Always Use Protection
A Teen's Guide to Safe Computing
(Sprache: Englisch)
* Appleman is a well-known, bestselling author of computing titles; has a great writing style and has valuable input/review on content from a teen focus group of technology users.
* Contains the fundamentals that every teen should know: emphasizes...
* Contains the fundamentals that every teen should know: emphasizes...
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* Appleman is a well-known, bestselling author of computing titles; has a great writing style and has valuable input/review on content from a teen focus group of technology users.
* Contains the fundamentals that every teen should know: emphasizes protection of computers from viruses, and privacy issues (including identity theft), not just the usual online security that is hyped by the media. Emphasizes topics of interest to teens - for example: security on instant messaging and configuring firewalls for online gaming.
* Unlike other security books written for parents, this book is written to empower teens to protect themselves and their computers. It requires no effort on the part of parents beyond buying the book and handing it to their teens.
* Offers practical, well-researched much needed advice on how to protect teens and create a more secure home computing environment. (The author's survey showed over 50% of teens have had a computer virus. A recent Newsweek article describes how Oberlin college found viruses on 90% of the Windows machines of incoming freshmen).
* Contains the fundamentals that every teen should know: emphasizes protection of computers from viruses, and privacy issues (including identity theft), not just the usual online security that is hyped by the media. Emphasizes topics of interest to teens - for example: security on instant messaging and configuring firewalls for online gaming.
* Unlike other security books written for parents, this book is written to empower teens to protect themselves and their computers. It requires no effort on the part of parents beyond buying the book and handing it to their teens.
* Offers practical, well-researched much needed advice on how to protect teens and create a more secure home computing environment. (The author's survey showed over 50% of teens have had a computer virus. A recent Newsweek article describes how Oberlin college found viruses on 90% of the Windows machines of incoming freshmen).
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Appleman is a well-known, bestselling author of computing titles; has a great writing style and has valuable input/review on content from a teen focus group of technology users.
Contains the fundamentals that every teen should know: emphasizes protection of computers from viruses, and privacy issues (including identity theft), not just the usual online security that is hyped by the media. Emphasizes topics of interest to teens - for example: security on instant messaging and configuring firewalls for online gaming.
Unlike other security books written for parents, this book is written to empower teens to protect themselves and their computers. It requires no effort on the part of parents beyond buying the book and handing it to their teens.
Offers practical, well-researched much needed advice on how to protect teens and create a more secure home computing environment. (The author's survey showed over 50% of teens have had a computer virus. A recent Newsweek article describes how Oberlin college found viruses on 90% of the Windows machines of incoming freshmen).
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Always Use Protection “
- Introduction for Teens- Introduction for Parents
Part I: Protecting your Computer
- Gremlins in your machine
- When software attacks: All about viruses
- From Sneaks to Slammers: How viruses get on your system
- The built-in doctor: Anti-virus programs
- Guardians at the gate: Firewalls
- Locking up: Software updates and system configuration
- Backups: The most important thing you’ll never do
- What to do when you’ve been hit
Part II: Protecting your Privacy
- 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
Part III: Protecting Yourself
- Chat Rooms, Public and Private
- Other Scams
- Part IV: The Last Word (for now)
- Everyday Security
- Registry tricks.
Autoren-Porträt von Daniel Appleman
Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Studio, including SpyWorks, StateCoder, and the NT Service Toolkit for .NET languages and VB6. He is a cofounder of Apress, a publishing company specializing in high-quality professional level books for computer programmers and IT professionals. He is the author of numerous books, including Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code, How Computer Programming Works, and Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API, and he is the author of a series of eBooks on .NET-related topics.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Daniel Appleman
- 2004, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed., 288 Seiten, Maße: 19,1 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: APress
- ISBN-10: 159059326X
- ISBN-13: 9781590593264
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2004
Sprache:
Englisch
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