Cybercrime: Trends And Development.

Over the past few years the Internet has become a dangerous place. Originally created for a relatively small number of users, it far exceeded the expectations of its creators. Today there are over 1.5 billion Internet users and their number is increasing as technology becomes more affordable. Criminals noticed this trend too and realized very...

Variety Of Computer Viruses.

Computer virus is elements of the program or programs, unauthorized penetrated into the computer to harm, the distinguishing feature of which is ability of self duplication. The greatest danger of such viruses is that, before harm your computer, they are copied to the other program files, i.e., the infection is similar to biological viruses....

All About Phishing: The Origin Of The Term, Its Classification.

Phishing – is targeted espionage action of fraudsters to obtain confidential financial information by phishing user’s data via email or luring its victim on the site that is an exact copy of the internet banking or other financial institution. It is interesting the origin of the term phishing. Most sources refer to the English word...

Spam And Combating With It.

A few years ago many people have never even heard of what spam is and who the spammers are. Today there is no e-mail user, who was not suffering from spam. A lot of people in most countries use e-mail at work or at home. It’s so convenient when your mails reach the recipient in seconds at the other end of the globe. But, unfortunately, the...

The Description Of Different Types Of Malware.

Malicious software includes worms, the classic network viruses, Trojans, hacking tools and other software, causing deliberate harm to a computer on which they are executed, or to other computers on the network. Network Worms. This category includes programs that spread its copies to local and / or global networks in order to: ? Penetration of...

DoS And DDoS Attacks ? Danger To Your PC.

DoS (Denial of Service) – the sense of an attack is in the incapacitation of the victim’s computer. The principle of operation is in “throwing” the victim by unnecessary information. At sufficiently high intensity it can be derived targeted computer from the network. It is also possible combined method for sending a flow of...

Some Types Of Viruses.

Network Attacks. Network attacks are less common phenomenon than viruses, but more dangerous. The purpose of network attack may be misappropriation of information, or blocking the work of an individual computer or the whole network. Network attacks are usually committed by well-trained hackers, although there are cases children are doing it for...

How Virus Gets On My Computer?

There are many variants: ? If you download a file from the Internet. It is written on the site from which you get it that it is the program whish you need, and as a result it might contain a virus (or your program infected by virus) ? You receive e-mail or a message via ICQ with the attached file. The fact is that many viruses, having infected...

Protecting Your Computer From Outside Intruders.

Many people like video games, except, perhaps, those who put a top priority for protection from spyware and malware on their computers. Free online games are notorious for widespread spyware, adware and other malicious programs which infringe your privacy. However, not all games are bad. There are many places where you can find safe games for the...

General Information About Viruses.

What is a virus? - Virus – is malware for the computer, leading obviously to unauthorized destruction, blocking, modification or copying of information, disruption of the machine, or the network. In general, viruses are the programs parasitizing on other programs, ie introducing in “healthy” program. But recently any malicious...