Now that we have the principle of out of the way, let's consider, security suites, and computer security. There are a variety of means, that a computer's security can be breached. The most common threats are crackers, phishing, Trojans, viruses and worms. Potential vulnerabilities can be introduced also by spyware, malware, or e-mail attachments, and so called port scanning.
Dshield.org, a Florida-based non-profit company that offers "Platform for users of firewalls to share intrusion information". What
they do is to enable working with software vendors for a common
reporting platform from port scanning activity through software. Port scanning is if other software scans for open ports to connect computer system on the search. Port scanning is often a prelude to other types of attacks, and is used by many viruses and worms, to reproduce.
The interesting article "survival time" reported by DShield. What this means is, how long unpatched computers able to "survive a" online, before attack. In the course of the past year, survival time for a patched Windows system is about 100 minutes. If you have an unpatched Windows system, you can expect that there is a about an hour a half are attacked. Of course, need the things into their own hands to take to protect the security of your computer systems.
There are some simple steps that can protect your computer quickly and easily.
1. Never unknown programs on your computer. While it may seem to be common sense, have involved many of the most widely used spyware attacks and E-Mail worms annex. The rule is simple: not the attachments to open, if you don't recognize the sender.
2. Never, other people have not moderated physical access to your computer. If
you have sensitive or confidential information on your computer, if you
other physical access to the system to allow, she can either
accidentally or intentionally violate the security of the computer.
3. Always use secure passwords. Make sure that none of your passwords are easy to guess. Many people use the names of pets or children, anniversaries or birthdays. Considering
how many passwords seem used to be, is another common mistake for
someone who use the same password for all-Sharing-of her image website,
to their online brokerage. By using only a password, if a system is compromised, all systems, you can access can be compromised. Also, if you must record your password, never let them on the computer connected. I recently saw log on the small business owner, peering under your keyboard to your computer.
4. Make sure that your operating system and all installed applications on the current patch level. Most
are security experts believe that nearly all network-based security
attacks would stop, if the user their computers always up to date with
the latest patches and security fixes. Almost all of us forget to do this regularly. New Trojans, worms and viruses are spread and created every day. Almost all of them are trying to take advantage of newly discovered vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications.
5. Backup backup backup! It can be said often enough that it is extremely important to keep regular backups of any and all important data. Even
if your system is kept safe from worms, viruses and Trojans, it is
still susceptible to fire, theft, flood, hardware failure, and any
number of other things, which can destroy your most valuable data. Given the ease and availability of CD and DVD burners, there are no excuses for not, you keep your data backed up.