Always Use Protection: A Teen's Guide to Safe Computing by Dan Appleman (English

Description: Always Use Protection by Dan Appleman Teenagers often suffer numerous other problems, from corrupt systems that need to be restored, to having e-mail accounts stolen, to being impersonated on instant message chats. This guide contains the most important things every teen needs to know about computer security, including viruses and identity theft. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Table of Contents * Gremlins in Your Machine * When Software Attacks: All About Viruses * From Sneaks to Slammers: How Viruses Get on Your System * The Built-in Doctor: Antivirus Programs * Guardians at the Gate: Firewalls * Locking Up, Part 1: Software Updates * Locking Up, Part 2: System and Application Configuration * Backups: The Most Important Thing Youll Probably Never Do * What to Do When Youve Been Hit * When They Think Its You, But It Isnt: Identity Theft * Passwords: Your Key to the Internet * The Traces You Leave Behind: What Your Machine Says About You * Every Move You Make, Theyll Be Watching You * Chat Rooms, Public and Private * Scams Notes Security experts know that home users are the most vulnerable to viruses. In fact, many home users are teenagers. They often have the best computer (for games), and spend the most time on the Web. And while the news media and parents have done a decent job of warning teenagers of the risks of strangers in public chat rooms, theyve done virtually nothing to teach teens other aspects of computer security.Always Use Protection: A Teens Guide to Safe Computing contains the most important things every teen needs to know about computer security. Not just the usual information about protecting teens online, but the equally important information on protecting computers from viruses and preventing identity theft (which teens surprisingly suffer from as well). Author Biography Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Studio, including SpyWorks, StateCoder, and the NT Service Toolkit for .NET languages and VB6. He is a cofounder of Apress, a publishing company specializing in high-quality professional level books for computer programmers and IT professionals. He is the author of numerous books, including Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code, How Computer Programming Works, and Dan Applemans Visual Basic Programmers Guide to the Win32 API, and he is the author of a series of eBooks on .NET-related topics. Table of Contents Part I Protecting Your MachineChapter 1 Gremlins In Your MachineChapter 2 When Software Attacks: All About VirusesChapter 3 From Sneaks To Slammers: How Viruses Get On Your System Chapter 4 The Built-In Doctor: Antivirus Programs Chapter 5 Guardians At The Gate: Firewalls Chapter 6 Locking Up, Part 1: Software UpdatesChapter 7 Locking Up, Part 2: System And Application ConfigurationChapter 8 Backups:The Most Important Thing You?ll Probably Never Do Chapter 9 What To Do When You?ve Been Hit Part II Protecting Your Privacy Chapter 10 When They Think It?s You, But It Isn?t: Identity TheftChapter 11 Passwords:Your Key To The Internet Chapter 12 The Traces You Leave Behind: What Your Machine Says About YouChapter 13 Every Move You Make,They?ll Be Watching YouPart III Protecting Yourself Chapter 14 Chat Rooms, Public And Private Chapter 15 ScamsPart IV Appendixes Appendix A Everyday SecurityAppendix B Registry TricksAppendix C A Note For Parents Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description Consider this true scenario: Two teenagers are both hit by some very nasty, damaging computer viruses. One was a virus that took down his Windows desktop at random times. The other was a trojan, with a hacker at the other end trying to blackmail him for game CD keys. Neither of the teens had up to date anti-virus software. Only one had a firewall. Fact: Teenagers often suffer numerous other problems - from corrupt systems that need to be restored, to having E-mail accounts stolen, to being impersonated on instant message chats. Security experts know that home users are the most vulnerable to viruses. In fact, many home users are teenagers. They often have the best computer (for games), and spend the most time on the Web. And while the news media and parents have done a decent job of warning teenagers of the risks of strangers in public chat rooms, theyve done virtually nothing to teach teens other aspects of computer security. Always Use Protection: A Teens Guide to Safe Computing contains the most important things every teen needs to know about computer security. Not just the usual information about protecting teens online, but the equally important information on protecting computers from viruses and preventing identity theft (which teens surprisingly suffer from as well). Description for Sales People Security experts know that home users are the most vulnerable to viruses. In fact, many home users are teenagers. They often have the best computer (for games), and spend the most time on the Web. And while the news media and parents have done a decent job of warning teenagers of the risks of strangers in public chat rooms, theyve done virtually nothing to teach teens other aspects of computer security. Always Use Protection: A Teens Guide to Safe Computing contains the most important things every teen needs to know about computer security. Not just the usual information about protecting teens online, but the equally important information on protecting computers from viruses and preventing identity theft (which teens surprisingly suffer from as well). Details ISBN159059326X Short Title ALWAYS USE PROTECTION Language English ISBN-10 159059326X ISBN-13 9781590593264 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Subtitle A Teens Guide to Safe Computing Edition 1st Series Apress Country of Publication United States Imprint APress Place of Publication Berkley Residence San Jose, US DOI 10.1604/9781590593264;10.1007/978-1-4302-0904-1 AU Release Date 2004-04-21 NZ Release Date 2004-04-21 US Release Date 2004-04-21 UK Release Date 2004-04-21 Author Dan Appleman Pages 288 Publisher APress Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. Publication Date 2004-04-21 DEWEY 004 Illustrations XX, 288 p. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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