Specifications

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SOMEONEONTHE)NTERNETCANACCESSTHE-ODEMANDCHANGEITSCONFIGURATION&OR
INSTRUCTIONSONSETTINGTHEPASSWORDSEETHEh!DVANCED3ETUPvCHAPTER
#OMPUTER3ECURITY
4OPROTECTTHEVALUABLEINFORMATIONONTHECOMPUTERREVIEWTHEFOLLOWINGTOPICS
4HESETOPICSCOVERSOFTWAREPROGRAMSANDOPERATINGSYSTEMFEATURESAFFECTINGTHE
SECURITYOFTHECOMPUTERSDATA
!NTI6IRUS0ROGRAMS
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BEUPDATEDONAREGULARBASISnATLEASTONCEAMONTH
%-AIL!TTACHMENTS
.EVERRUNAPROGRAMRECEIVEDASANATTACHMENTTOAN%MAILMESSAGEUNLESSTHE
PROGRAMISKNOWNTOBESAFE!PROGRAMFROMANUNKNOWNSOURCECANDELETEALL
THEFILESONTHECOMPUTERSHARDDISKORINSTALLAhBACKDOORvSOFTWAREAPPLICATION
THATLETSPEOPLEONTHE)NTERNETGAINACCESSTOTHECOMPUTERWITHOUTPERMISSION
)NTERNET"ROWSERS
!LWAYSEXITTHE)NTERNETBROWSER)NTERNET%XPLOREROR.ETSCAPE.AVIGATORFOR
EXAMPLE.EVERhMINIMIZEvTHEBROWSERORLEAVEITOPENINTHEBACKGROUND
"REAKINGINTOACOMPUTERISEASIERWHENAN)NTERNETBROWSERISRUNNING
.ETWORK!PPLICATIONS
.ETWORKAPPLICATIONSSUCHASSOFTWAREPROGRAMSTHATALLOWREMOTEACCESSTOTHE
COMPUTERALSOMAKETHECOMPUTERVULNERABLETOACCESSFROMOTHERPEOPLEONTHE
)NTERNET)FUSINGANETWORKAPPLICATIONTHATALLOWSREMOTEACCESSCONSIDERINSTALL
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