Anti-CIV

Malware is malicious software created by people known as hackers. Malware comes in many forms and you may have heard it referred to as worms, Trojans, Spyware, or Adware. These computer viruses are not interchangeable and they all perform different tasks. It is important to understand what each one is and what its purpose is in order to protect yourself from them.

Worms and Trojans are essentially the same kind of virus. They are viruses designed to find their way into your computer through your Internet connection and then do some sort of damage. In many cases they will cause some sort of damage to your hard drive. For example, a virus like this may completely reformat your hard drive when it is triggered. Viruses can also be used to hijack your computer for the virus creators needs. These types of computer viruses are the most malicious and cause the most headaches to computer users. They can make a computer not usable and dangerous to other computers on your network.

Spyware is a kind of Malware that has a few purposes. One of the main purposes of spyware is to collect personal information. This information can be used for things like determining your buying habits and sending you Spam email based on those habits or even stealing your identity.

Adware is probably the most annoying kind of Malware and the easiest kind of Malware to detect. It is easy because one of the primary functions of Adware is to load pop up advertising on to your computer. Adware can clog up your computer with so many pop up ads that it can force you to have to re-format your hard drive. Somehow this is supposed to make you want to buy product. No one ever said Malware creators were smart.

There so many dangers waiting for your computer while browsing the internet. These are the purpose why there Internet security services that offers security for your computers. Why do you need firewalls? And how it works? Firewalls, most often used in big a company that requires the internet usage. If you have fast internet connect like of DSL connection, you need to have a firewall in order to have protect your company or your family from offensive sites as well as potential hackers.

A firewall is a barrier to keep destructive forces and dangers away from your property as well as your privacy. That is why it was called firewall. Its job is same to a real firewall that keeps fire from spreading from one area to another. A firewall is a program that filters the unwanted information that enters your connection. Flagged packets are not allowed to enter into your system. For example, a company with 400 computer units that are being used by 400 employees, can access the internet and unwanted sites, in order to protect your company and these computers you have to install a firewall in to your system. Having a firewall, only one person will be able to access directly the internet and you are doing this for security purposes. A firewall has a control with the internet usage from your network.

What methods do a firewall does to control the flow of unnecessary information through your system?
First off, the Packet Filtering, the small chunks of data is being scrutinized over a set of filters. Packets that were able to make will be sent to request to enter to the system while the others will be eliminated. While the Proxy Service, will be retrieved by the firewall and then will be sent to the requesting system and so on. The Stateful inspection is inspecting and comparing the information passing through the system. It checks whether the information entering are the same as on the trusted sites. If the information that is entering did not match with the trusted sites the information will be eliminated from the system.

I’m sure we’ve all had warnings and cautions of ad ware and/or spy ware threatening to shut down our computers. The computer is one of the most important items to most people and protecting it should be something everyone should read more about. Most ad ware and spy ware programs are cheap and an efficient way to make sure your information is safe. Most of you are still probably asking the question.

What is ad ware and spy ware?

Ad ware is a virus like program that gets on to your computer and you will most likely be infected with pop-ups, banners, and ads. Spy ware is when your personal information is gathered from your computer. They generally both work together to scam you with advertisements saying something like “Your computer has been infected with ad ware, to fix this problem purchase our anti ad ware program”. Ad ware will often be attached to programs you may have downloaded from shareware sites with the author trying to sell something to you.

So why protect my computer from ad ware and spy ware?

Well to tell you the truth spy ware is more dangerous than ad ware because it gathers your personal information, which can be used to scam you and send spam to your email address. Ad ware on the other hand is mainly just a nuisance, which is constantly producing pop-ups on your screen. It won’t shut down your computer but it will slow it down and more and more pop-ups will occur over time.

I want ad ware and/or spy ware but what program do I buy?