| While finishing dinner a friend of mine heard her 12-year | | | | possibilities of massive identity theft and unwitting |
| old son's express this while he was completing | | | | home users are already the next big target. As a |
| homework for tomorrow. She thought he said 'there is | | | | reminder hackers use malware, software that does |
| a fly on my desktop' and politely told him 'tell your | | | | not aid the computer's operating system, and may |
| father and he will fix it'. Of course he knew that dad | | | | even harm it, and so is purely parasitic. |
| doesn't touch computers and said ' but mom it's a spy, | | | | The defense against the hackers is increasing and that |
| not a fly'. That's when I got the phone call - she lives | | | | is why some software makers are including |
| right around the corner in the city of Richardson Texas | | | | anti-spyware, anti-malware, anti-virus, and firewall |
| - about what to do, did you check your virus/spyware | | | | packages to protect computers. It's like having a moat |
| software - 'it only fixes viruses, not anything else and | | | | around your computer with a few knights of the CPU |
| what is spyware anyway? That is when the phone | | | | protecting the tower. |
| call got a little bit longer than expected. Most parents | | | | Now our list of components your antivirus software |
| have the notion that if there are no viruses everything | | | | should have: 1. Anti-spyware 2. Anti-spam 3. Antivirus |
| is smooth sailing, they have done their part for kids and | | | | 4. Firewall 5. Anti-malware |
| family internet security. But there are more things than | | | | Software with the above components should also |
| viruses, browser hijack objects, rootkits, malware and | | | | have a scheduled computer security scan so that it |
| spyware to constantly attack every computer in our | | | | won't just sit on your computer taking up space. There |
| homes today. The list I just mentioned is not complete | | | | should be active scans for all kinds of bad bugs on a |
| in the tools of attack that hackers use to disable or | | | | regular basis to insure computer information security. |
| destroy desktops all over the world. And if you don't | | | | Hackers regularly scan computers all over for a |
| have the preventative software installed then your kids | | | | weakness or opening and you need a computer |
| and family internet security for your home computers | | | | security scan looking for those wholes in your system |
| are at risk from attack or being used to attack other | | | | to fend them off when they come knocking on your |
| computers. | | | | computer's digital door. Don't let your child announce to |
| Desktop computer security in America's homes has | | | | you that there is a spy on their desktop, get the right |
| become a high priority for the guys who fight the good | | | | software to protect them and your critical information. |
| fight and keep hackers off your home computer. | | | | For your kids and family internet security software that |
| Every time a home is the victim of desktop computer | | | | has these features 'included' will not only give you the |
| security attacks it can be used to attack other | | | | best bang for your buck, it will place a digital moat |
| networks or take control of larger networks. Computer | | | | between your computers and the ever increasing bag |
| information security has hackers drooling at the | | | | of tricks that hackers seem to enjoy creating. |