Take steps to prevent hackers from infiltrating your home computer

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Take steps to prevent hackers from infiltrating your home computer

When I go on the Internet to do my work, check my email or do some personal banking, I have to admit I rarely worry about how secure my connection is. This is not very smart on my part, I know. But I didn't fully realize how potentially hazardous cyberspace could be until I came across a study by AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance. After examining computers from more than 350 households, they found that 80 percent lacked core protections like "recently updated anti virus software, a properly configured firewall and/or spyware protection." About one in five of the computers was infected with at least one virus and 23 percent of users received at least one phishing attempt within a two-week period via e-mail.

Phishing scams use e-mails that appear to come from a legitimate business in order to acquire sensitive information like Social Security numbers, passwords or credit card numbers.

This is certainly cause for concern. But don�t permanently shut down your computer just yet. Here are a few ways you can protect yourself. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner � Archive � Take steps to prevent hackers from infiltrating your home computer