1. Internet Insecurity The was founded as a tool based on trust
It is an entity – impossible to
is not
have the right to view employees’
that travels over the internet may be and and
Not all protect their

2. Spam Spam: Spammers get your address by:
Now represents 94% of all
650,000 people ordered a product or service offered in spam in one month
Spammers get your address by:
lists of addresses
from internet
addresses

3. Spam To Stop or Reduce Spam: Talk to your Keep Never
When you sign up for something, don’t give
Use
Best AntiSpam software (according to Consumer Report, 2007):
1. Trend Micro 2. Check Point 3. Cloudmark 4. Smith Micro 5. SpamFighter
Fight back by reporting new spammers to or

4. Faking the return email address
Using trusted institutional names to elicit confidential info
E.g., eBay, PayPal, a bank, etc.
The fake site has
Today: over of these sites
Past 2 years: ~ 1 million people have lost billions of dollars
Solutions:
delete that asks you to at a linked web site
through a browser, using your bookmark or by typing in the that you know.
Keep and updated – both will notify you about web sites

5. Little left on your hard disk by some you visit Can include your
Can be convenient
But they can be used to about you and your
To see on your PC, go to Documents and Settings/Administrator/

6. that can track a computer user’s and .
About 34% of computers got in the last 6 months
Ave computer – a dozen or more
downloads without your knowledge
Captures info about and
Info is then transmitted to the
can track virtually anything
Your
Etc.

7. To prevent : Be careful about free and illegal
Don’t say when you are something – read the
Install and use at all times
Best ones in order (according to Consumer Report, 2007):
Trend Micro
Sunbelt Software
F-Secure
Mcfee
BitDefender