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Batten down the hatches! Hackers, spammers and thieves (oh my!) are after you! The mere act of turning on an Internet-connected computer can put you, your family, and your personal finances at risk by exposing you to viruses, scam artists, hackers, identity thieves, and spammers. How do you fight back? Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses is your first line of defense.

 

Clear, easy-to-understand definitions of viruses, spyware, and hackers will help you understand what you're up against everytime you go online. Then, you'll learn about other threats, such as identity theft, phishing, and other potential dangers you'll face in your everyday computing. Find out how to search out and destroy spyware, malware and other viscious programs that could potentially harm your computer. Then find out how to lock out hackers, spammers, and theives for good.

 

We'll tell you how to immediately cut the risk of being attacked in half — in less than 10 minutes! Protect your bank accounts, digital photos, digital music collection, masters thesis, and everything you hold near and dear on your computer with the help of the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses.



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Batten down the hatches! Hackers, spammers and thieves (oh my!) are after you! The mere act of turning on an Internet-connected computer can put you, your family, and your personal finances at risk by exposing you to viruses, scam artists, hackers, identity thieves, and spammers. How do you fight back? Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses is your first line of defense.

 

Clear, easy-to-understand definitions of viruses, spyware, and hackers will help you understand what you're up against everytime you go online. Then, you'll learn about other threats, such as identity theft, phishing, and other potential dangers you'll face in your everyday computing. Find out how to search out and destroy spyware, malware and other viscious programs that could potentially harm your computer. Then find out how to lock out hackers, spammers, and theives for good.

 

We'll tell you how to immediately cut the risk of being attacked in half — in less than 10 minutes! Protect your bank accounts, digital photos, digital music collection, masters thesis, and everything you hold near and dear on your computer with the help of the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses.



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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have, 17 Sep 2006
By Ray Morgan (Wigginton, UK) - See all my reviews
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I think this book is brilliant. It tells it how it is, with humour, and in a language that is plain and clear. No "techno-babble".The outstanding thing for me was it offers options and shows more than one solution to each problem. This is clearly written by a man with a great understanding of computing problems and safe guards that a PC user has to face today.This book should be put in with every new computer that's sold.
Good work Andy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Protect your computer, 28 Mar 2006
By IAN SHEPHARD (Hemingby, Lincolnshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
If, like all responsible computer users, you are concerned about nasties like viruses, spyware and spam - then this book is essential reading. Not only does Andy Walker describe all varieties of these evils but he does so in a clear and easily understood way with explanations about why the anti-social amongst us perpetrate them. Andy then gives us some answers - and most of these are either freely available or can be obtained at minimal cost. Follow Andy's advice and make your computer secure - and don't be put off by the title - this book is designed for beginners but I bet there are many professionals out there who have computers that are less secure than mine now is after following Andy's advice.
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2.0 out of 5 stars At Last-a computing book written in plain English, 24 Mar 2006
By peter cullis (Surrey UK) - See all my reviews
For some-one like me, who is reasonably computer literate but by no means an expert, this book is like a breath of fresh air. It is written in language that even I can understand and the author conveys his information in such a way that anyone can carry out the projects needed to protect his PC. Devoid of confusing computerese it leads one from page to page effortlessly. Well done Andy.
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