Word: antivirus
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...scammers used e-mail," says Michael Argast, a security analyst at Sophos, an antivirus software company. "Today, it's social networking." Argast explains that although people have been trained not to click on suspicious e-mails, they don't operate with the same sense of caution when presented with a link on Facebook or Twitter. Maybe that's why the number of phishing attacks on these kinds of sites - in which people are fishing for account information, as opposed to infecting your computer with a virus - has skyrocketed recently, from 4,600 attacks...
Internet-connected computers that are hacked can be turned into "zombies," which are used to launch further attacks. Tight firewalls and up-to-date antivirus programs will help keep you safe...
...latest versions of useful free programs that are not always known or easy to find. Spyware hunter Ad-Aware, PDF viewer Adobe Reader 7, privacy-minded web browser Mozilla Firefox, and streaming-media utility RealPlayer are among them, as well as a special six-month free trial of Norton AntiVirus. Each program is optional, and it's easy to create a custom set for installation. As new versions are posted, the Google Updater quietly updates your software. This prevents you from experiencing Adobe's bewildering update messages while trying to read a PDF; it also helps you with Firefox, which...
...recommend giving Google Pack a try. Even if you've previously installed some of the programs, the Updater will take charge of keeping them up to date. The one exception is Norton AntiVirus. If you have a pre-existing version on your computer, especially an expired free version, you will need to go through the tedious task of uninstalling it. Only then can Google hook you up with that free six-month deal...
...produce energy-sparing new approaches to solar power, nanolighting and even a handheld haz-mat detector. Others are doing amazing work in creating synthesized disease killers, minting silver bullets for pathogens or using stem cells to cure heart disease. On the security front, there are new analyzers, sensors and antivirus hardware that could make our cities and computer networks safer. Finally, someone invented a way to clean up the e-waste left over when all that technology goes out of date in the next minute and a half...