PC Confidential: Secure Your PC and Privacy from Snoops, Spies, Spouses, Supervisors, and Credit Card Thieves

by Banks, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780782127478
• ISBN10: 0782127479
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Shows the average computer user how to take back their privacy at home and at work, without special tools or technical knowledge. Perfect for anyone using a shared or easily accessible PC. The CD-ROM features bonus software for extra security, including Windows 95 and 98 security patches, Internet Explorer encryption patch, and many other security items. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvii
Why Bother with Security? Threats to Your System, Your Data, and You	1	(10)
Basic PC Security Logistics & Tricks	11	(14)
Simple & Direct---Protecting Your Information with Passwords and Settings	25	(24)
Protecting Your Files and Folders with Disguise and Misdirection	49	(18)
Hiding Files, Folders, and Applications	67	(12)
How to Keep Your Files from Giving You Away	79	(18)
Data Encryption	97	(14)
Virus Protection	111	(24)
Internet Safety and Privacy	135	(26)
E-Mail Protection	161	(16)
The Internet Revisited: Software Helpers	177	(20)
A View from the Other Side	197	(12)
Reviews, Recourses, and Resources	209	(14)
Appendix A Products and Web Sites in This Book	223	(8)
Appendix B Glossary of Terms	231	(14)
Index	245