How easy is it to access a hard drive..?
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A few days a go i managed to pick up a virus, which i am sure had a go at my address book...
And just now i was reading a post just now about Kazaa and associated spyware.
Sometimes i think (know??) that because in the last few years i have not been able to keep up with computer developments (travelling job etc), i do not fully understand the progress that has been made with regards remote computing etc... So much softwre allows you to link computers etc, but tis software must be corruptable - and i haven't the foggiest how to use it safely.
So i happily just jump on the net and wander about, not really caring where i go or what i look at, although i don't usually download things - but that is mostly cos my computer is so old and crappy at the moment it wouldn't cope.
So exactly how easy is it for someone who wants to, to access your machine whilst you are on the net nowadays? What software would ward against this sort of intrusion. If they get into the machine, what can they get hold of and is it just them, or does it become an open window to any computer scrote out there??
Thinking of getting a pukka machine, but if its gonna get hijacked within days i can't see the point. Think its about time i got back into this computer malarky...
Cheers
And just now i was reading a post just now about Kazaa and associated spyware.
Sometimes i think (know??) that because in the last few years i have not been able to keep up with computer developments (travelling job etc), i do not fully understand the progress that has been made with regards remote computing etc... So much softwre allows you to link computers etc, but tis software must be corruptable - and i haven't the foggiest how to use it safely.
So i happily just jump on the net and wander about, not really caring where i go or what i look at, although i don't usually download things - but that is mostly cos my computer is so old and crappy at the moment it wouldn't cope.
So exactly how easy is it for someone who wants to, to access your machine whilst you are on the net nowadays? What software would ward against this sort of intrusion. If they get into the machine, what can they get hold of and is it just them, or does it become an open window to any computer scrote out there??
Thinking of getting a pukka machine, but if its gonna get hijacked within days i can't see the point. Think its about time i got back into this computer malarky...
Cheers
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