• Introduction to Vulnerability Scanning
  
  A brief article introducing the concepts of vulnerability scanning- how it works, what sorts of things it checks for, what the results mean to you and how you might use a vulnerability scanner to detect weaknesses in your network and fix them before they are used against you
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• Introduction to Port Scanning Quiz
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• Computer Security 101: Lesson 6
  
  This article is about viruses, worms, trojan horses, backdoors and other malicious code. It discusses antivirus software and techniques including heuristics. The impact of virus hoaxes is also discussed. This is the 6th in a 10-part series on computer security from your About.com Guide, Tony Bradley
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• Privacy Watch: Phishing Anxiety May Make You Miss Messages
  
  Swarms of bogus electronic missives deter people from accepting legitimate e-mail.
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• Enable WEP or WPA Encryption To Protect Your Wireless Network
  
  It is great to be able to transmit data back and forth from your wireless device to your wireless router or access point, but what if someone else intercepts those airwaves as well? You can protect your wireless data by enabling encryption.
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• Free Port Scanner Software
  
  Links to free port scanner software to analyze your system for open ports to help you secure it
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• Disable DHCP and Use Static IP Addresses To Protect Your Wireless Network
  
  Most home routers, wireless or wired, provide some form of DHCP which automatically assigns IP addresses to devices as they connect. To reduce the possibility of an unauthorized party accessing your network, you can disable DHCP and manually assign static IP addresses to your devices
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• Yahoo Users Get Phished
  
  Attackers use sophisticated new methods to tap users' IDs and passwords.
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• PR Piñata: Wipe Your PC Clean
  
  How can you get rid of an older computer without handing out personal info?
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