Computer Help, Network Services and Technical Support

One of the brutal truths about the words “computer security” is that not a
lot of people know exactly what it means! This article is NOT intended for
professional network administrators with after-hours and weekend salaried
jobs.

This article is written for the average home and office user who have
‘computer tasks’ somewhere towards the bottom of - if at all - their daily
to-do list. You are not concerned with “computer edumacation” and your boss
certainly is not prepared to spend money or time educating end-users on how
to deal with the latest “Ferrari” and “Race-Horse” computers that we all use
these days.

The brutal truth here is that Norton, Symantec, McAfee - and presumably
other - Security Suites do more damage to the personal computer than ever
spyware, malware, worms, Trojans etc. do. This I know from my daily personal
experience with Home and Office computer users. I am called up with a
“Computer Performance” problem and…off I go to fix it! Here’s what
usually, 9 times out of 10, I see…

1)… No renaming of the Windows Administrator account
2)… No Password setup for the Administrator account
3)… A computer that logs on “without a password” on boot
4)… 3 different spyware/malware checkers at least
5)… 2 different firewalls - at least
6)… an overloaded email inbox full of doodoo.
7)… Various misguided attempts at controlling spam
8)… A disabled Windows XP Firewall
9)… A somewhere close to “out-of-date” 3rd party Firewall or Internet
Security Suite

10)… a friggin’ disaster waiting to happen!

Please read my following blog articles on “Computer Security for the Home
and Office User” for enlightenment as to how this all really works and who’s
taking you for a ride and who the bad guys really are. You’ll like it. I
guarantee it!

My next ten Blog articles will be to do with Personal Computer Security and
how to; discern the wolves from the lambs, sort out what’s bad and what’s
good, and, to have fun with your computer while maintaining secure computing
practices.

Please visit often and comment.

Thank you.

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