Protect your computer
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It only takes 20 minutes on the Internet for an unprotected computer running Microsoft Windows to be taken over by a hacker. Any personal or financial information stored
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With videos, pictures and reams of other data piling up on computers everywhere, consumers who want some insurance against losing it all have a growing number of online backup options.
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From file management to encryption to system maintenance tools, these handy applications will help you do your job and keep your PC humming happily.
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A new data-protection device will safeguard your passwords and files against theft. The IronKey (available at ThinkGeek.com) is a USB stick with a brushed metal, tamper-and-waterproof shell that simply screams "Mission Impossible."
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Also: High security built right into $100 laptop's OS. Read these stories and more from around the Web at News.com Extra.
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Surfing the Web has never been more risky. Simply connecting to the Internet - and doing nothing else - exposes your PC to non-stop, automated break-in attempts by intruders looking to take control of your machine surreptitiously.
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One of the most vexing problems in home computing is finding a way for parents to govern their children's use of computers and the Internet. The goal is to keep their children safe from the creepier content and people on the Internet and from spending too much time on the computer.
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TAMPA, Fla., June 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Computers may have sensitive data that identity thieves would love to get their hands on. Magnets, degaussers, and other x-ray or magnetic techniques do not work, even the large bulk eraser magnets are not effective.
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Every month seems to bring another episode of sensitive personal information escaping into the wild because a corporate or government laptop computer is lost or stolen. A common response is a lot of hand-wringing over how the data should have been encrypted.
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Computer security experts estimate that tens of millions of personal computers are infected with malicious software. Some are keyloggers, recording every key stroke that the user enters -- sending valuable bank account information, passwords and credit card numbers to hackers.
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To see the e-mail I get every day from readers about security issues is to develop a deep discomfort with the state of computing today. Keeping a Windows PC safe can demand a high degree of vigilance. -Rob Pegoraro
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Many of you can't be trusted with your own computers. Stupidity isn't the problem. It's laziness, mostly, combined with a penny-wise stinginess that resents the $40 price of a good antivirus program.
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New security software supplements antivirus protection by scanning systems for 'bot' malware that can take over unprotected PCs.
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The case for identifiable devices Trusted computing proponents may have found their best argument yet for incorporating specialised security hardware into every computer system.â¦
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With viruses, worms, spyware, spam and phishing, running a computer this year -- especially one with Windows -- has often been a colossal headache. -Rob Pegoraro
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A software patch to protect your system is available from Microsoft.
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Upcoming chip set will include built-in security features for your PC.