Protecting Your PC (Paperback)

Description

New viruses pop up every day, spam continually overloads our inboxes, and system crashes seem to happen for no reason! Figuring out how to protect against these problems is a challenge for all computer users, so they need to know about the tools and techniques available to help protect their computers. Protecting Your PC provides a detailed guide to the many hazards out there, including spyware, addware, spam, viruses, personal identity theft, and a variety of surreptitious tools used by hackers. It teaches users what these programs are and how to prevent them from wreaking havoc on their computers. The book details the five major areas users need to know about, including Malware, the Internet, email, system maintenance, and personal information.With this information and the tools included on the companion CD-ROM, users will be armed and ready for a safe and enjoyable computer experience!

 

• Details common computer hazards and teaches how to address, prevent, and fix them
• Provides a detailed guide to protecting computers from viruses, spyware, addware, and personal information theft
• Provides solutions for stopping spam and explores instant messaging and chat room issues, along with steps parents can take to protect their children
• Explains how to avoid viruses,worms, and trojan horses, and teaches how to surf the Web safely using firewalls and intrusion detection
• Covers how to back up and recover from a disaster, install operating systems patches, create secure passwords, and protect personal and confidential information
• Includes a CD-ROM with trial software from Symantec® that allows readers to implement the lessons from the book and start protecting their systems immediately

Table of Contents

Introduction; Section I: Malware; Chapter 1: Viruses,Worms and Trojan Horses; Chapter 2: SpyWare; Chapter 3: AddWare; Section II: Internet; Chapter 4: Physical Security; Chapter 5: Firewalls; Chapter 6:Wireless; Chapter 7:Web Surfing; Chapter 8: Instant Messaging & Chat Rooms; Section III: Email; Chapter 9: Spam; Chapter 10: Fraud, Phishing, Social Engineering; Section IV: System Maintenance; Chapter 11: Operating System Patches; Chapter 12: Backups and Disaster Recovery; Chapter 13: Disk & Registry Maintenance; Section V: Personal Info; Chapter 14: Passwords; Chapter 15: Protecting Personal and Confidential Information; Appendix A:Web Resources; Appendix B: About the CD-ROM; Glossary; Index

描述

每天都有新的病毒出現，垃圾郵件不斷超載我們的收件箱，系統崩潰似乎毫無原因！找出如何保護自己免受這些問題的影響對所有電腦使用者來說都是一個挑戰，因此他們需要了解可用於保護電腦的工具和技術。《保護您的個人電腦》提供了一個詳細的指南，介紹了許多潛在危險，包括間諜軟體、廣告軟體、垃圾郵件、病毒、個人身份盜竊以及黑客使用的各種隱秘工具。它教導使用者這些程式是什麼，以及如何防止它們對電腦造成破壞。本書詳細介紹了使用者需要了解的五個主要領域，包括惡意軟體、網際網路、電子郵件、系統維護和個人資訊。憑藉這些資訊和附帶的光碟，使用者將為安全和愉快的電腦體驗做好準備！

 

特點

• 詳細介紹常見的電腦危害，並教導如何處理、預防和修復
  


• 提供了一個詳細的指南，教導如何保護電腦免受病毒、間諜軟體、廣告軟體和個人資訊盜竊的侵害
  


• 提供了停止垃圾郵件的解決方案，並探討即時通訊和聊天室的問題，以及父母可以採取的措施來保護他們的孩子
  


• 解釋了如何避免病毒、蠕蟲和木馬，並教導如何使用防火牆和入侵檢測安全地上網
  


• 介紹了如何備份和從災難中恢復、安裝作業系統補丁、創建安全密碼以及保護個人和機密資訊
  


• 附帶一個光碟，其中包含Symantec®的試用軟體，讓讀者能夠實施書中的教訓並立即開始保護他們的系統

目錄

導論；第一部分：惡意軟體；第1章：病毒、蠕蟲和木馬；第2章：間諜軟體；第3章：廣告軟體；第二部分：網際網路；第4章：實體安全；第5章：防火牆；第6章：無線網路；第7章：網路瀏覽；第8章：即時通訊和聊天室；第三部分：電子郵件；第9章：垃圾郵件；第10章：詐騙、網路釣魚、社交工程；第四部分：系統維護；第11章：作業系統補丁；第12章：備份和災難恢復；第13章：磁碟和註冊表維護；第五部分：個人資訊；第14章：密碼；第15章：保護個人和機密資訊；附錄A：網路資源；附錄B：關於光碟；詞彙表；索引