You’ve heard about them – botnets, rootkits, Trojan horses, phishing, pharming – and they’re on the rise. These malicious intruders take control of individual PCs without end user knowledge, and the results can be devastating. They can deny service for legitimate users, harvest data through keystroke loggers, spread new malware, and steal your personal and financial identity. Trojan horses attack ‘under the radar’ and use social engineering tactics to trick users into clicking presumably safe programs. Once launched, these programs erase hard disks, and steal credit card numbers and passwords. Botnets hijack groups of computers that, in turn, transmit spam, viruses, and Trojans to other computers. Learn what you can do to protect your network from these malicious intruders.
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