Home Business PC Security for Dummies

Written by Glenn Murray


The Internet is a powerful tool for home-based businesses. If used effectively, it can be your best friend; but if you don’t secure your computer, it can be your worst enemy. I’m sure you’ve had your fill of warnings aboutrepparttar latest killer computer virus. So I’m not going to harp on aboutrepparttar 116389 latest threat, orrepparttar 116390 potential for damage. What I WILL do is provide some protection tips and links forrepparttar 116391 layperson.

(And now forrepparttar 116392 obligatory disclaimer: I’m no tech-head – I’m an advertising copywriter and website copywriter. So this article is certainly not definitive or exhaustive. It’s simply an overview of some useful and easy to use solutions which should meet most of your requirements. I have no affiliation withrepparttar 116393 vendors or their distributors, and would encourage people to shop around before buying.)

When you run a home-based business – with one or two computers –repparttar 116394 main things you need to protect against are malicious hackers, worms, viruses, hijackers, trojans, spyware, and adware. For most people, repparttar 116395 following tools are all you need.

Firewall – e.g. Outpost Firewall Pro

Basically, a firewall stops unwanted stuff getting in. Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro is powerful and easy to use. You can get it from http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/ for USD$39.95. It claims to providerepparttar 116396 following protection.

  • Detects and blocks all intrusions by hackers
  • Blocks data theft attempts
  • Operates your computer into stealth mode, making it invisible to intruders
  • Analyzes your inbox and Quarantines Internet worms and viruses
  • Monitors network activity of your PC
  • Protects your children from illegal, inappropriate web sites
  • Provides full access to a thorough history of your connections
  • Prevents data leak from your PC
  • Averts invasions of your privacy throughrepparttar 116397 Internet
  • Conceals your surfing habits when browsingrepparttar 116398 Web

As a general note, your firewall will berepparttar 116399 hardest security software to use because it'll ask you a lot of questions, such as:

  • Such and such program is trying to connect with such and such server onrepparttar 116400 internet.
  • Such and such server is trying to connect to your computer (these arerepparttar 116401 ones you have to be very careful of, as they may be people trying to hack your computer).
  • A particular application has changed in some way. Do you want to make changed components shared with all other applications which interact with it?
  • A program is attempting to change a registry value. Is that ok?

You'll also get a lot of these sorts of questions when you first installrepparttar 116402 firewall. Once you've set up a few rules, they'll go away becauserepparttar 116403 rules will handle most things.

You can also setrepparttar 116404 firewall to block active content (javascript, activex, etc.) on websites you visit and emails you receive. If you normally visit only trusted websites and you don't get much spam, you don't really need this feature. But if anyone is visiting dubious sites, or if you get a lot of spam, or you're just very careful, it's a useful feature. TIP: If you do a lot of web surfing, configure Outpost so that whenever you visit a new site, it asks you if you want to allow or block active content (select Options | Plug-Ins Setup, then click Settings, then chooserepparttar 116405 Exclusions tab and checkrepparttar 116406 box atrepparttar 116407 bottom ofrepparttar 116408 screen “Add Web sites torepparttar 116409 exclusions list onrepparttar 116410 first visit”).



10 Benefits of Submitting Articles To E-zines

Written by Dean Shainin


1. You'll brand your web site, business and yourself by submitting articles to e-zines. You could include your name, business name, your credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box.

2. You will become known as an expert onrepparttar topics you write about. This will give you and your business extra credibility which will help you compete against your competition.

3. Your article might also be placed onrepparttar 116388 publisher's home page. If they publish each issue on their home page this will give you some extra exposure.

4. You might get extra exposure ifrepparttar 116389 e-zine publisher archives their e-zine on their site. People might want to readrepparttar 116390 back issues before they makerepparttar 116391 decision to subscribe.

5. You will get free advertising. This will allow you to spend your profits on other forms of advertising. You could buy advertisements in other e-zines that don't publish your articles.

6. You might get extra income from people wanting to hire you to write other articles, books, or even ask to speak at seminars. This is a great way to multiply your income.

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