This means that if you or anyone in your home regularly uses the Internet to browse, shop or for daily computing needs, you have to make sure that your PC or laptop is protected against the many threats lurking and waiting in cyberspace. The reason is simple; there are hundreds of sites out there that may look legitimate but are actually only a front for spreading spy-ware, malware and viruses. P2P programs such as Limewire and Ares are used daily by many to download hundreds of files, songs and programs. But the truth is that almost 70% of these files you download actually contain some form of virus, spy-ware or worse, a Trojan horse virus. The Trojan horse virus gets its name because thieves, hackers and spammers use real programs and hide their virus within the actual software. You may be running a program now and you may not even know you have a Trojan virus running in the background.
Another security risk to be concerned about is if you are using the Internet without having a Firewall running on your computer. If you do not then most likely each time you get on there are hackers and identity theft thieves who will send ‘pings’ to your PC or laptop as this will let them know if you have protection or not. Is sort of like a burglar knocking on your door to see if anyone is home. Without a security program or firewall it can be almost impossible to detect, stop or warn you from allowing others to infiltrate and take over your system.
There are many innocent looking programs you can download and install on your computer. However, most of these programs contain some form of spy-ware in them. The main purpose of a spy-ware program is to log and record all the pages you visit and what you are doing online. Once they have all this information about you, they turn around and sell it to a third party who uses it for advertising purposes. This is the reason why you may have been searching for a car and are now getting spam mail, regular mail or phone calls about, yes ‘cars’! This is a shady way for advertisers to invade your privacy while they promote a product they may think you need or want. Your PC or laptop is a gateway to all your personal information and you need to protect it.
Fortunately there are a few Internet security programs out there that are good while there are others which are exceptional and offer very good protection. An excellent Internet security program will help not only to protect your computers against spy-ware and viruses but will also offer you firewall protection, email, identity protection as well as IM security and parental controls. There is a program I have been using on my computer for a few years now which offers all of these features and many more. I highly recommend it to anyone for the extra added security it provides as well as its easy to use interface. I implore you to look into safeguarding the key to the door to your computer if you are shopping, surfing or simply browsing online without protection. Using a PC or laptop without it would be the same as sleeping in your home and leaving the front door wide open. Now we all know no one would ever do anything like that right? Protect yourself by protecting your computer today! posse.