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A Painless Plagiarism Solution


A crowded marketplace can lead to unethical webmasters using underhand techniques to get ahead of their competitors and online plagiarism is one of the easiest.

Computer-Virus Writers: A Few Bats In The Belfry?


"Male. Obsessed with computers. Lacking a girlfriend. Aged 14 to 34. Capable of creating chaos worldwide."

All About Computer Viruses


Your computer is as slow as molasses. Your mouse freezes every 15 minutes, and that Microsoft Word program just won?t seem to open.

Personal Firewalls - Secure Your Computer


There has not been a time in the history of the personal computer that firewalls and anti-virus programs have been more necessary and in-demand. Today, personal computer security is not only threatened by viruses and worms, but also by spyware ? those severely annoying programs that are illegally loaded onto your computer from the internet. Spyware programs can seriously undermine the operating structure of your computer, as well as make you vulnerable to identity theft and other criminal activities. Firewalls, long since a staple in the corporate world for defending large, expensive internal intranets or other networks, has now come into its own as a tool for personal computer owners as well. Your home computer is just as susceptible ? if not more so ? to online attacks, so why should it not be protected?

Burning Bridges is Bad, But Firewalls are Good


When you signed up for that ultra-fast DSL or Cable connection there was probably one very important piece of information that your ISP failed to mention. By accessing the Internet via a high-speed connection, you have tremendously increased your chances of being victimized by a computer hacker.

Desktop Security Software Risks - Part 1


This is the second in a series of articles highlighting reasons why we need a new model for anti-virus and security solutions.

The Move to a New Anti-Virus Model


This is the second in a series of articles highlighting reasons why we need a new model for anti-virus and security solutions.

Personal Firewalls for Home Users


What is a Firewall?

Computer Viruses and Other Nasties: How to Protect Your Computer from These Invaders


Can you protect your computer from all possible viruses and other invasions?

Spyware Protection Software


Spyware protection software is the easiest way of removing spyware from your computer and keeping it away. It detects and removes all pieces of spyware and adware automatically. Spyware is extremely difficult to remove manually and should only be removed with spyware protection software.

Spyware, What It Is, What It Does, And How To Stop It


Spyware is software that runs on a personal computer without the knowledge or consent of the owner of that computer. The Spyware then collects personal information about the user or users of the infected computer. The personal information collected is usually the name of the user; the users email address, Websites visited, online shopping habits, as well as various other information about the user.

Check Out That Privacy Policy


Before you enter your name, address or any other data in that form, STOP! Wait. Don't enter anything yet. If you do, you may be giving away personal information to strangers, and you know what your mom said about talking to strangers.

Internet/Network Security


Abstract Homogeneous symmetries and congestion control have garnered limited interest from both cryptographers and computational biologists in the last several years [1]. In fact, few steganographers would disagree with the investigation of spreadsheets. Our focus in this work is not on whether write-back caches and evolutionary programming [13] can cooperate to achieve this intent, but rather on exploring an analysis of Markov models (Eale).

Secrets On Security: A Gentle Introduction To Cryptography


Let us take the example of scrambling an egg. First, crack the shell, pour the contents into a bowl and beat the contents vigorously until you achieved the needed result - well, a scrambled egg. This action of mixing the molecules of the egg is encryption. Since the molecules are mixed-up, we say the egg has achieved a higher state of entropy (state of randomness). To return the scrambled egg to its original form (including uncracking the shell) is decryption. Impossible?

Road Warrior At Risk: The Dangers Of Ad-Hoc Wireless Networking


Airport Menace: The Wireless Peeping Tom ---------------------------------------- As a network security consultant, I travel quite frequently. At times, it seems like the airport is my second home. I actually like to fly, it's a moment in time where no one can reach me by e-mail, or mobile phone.

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