Always Use Protection: A Teen’s Guide to Safe Computing

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Table of Contents * Gremlins in Your Machine * When Software Attacks: All About Viruses * From Sneaks to Slammers: How Viruses Get on Your System * The Built-in Doctor: Antivirus Programs * Guardians at the Gate: Firewalls * Locking Up, Part 1: Software Updates * Locking Up, Part 2: System and Application Configuration * Backups: The Most Important Thing You’ll Probably Never Do * What to Do When You’ve Been Hit * When They Think It’s You, But It Isn’t: Identity Theft * Passwords: Your Key to the Internet * The Traces You Leave Behind: What Your Machine Says About You * Every Move You Make, They’ll Be Watching You * Chat Rooms, Public and Private * Scams