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Security and Privacy On Your PC - Free eBook!
updated: 9th August, 2008

1 February 2008

by Huw Collingbourne

There are many reasons someone or some organization out in the Internet might want to penetrate your Windows computer. Here are a few examples –

 To secretly install software that steals your passwords or financial information
 To enrol your computer as a bot that secretly sends out junk email or spam
 To implant software that tracks your personal web surfing habits
 To destroy programs or data on your PC

Your goals are to—
 Prevent installation of secretly-installed software or malware
 Identify and eliminate any malware that does get installed
 Prevent malware from sending information from your computer out into the web
 Prevent any other secret penetration of your computer

...so writes Howard Fosdick, in his free eBook, ‘How to Secure Your Windows Computer and Protect Your Privacy — with Free Software’. The book covers a range of important topics from virus prevention to unauthorized data access. If you want to protect yourselves from the bad guys, do yourself a favour - read this eBook!