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And it will be written in non-geeky language that you can understand.
Regards, Eric Graudins.
Without protection, your computer could have harmful programs installed on it within 2 minutes of being connected to the internet.
Programs that could be recording your keystrokes and forwarding them to criminals, or sending out thousands of emails, or even attacking other computers.
Find out how to protect yourself at WebAngel.com.au/protection.htm
Posted by Eric G.
A major new security risk has been discovered in almost all popular web browsers - including IE, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, and others.
It allows a malicious website to take control of a popup window that has been opened in a legitimate website. The implications of this for online banking are frightening, because you are TOTALLY unaware that anything is amiss.
The internet security site “Secunia” has a demonstration of how it works at
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/
I got quite a fright when I tried the demonstration.
And at present, there’s no fix.
About the only thing that you can do to protect yourself is to have only one browser window open at any one time.
Posted by Eric G. If you are using your computer on the internet, you are asking for big trouble if you do not have a firewall (sort of an electronic condom) installed and operational.
An unprotected Windows computer will be found and infected by some sort of harmful program within minutes of being connected to the internet.
We have personal experience of this when we installed a computer for my wife’s parents, and the software firewall ZoneAlarm started reporting attempted breaches 2 minutes after it was connected to the internet for the first time.
Tests by USA Today and AvantGarde back this up with a series of formal tests with computers running various operating systems which were left connected to the internet for 6 weeks show the following frightening results:
Attempted attacks PER DAY according to Operating system:
Windows XP Service Pack 1: 8,177
OS X: 8,155
Windows Small businss Server: 1,400
Windows XP Service Pack 2: 82
XP with Zone Alarm: 50
Linspire (Linux) : 46
What is especially worrying is that authorities have estimated that 67% of people do not use a firewall on their systems.
The message is clear. Make sure that you have a firewall on your system.
Posted by Eric G.