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Book Description
"I liked the approach, the content, and the presentation so well, I had to rate this a 10." — Raymond Lodato, Slashdot contributor (Read the Slashdot review.) You Know You're in Trouble When... Your family and friends know everything you're doing on your computer! Someone is impersonating you during an instant messaging session. Sudden dropouts and lag occur during online game play. Your computer crashes unexpectedly and for no apparent reason. Mysterious pop-up windows appear at strange times.
This is a book about computer security and privacy, written especially for the many people who, just like you, are taking advantage of all the Internet has to offer. It goes beyond the "beware the dangers of chat room" warnings you're already aware of and tells you not only how to protect your computer form the latest invasions of viruses, worms, and Trojans, but also how to fight back and actually do something about them. You Know You're Safe When... You know how anitvirus tools and firewalls actually work—and how they can fail. You play online games without leaving your system open to attack. You can surf the Web and shop without leaving any traces to follow. You can clean viruses off a system—and even get paid for it!
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About the Author
Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Studio, including SpyWorks, StateCoder, and the NT Service Toolkit for .NET languages and VB6. He is a cofounder of Apress, a publishing company specializing in high-quality professional level books for computer programmers and IT professionals. He is the author of numerous books, including <i>Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code</i>, <i>How Computer Programming Works</i>, and <i>Dan Appleman’s Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide to the Win32 API</i>, and he is the author of a series of ebooks on .NET-related topics.
Always Use Protection: A Teen's Guide to Safe Computing FROM THE PUBLISHER
This is a book about computer security and privacy, written especially for the many people who, just like you, are taking advantage of all the Internet has to offer. It goes beyond the "beware the dangers of chat room" warnings you're already aware of and tells you not only how to protect your computer from the latest invasions of viruses, worms, and Trojans, but also how to fight back and actually do something about them.
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