PC Security

Part II of everything you wanted to know about securing your wireless router.

Everything you ever wanted to know about how to secure your wireless router.

Part IV of a four-part series on what you need and what you should be doing to protect yourself when you are online. This part looks at anti-virus software, firewalls and best practices.

Part III of a four part series on what you need and what you should be doing to protect yourself when you are online. This part looks at spyware.

Part II of a four part series on what you need and what you should be doing to protect yourself when you are online. This part looks at web browsers and email.

You buy a new computer and you bring it home, set it up, connect it to your DSL or cable modem and before you know what hit you, your computer is infected. Your computer can be infected in as little as 20 minutes without the proper protection. This series of articles ...

Digital signatures are a feature of email that is useful for security. This article will explain what a digital signature is, how to attach a signature to your email, how it can be used to identify the sender and how it can be used in the "war" against spam.

Spam or unsolicited commercial email is everywhere, and can even be dangerous. We will go into the definition of spam, and how it can be
dangerous. This article will also cover various antispam techniques and antispam packages. We will also discuss phishing, which is a type of spam designed to elicit personal ...

Risk management is an important part of most businesses that have computers, networks and databases. Risk management is about identifying
things that can hurt a business. This can be translated into things that can hurt you, the home user. We will go into how risk management works and how it can be ...

This article will cover viruses and trojan horses. The article will examine what a virus is, what a trojan horse is, and what the difference between the two are. This article will explain the characteristics of a virus infection. In addition, the article will go into how to avoid being infected, ...