Keeping Your Computer Secure In
A Minefield Of Computer Problems
- your computer and your identity are @ risk.

Computer security was once something that only geeks and students really worried about. The world of hackers, viruses (virii?), firewalls, trojans and identity theft were a million miles away from the home computer user. Even 10 years ago the basic concepts of virus protection and firewalls were only understood by the most security conscious user. Well those days are over. Face the facts - there is somebody out there trying to compromise your computer security and ideally steal your personal/financial identity. If you're not taking precautions now then you'll be dealing with the aftermath of a security breach or identity theft sooner rather than later.

Does that sound like scare tactics? It's not meant to be. It is designed to be a wake up call for you. If you're being lazy about your computer security then you're going to get stung sooner or later - it's that simple. It might be an annoying sting or something that totally turns your life upside down - the choice is yours on how this will all play out.

The scariest part of all this the lack of awareness there is in relation to basic security concepts and concerns. It's truly amazing to still meet people who have neither anti-virus or firewall software installed on their computer systems. When you ask them why not you're usually greeted with a Scoobydoo look of "Zuh???". They simply go about their daily computer day and download whatever files they feel like and pay absolutely NO attention to security at all. The fact that people simply leave the safety of their personal details to chance boggles the mind to say the very least.

The number of risks that you face online and offline are growing each day. Most sites focus on the online dangers but forget other things like social engineering and offline identity theft are rife and even withdrawing cash from an ATM is now fraught with danger because of ATM skimming and scanning. Online threats are an issue of course but we'll take some time here to focus on the offline threats also.

CPUSecurity.com was setup to explain why computer security is important and that it's not rocket science to implement it either. This site isn't going to be some supergeek exploration in complex technical terms. Nope! Think of this site as more of a dummies guide (well not really dummies but novices) guide to computer security, spyware, viruses, firewalls and other such issues that the day-to-day computer user will face.

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