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In this article you will discover the five steps that every computer user should implement to prevent cyber crime attacks. These days the cyber world is becoming bigger and bigger with rapidly growing number of businesses and individuals using internet as a business place. Naturally, cyber criminals target computers with low antivirus internet security and commit their criminal activities.However, there are guidelines that need to be followed in order to secure your computer from internet security attacks:Back-up Data - Savvy computer users are aware of the importance of keeping their data safe and away from internet security attacks and regularly perform back ups. You can back up your data on an external data storage device such is CD, memory stick or external hard drive. The device you use will depend on the data size. The overall idea is that if anything happens to your primary data, you can always retrieve them from somewhere.File sharing- Another very important thing to be avoided is files with strangers. This makes your computer internet security vulnerable as the files form other computer users may contain malicious infections that without a good anti-virus internet security can potentially destroy your computer or steal sensitive information. Make ... [more..]

Evil Doer Bad Guys or state sponsored hackers are hacking into US government computer systems, and it appears they are doing it to hurt our nation. Actually, such attacks on our bureaucracy keep the government busy on IT issues rather than increasing bureaucracy or enforcing the massive onslaught of over-regulation.When the government slows in its attacks on free-markets, it actually helps the US economy providing increased economic activity, thus, the increase of economies of scale means more tax revenues, jobs, and a stronger nation. So, if the cyber attackers assume they are hurting the US, they may actually be helping us from hurting ourselves.There is a big joke in the small business community; "Remember when the government shut down for a week since they could not figure out their budget; yah, and nobody noticed!" So far it appears that the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, the White House website, the FDA, and other government agency websites have been hacked.If this is some sort of game from enemies abroad to take down our government or prevent America from being the superpower that it is and the greatest nation ever created in the history of mankind; I'd like to warn them ... [more..]

The spread of spyware and adware for advertising purposes has gone beyond the privacy limits because distributors of the invasive software see no harm in installing the surveillance programs without your knowledge. One way to check for spyware intrusion is by going to the tools menu in Internet Explorer. Go to the security tab and click on the custom level button.Next to the Download ActiveX control if your computer does not have the disable or prompt button then you most likely have been infected with spyware.A spyware infection means your internet surfing is being tracked and your personal information is being transferred to a third party. Those that gather the information sell it to companies who utilize the private information for advertising purposes.This in turn results in a continuous stream of pop up ads and email advertisements. Lavasoft software has a free spyware and adware scan and removal tool that uses a database of known spyware programs to determine if your computer is infected. Lavasoft's AdAware program will detect and remove any spyware infected files located on your system. You can download AdAware and it will install on your computer with a desktop icon that you then click on to ... [more..]