Archive for December, 2006

Dec 8

Internet terrorism

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Almost every day we hear about various terror acts in the world. It is so usual to hear word “terrorism�? that we don’t actually pay attention on it. We used to associate word “terrorism�? with various awful events in the world connected with violence, that is terror acts, but how often think we about Internet terrorism?

Progress of technologies leads to bigger reliance on them, including computers. Computers take up really important place in our lives and problems in controlling them can surely have influence on different spheres of our life. Nowadays people talk about internet terrorism more and more. If we think deeper over this problem we will find out to what dangerous subsequences may lead Internet terrorism and what big damages can do such internet terrorists.

When your computer is overtaken by the internet terrorist you even will not notice. The computer will slow down, that is all what you will see.
Terrorists can use your conputer to send variuos attacks to certain places. Like this you computer becomes terrorist and you become terrosist even if you know nothing about it.
Internet terrorist can write the worm which will be untracable to all antivirus software, like that they can infect millions of computers.
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Dec 8

Online privacy

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Along with new technologies and Internet we’ve got new threats to our privacy. This statement is about spyware, adware, malware, carding, dialers, etc., that are designed for personal and aggregate information “stealth�?. There are people that profit from personally identifiable information theft. That is why every legal site must provide Privacy Policy that discloses it’s policy towards your personal data security, usage of your data and what kind of information is collected.

Legal web site can collect aggregate or personally identifiable information or both, but it must note that all information is obtain legally and voluntary by you. That means that when you fill in some registration blank or sign up for a newsletter you voluntary accept with all conditions of the site and privacy policy and submit you information. The information may contain name, surname, addresses, credit card numbers, etc. And that would be personally identifiable information. If registration form ask only username, e-mail, gender, year, maybe country, then it is aggregate information.

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Dec 8

Spyware Doctor review

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Spyware Doctor is a very powerful, but yet highly user-friendly spyware remover, made by PC Tools, reputable computer security experts. This product provides effective and easy-to-manage protection from most security and privacy threats.

The application thoroughly checks the Windows registry, running processes, web browser cookies and plug-ins, essential system components, all files and folders on local hard drives. Spyware Doctor offers the Quick Scan, Full System Scan, and configurable scan of user-defined locations. Reports are well informative and readily comprehensible even for inexperienced users. The program uses regularly updated malware definitions database that currently contains almost 68,000 signatures. It allows Spyware Doctor to correctly recognize and eliminate practically any kinds of spyware and adware parasites, trojans, keyloggers, backdoors, trackware and other dangerous, emerging threats.

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