information. The user can find information about virtually everything, tangible and intangible, on the web. But, in the cyber world, while users browse various resources for information, there are other unscrupulous blokes who secretly access the personal information of others without their knowledge. Such people who clandestinely breach into other’s private space are technically termed as Hackers.
Hackers steal personal information of others using malicious programs called spy-wares. Spy-wares, after duping the user security, eves drop on the user computer and collect and send back their personal information stored in the computer back to the hacker. The hackers then use this information for misuse, which may range from minor offenses like corrupting messages on a home page to more serious crimes such as accessing bank accounts and forging user-ids and pins.
From a user point of view, it is difficult to track down a hacker or to realize when the hacking is even taken place. This is because the spy-wares usually make its way into the user PC stealthily such that even a good enough antivirus / antispyware may fail to take notice of the intrusion. As new versions of anti-spywares hit the market now and then, the latest spy-wares also update themselves to give the newer protection tools a miss. Mind you, software’s are the products of superior brains, but in this case, they are available freely on both sides. In simple terms, Internet users can never have a complete assurance of security with any antispyware tools.
So what to do in order to protect your personal information from hackers? Well, the old saying - prevention is better than cure - is relevant in this context. By following some simple and easy to follow defensive steps, one can prevent one’s personal information from hacking to a larger extent. For example, if you use a public computer,
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