Steal this Computer Book 3

IS YOUR COMPUTER SAFE FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES AND MALICIOUS HACKERS? No matter how secure you think your computer is, it´s still vulnerable to a variety of attacks that can ruin your files or hoodwink you out of thousands of dollars. This newly revised third edition of the best-selling Steal This Computer Book will help you protect yourself. You´ll discover: - How to tackle spyware, web bugs, and adware seemingly innocent programs that harvest your private information - How hackers hide their identities and shred their files - How hackers write computer viruses and worms - How Trojan Horse programs work and how to defend against them - How hackers steal software and defeat copy protection copy-protection mechanisms - How to fight back against spammers - How to tell when your machine is being attacked and what you can do to protect it - Where the hackers are, how they probe a target and sneak into a computer, and what they do when they get there