HackAttack.Written by Robert J Farey
P C. owners are constantly at risk from attacks by hackers. Spy ware, viruses, trogan horses, and all sorts of other malevolent programs are all trying to take control of your computer.What can we do about it? How can we be sure that we are properly protected against them? A hacker will generally not be interested in doing damage to your PC. His main interest is in gaining control of your computer so that he can use it to send out hundreds of thousands of e-mails in your name with intention of crashing your mail server. This can get you into very serious trouble with server. This is something that you do not want. How are you going to prove that you were not to blame? How do hackers do it? What tools do they use? A port scanner. What is a port scanner? A port scanner can locate PCs that are on line and check for an open port. A hacker using a program such as ‘Super Scan’ can find an open port to gain entrance to your computer. Once in, he can use your computer as if it were his own. The only difference is that to all intents and purposes it is you that is causing all of trouble. The main port that hacker is interested in is port 80. This is one that you use to log on to internet. I am not going to confuse you with all various programs that are designed to show you what ports are open at any particular time. What you need to know is how to protect your computer against these attacks.
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In this new era of information, business promote new (now) standardized and stereotyped model of cyber "door-to-door" salesman, armed with lap top, cell phone, palm pilot; ready day and night for a next good war against next competitor's web page displayed on his LCD or CRT. In this new world of "brief cased guinea pigs" totally "overloaded" by quantity of digital information, where technology is weapon against neighbor, good old "dollar buck" is only reward; rewarded and quantified to best "optimized", "suited and tied" digital business slave.a = (1(small business) + 2(good idea) + 3(great potential) + 4 (determination)); factorX = 'no money'; print (a + factorX); > [processor fault] Where on this dynamic two dimensional world that is modern computer world of today, a "promising" small business can go without factor x? Without a website, who are you? Without a website how you can sell your products? Many solutions exists out there, in so called "the free world", but which one is reliable, which one is really there to help your situation? Which one really think of you as a business in this kind of situation? I personally try them all, I was also even at point to register to "seems to be miraculous" five letters starting with a "Y"; merchant solution then... Wait, stop, backup, what about one solution that provide me everything that I need: Web hosting, Merchant Tools, Catalog Manager, Order Management System, Business Email, DNS Hosting, Database Service, Ftp Account and place that can index my website and products it contains, for free...? is it possible? Is it "new business model" that I am looking for? Or I still need to struggle against stereotyped description as above during weeks and a lot of PDF printed forms? to get...whatever?
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