How to Stop E-mail Spam, Spyware, Malware, Computer Viruses, and Hackers from Ruining Your Computer Or Network: The Complete Guide for Your Home and Work

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Atlantic Publishing Company, 2011 - Computers - 288 pages

It seems like everywhere you go on the Internet, there is spam, spyware, and the risk of viruses infecting your computer and ruining your online experience. In businesses alone, according to Nucleus Research Inc., spam costs more than $712 per employee in productivity and computing resources each year. Spyware slows computers, ruins files, and can result in stolen information. According to the same Nucleus Research report, businesses lose more than $70 billion annually because of computer viruses âe" and the cost continues to rise as every major company moves to a fully digital workplace.

Every time you download a computer virus or click on a spam e-mail by accident, you are wasting money, endangering your computer, and risking the loss of personal and business information. This complete, revolutionary book has compiled all of the vital information you need to make sure that you are able to combat the billion dollar risk of incursive software infecting your home and work computers.

With How to Stop E-mail Spam, Spyware, and Computer Viruses from Ruining Your Computer, you will learn why there is so much spam in your inbox, how the spammer thinks, and what the goals of spyware and viruses actually are. Then, you will learn how you can start spam-proofing your inbox by never giving away personal information and using secure e-mail clients. You will learn how companies get spyware onto your hard drive and what you can do to block it from appearing. Learn which viruses have caused the most damage and how they can infect your computer. Then, discover which software is most effective at blocking the download and infestation of viruses onto your hard drives.

You will learn the value of a good firewall, what it does to stop the ill will of spammers and hackers, and what actions you can take to block the breach of your firewall and your computerâe(tm)s defenses. Learn how to remove spyware from your computer and make sure you are not giving away personal or valuable work information. This guide will also teach you how to lock down your inbox and desktop to keep that software from returning. Find out what to do when you do get a virus and how to return your computer to the state of security it was in beforehand.

Most importantly, with the valued input gathered from interviews with computer security and safety experts, you will learn how you became a target for all that spam. Discover what you are doing that makes it so easy for spammers to fill your inbox and how to safeguard your e-mail. Once you have tackled the source of the problems, as outlined in this book, you will have all the tools you need to combat the incursive and destructive effects of spam, spyware, and computer viruses.

Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

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... recipient of the attack, disrupt services or commerce, destroy data, reduce computer or network functionality, and disrupt your personal or business lifestyle. Although there are many other rea- sons and motivations behind malware and ...
Page 29
... recipient must open to activate. The virus is of- ten disguised as something else, such as an image or .HTML file. An HTML file, or HyperText Markup Language, is the primary language for Web pages. HTML is a markup language used to ...
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... recipient might be willing to release to them information he or she would otherwise not give out through e-mail, such as passwords or oth- er personally identifiable information. The most common form of spoofing is receiving an e-mail ...
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... recipient is directed to is not the trusted Web site, however, and the user's data is stolen for malicious purposes, such as credit card fraud. Today, most Web mail servers restrict relaying — using a mail server to spread spam ...
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... recipients click on the links because they trust the sender of the e-mail or instant message, they become infected, and the process repeats on the recipients' systems. Bots are a very real, growing threat. They are increasingly harder ...

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Contents

FOREWORD
11
Computer Viruses
43
Antivirus Solutions
63
Spam Spoofing Phishing
83
Detecting and Countering
121
Web Browsers PopUp
153
Hackers How to Defend
185
Network Security
199
Wireless Network Security
223
Software Products
251
CONCLUSION
273
INDEX
287
Copyright

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About the author (2011)

Bruce C. Brown is an award-winning author of more than ten books as well as an active duty Coast Guard officer, where he has served in a variety of assignments for more than 26 years. Bruce is married to Vonda and has three sons: Dalton, Jordan, and Colton. His previous works include: He holds degrees from Charter Oak State College and the University of Phoenix. He currently resides in North Carolina.

Bibliographic information

TitleHow to Stop E-mail Spam, Spyware, Malware, Computer Viruses, and Hackers from Ruining Your Computer Or Network: The Complete Guide for Your Home and Work
AuthorBruce Cameron Brown
PublisherAtlantic Publishing Company, 2011
ISBN1601383037, 9781601383037
Length288 pages
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Computers / General
Computers / Security / General
Computers / Security / Network Security
Computers / Security / Viruses & Malware
  
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