For 33 years, I worked in the IT industry, and one of my primary functions was to ensure the corporate computers, including desktops and laptops, were safe from hackers. These articles pass along some of what I learned.
That free product that you found on the might seem to be cool and useful. But regardless if it’s your computer or your Smartphone, be cautious because There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. It’s probably spyware.
How many times have you surfed to a new site, only to be asked for your name, birthday and gender? Did you enter the information that was requested? Use cause if you value your privacy.
The Internet is a dangerous place, and children should be protected. The threats to their sanity and well-being are real and cannot be emphasized enough.
Social engineering is the big problem – the elephant in the room – computer security. That’s because people are the weak link, and cause most of the problems.
Identity theft is a real problem. Protect yourself by following some simple guidelines. There’s nothing worse than finding someone has been using your identity and ruined your credit.
How do those pesky spammers get your email address anyway? Do they read minds? So they tap into some secret part of the internet?
Keep a copy of all of your data, photos, videos (optionally), and files in the cloud in case of disaster using the Livedrive product.
It’s inevitable that something will happen that will destroy the data on your computer. Protect yourself by installing Livedrive today. This will automatically back up the data on your computer to the cloud, where it is safe from disaster.
Backup is one of the very most important tasks you can perform. If you do that, you can recover your files if disaster strikes. Livedrive is an excellent, automated solution.
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