Challenges to the Internet Security
Use of computer may become a real threat, if it is used without taking some highly important things into consideration.
People normally provide personal bio data to various social networking websites or sometime they use their bank account for online payments.
If someone with bad intentions gets access to this information, it may leads to serious problems.
Making accounts on different social websites and providing them private information is equivalent to putting your personal life at risk.
While communicating with other people sitting remotely and exchanging important information may result into some serious trouble.
This is the point where Internet security comes into play.
If someone tries to get access to the personal computer, in order to retrieve the information that you have just given as input, but fails to reach the desired information, say thanks to the security of the Internet.
One should take measures while creating passwords, backups and allowing someone to get someone the access to particular files.
Passwords should not be so easy that everyone gets the idea, what it could be.
Despite making sure that your computer and data is well secured, criminals sometime are a step ahead in breaking these security hurdles.
Therefore, one needs to upgrade the security measures on continuous basis.
Advancements in the field of computer security have helped people to secure their personal information from the hackers.
Such tools have been developed, which prevent the hackers to get into the system and get the private data.
These tools called "Anti-virus" play a vital role in the security of the computer.
Programs that cause problem to your computer are Viruses, Malware, Worms and Spyware etc.
Viruses normally affect the speed of the computer by penetrating deeper into the system.
It reduces the processing speed so slow that computer hangs on many occasions.
Malware is software that acts like a spy on the data available on your computer.
Programs like "Worms" copy themselves on the computer and act like virus.
Most dangerous among them are "Spywares", their function is to keep an eye on all the activities that are taking place on your computer.
They even monitor which key is being pressed and how and where the mouse is being moved.
Apart from these there are other programs, which may cause problems when you are online.
Hence, one needs to remain alert all the time.
A lot of these programs may be able to get in your computer.
The purpose of Anti-Virus programs is to locate the possible threat on your computer and to get rid of them.
Thus, allowing user to work safely.
These programs are available at any computer shop as well as one can buy them online.
Some versions of this software are free to use.
However, their functionality is restricted and one cannot get the total benefits unless they are bought.
Care should also be taken while downloading such programs from the Internet, as they may contain virus as well.
In such cases the processing speed will be substantially reduced rather than getting rid of virus.
People normally provide personal bio data to various social networking websites or sometime they use their bank account for online payments.
If someone with bad intentions gets access to this information, it may leads to serious problems.
Making accounts on different social websites and providing them private information is equivalent to putting your personal life at risk.
While communicating with other people sitting remotely and exchanging important information may result into some serious trouble.
This is the point where Internet security comes into play.
If someone tries to get access to the personal computer, in order to retrieve the information that you have just given as input, but fails to reach the desired information, say thanks to the security of the Internet.
One should take measures while creating passwords, backups and allowing someone to get someone the access to particular files.
Passwords should not be so easy that everyone gets the idea, what it could be.
Despite making sure that your computer and data is well secured, criminals sometime are a step ahead in breaking these security hurdles.
Therefore, one needs to upgrade the security measures on continuous basis.
Advancements in the field of computer security have helped people to secure their personal information from the hackers.
Such tools have been developed, which prevent the hackers to get into the system and get the private data.
These tools called "Anti-virus" play a vital role in the security of the computer.
Programs that cause problem to your computer are Viruses, Malware, Worms and Spyware etc.
Viruses normally affect the speed of the computer by penetrating deeper into the system.
It reduces the processing speed so slow that computer hangs on many occasions.
Malware is software that acts like a spy on the data available on your computer.
Programs like "Worms" copy themselves on the computer and act like virus.
Most dangerous among them are "Spywares", their function is to keep an eye on all the activities that are taking place on your computer.
They even monitor which key is being pressed and how and where the mouse is being moved.
Apart from these there are other programs, which may cause problems when you are online.
Hence, one needs to remain alert all the time.
A lot of these programs may be able to get in your computer.
The purpose of Anti-Virus programs is to locate the possible threat on your computer and to get rid of them.
Thus, allowing user to work safely.
These programs are available at any computer shop as well as one can buy them online.
Some versions of this software are free to use.
However, their functionality is restricted and one cannot get the total benefits unless they are bought.
Care should also be taken while downloading such programs from the Internet, as they may contain virus as well.
In such cases the processing speed will be substantially reduced rather than getting rid of virus.
