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Internet Security Basics, Part Seven, Updated

In this seventh and final installment of my “Internet Security Basics” series, let’s first examine a typically-overlooked, yet critically important area of computer safety: network file sharing. File sharing is the ability of computers connected to the same network to...

Internet Security Basics, Part Six, Updated

There are numerous operating system and program settings that can be tweaked in order to better your security profile and increase performance. True system “hardening” is not for the impatient or faint of heart, and may be discussed in a future column;...

Internet Security Basics, Part Four, Updated

Back in the “old days” (say, seven or eight years ago), it was a good idea to have multiple programs to deal with multiple computer problems. Antivirus programs took care of viruses, antiadware programs took care of adware, antispyware programs took care of spyware,...