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even if I am patched. Also when
I send you an email the programs
can harvest my email address and
add it to lists so that I get more
spam.
The second line of defense is a
good anti-virus program. Again,
you can’t just buy it and expect it
to run forever. You need to update
it regularly, and run it regularly. If
you don’t have your anti-virus up
to date, you will only be catching
the viruses that were out when you
bought the program. That means
that any virus that has come out
since you bought the package
can still sit on your computer and
attack from there.
The third line of defense is anti-
spyware software. This software
will prevent someone from coming
in and “owning” your computer.
What do I mean by owning?
Spyware programs are frequently
used to keep track of what you
do on your computer. A common
misconception is that anti-spyware
is only needed when you are on
the net. In reality, spyware can be
installed in seconds while you are
downloading your email and then
it will run while you are off-line.
When you get on-line again, the
spyware will call home and send
back everything it has learned
about your machine.
The nal line of defense is your
rewall. If you have Windows XP
SP2, you have a rewall installed.
By installing and activating your
rewall, you make yourself less
visible to the bad guys out on the
web. If they can’t see you, they
may not spend the time to come
nd you.
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Why Update your
Computer?
By Kathy Jacobs, President,
Phoenix PCUG, AZ
www.phoenixpcug.org/
Obtained from APCUG with the
author’s permission for publication
by APCUG member groups.
For Christmas this year, we gave
my father a piece of software that
requires Windows XP SP2. Imagine
my surprise when he emailed back
that he didn’t have SP2.
Besides getting him a copy of SP2,
I found out that I would need to
explain to him why he needed it. I
thought some of you might benet
from the information as well.
Like many computer users, my
father views his computer as
something that he should just be
able to use. He doesn’t think he
should have to put any time into
maintenance of the computer. I
hear this quite frequently, but don’t
understand it. Would you buy a
car and never put gas in it or never
change the oil in it? Computer
maintenance is just like the
maintenance of your car.
The rst line of maintenance for
your computer should be Microsoft
Update or Windows Update.
Security holes are being patched
every month. Those patches are
made available to you for free from
Microsoft for your benet and for
mine. Mine? Yes mine. If you don’t
keep the security holes on your
machine patched, then you make
it easier for someone to use your
machine to attack my computer -
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