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Computer Security is a huge issue for most people, whether it be concern about the many viruses that are passed via disks and email or whether it be concern for personal details when shopping online. Of course there are many ways to protect your computer and your details and this book explains them all. Written in the usual, extremeloy popular, Idiot's Guide style, this book will appeal to anyone with a PC.

Table of Contents:
Contents   Introduction xiii Part 1: Know Your Enemy 1 1 ‘Don’t Buy A Computer, But…’ Beware The Enemy On Your Desktop 3 Are You The Master Of Your Own Computer? 6 Meet Our Cast Of Characters 7 Thinking Secure Thoughts 11 Operating System Alert 12 Watch Out For Relatives, Friends And Colleagues 14 The Balanced Approach To Computer Security 15 2 ‘…If You Buy A Computer, Don’t Turn It On’ 19 A Mish-mash Of Mismatched Machinery 19 Causes Of Hardware Failures 21 Acts Of God (And The Electric Company) 23 Doing It Yourself 25 Is Your Computer Out-of-date? 28 Buying A Machine With Security In Mind 31 3 SOS (Save Our Operating System) 35 Pity Your Operating System 35 The Windows OS And Application Software 38 -How Application Software Integrates With The OS (The_ Windows API) 39 Knowing The Weaknesses In Windows 40 Responding To Windows Error Messages 41 Updating Your OS From The Internet 43 Configuring Your OS For Stability And Security 45 4 Building A Secure System 55 Do-it-yourself Computer Building 55 Designing Your Own Hardware Platform 57 Planning Your Disk Drive Configuration 59 Choosing The Right Software 61 Organizing Your Computer Work Space 63 A Quick Look At Other Operating Systems 66 5 Vicious Viruses, Wiggling Worms And Bouncing Bombs 69 What’s Bugging You? 69 The Low-down On Computer Viruses, Worms And Logic _ Bombs 72 How Computer Viruses Attack Your Computer 76 Spotting The Invaders In Your Own System 79 Tracking Down Anti-virus Software 87 Dealing With the Aftermath 90 Part 2: Taking Control Of Your Own Machine 93 6 Thinking Digital 95 Understanding Digital Data 95 Digital Data Representation 98 Storing Digital Data 99 Programs Versus Data 100 Data Storage Locations 102 Data Security Strategies 105 7 The Curse Of Software 109 Why Software Is So Fragile 109 How Software Operates Within The Windows Environment 110 Common Software Problems 111 How To Deal With Software Crashes 113 -Emergency Brakes – The Three-finger Salute 115 Taking Control Of Software Operations 117 Stopping The Auto-starters 121 -Housekeeping Routines – Keeping Your System Spick And _ Span 125 8 In With The New And Out With The Old 129 Loading Up Trouble For Yourself 129 How New Software Installs Onto Your Computer 130 The Hazards Of Installing New Software 132 How To Install New Software Safely 135 How To Remove Rogue Software Completely 137 9 Back-ups – Computer Lifesavers 141 The Terrible Risks To Stored Data 141 You Are Backing Up Your Data – Aren’t You? 142 -The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Different Back-up _ Media 143 Deciding On A Back-up Strategy 144 Using Windows’ Back-up Utility 150 Save Disk Space With A Compressed Back-up 152 Third-party Back-up Software 152 Part 3: Going Cryptographic 157 10 What Have You Got To Hide? 159 Your Right To Privacy 159 Scrambling Your Secrets 163 The Mechanics Of Data Encryption 163 Choosing Your Passwords And Pass-phrases 168 Hiding The Existence Of Data (Steganography) 170 Encryption Algorithms – The Tricks That Frighten _ Governments 171 11 Locking Up Your Secrets 175 Choosing The Right Level Of Security 175 Level 1: Basic Security 177 Level 2: Serious Security 182 Level 3: Advanced Security 189 12 Wiping The Slate Clean 195 The Tracks You Leave Behind 195 The Delete That Doesn’t Delete 199 Deleting Your Data Completely 201 Deciding On Data Deletion Techniques 204   Part 4: Networks, From LAN’s To The Internet 209 13 Netwo


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780130081551
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Prentice Hall
  • Height: 188 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 235 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0130081558
  • Publisher Date: 21 Jun 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Complete Idiot's Guides
  • Weight: 774 gr


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