Introduction

The Internet and connected computers are transforming our lives and businesses. As we put more time into our efforts to master and apply computers there are others who choose to disrupt and cause chaos amongst computer users . Stop for a moment to think about your computer, is it vital to you, do you backup your data, contact lists, photographs, reports, or do you just let it be? What problems would it create if you lost all of this today? Would you ever get it back? What would it cost?

Enough scare tactics, it is strongly advisable to do something about your  pc and it's 'data'.  The front part of this website details steps that can, and in many instances, should be taken to avoid some of the perils.

There is an abundance of security advice available on the internet. The aim is to reduce this 'information overload' to smaller more manageable points covering issues like creating better passwords and setting your computer more securely against viruses, etc.

The advice on this website is free.  Further advice and other computer services are offered suiting home users, tele-workers, and small businesses. See our Services page.

There are several areas of risk and most of these areas interact. Therefore you need to look at an evaluate every area under the following topics. For example the way in which a PC is set to start up can have a great influence in reducing the risk of getting a virus, this is covered under Boot Sequence.

Risk Headings

Copyright © 2003 Richard Dunn

Last modified: February 06, 2001