Two groups of interenet users

Security awareness is a very important issue nowadays because many of the computer users are unaware of the fact that they might be attacked by a virus . The regular users of the internet basically can be divided into two groups. Those users belong into the first group who notice that their computer is infected by a virus. We categorize all those internet users in the second group who are unaware of the fact that their computer is infected and they are just tearing their hair out when their computer is disobey to their command and start working on their own. To meet with these strange and awkward symptoms both group can likely agree that there is nothing abominable than viruses in the computer. That is why computer users should be aware of the fact that information or computer security is very important.

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Virus like a cockroach

Many people think that they can get rugged virtual pest by visiting pornographic sites. But its not like that. For example that person knows very well, who once had a cockroach in the house, that the forgotten food crumb on the table can help the multiplication of the insects but the house doesnt have to be dingy to be over cockroached. Because it is the cockroach who choose not the person, and the situation is almost the same with the viruses . as well. But if you want to be sure that your computer is safety first of all you have to be sure that you have all the tools to keep your computer in safe. That what we call security awareness . The only way is save your computer if you know all the risk that treating you. But for this you have to be well trained and it is recomended to take part in security awareness training .

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Computer viruses

The computational viruses amazingly can adaptate themself to the changing world as the true ones. Before people carried their data on flopy discs and viruses chose the same way. Nowadays the e-mail adresses become fashionable and viruses spread by hiding in electronical letters. Uncountable many different kind of viruses exsist and they are getting more and more harmful. There are some that can desable whole networks. But not only the viruses that threaten the computer and its users. There are malwares , hackers and the person .

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Online trade and online crime

The internet is spitting image of our real world in many way. Different person meet and change experience with the help of it. There are good, bad, soft-headed and genious ones. There was no problem with the world wide web until they used it for gaining experience. The real trouble has started with the money transfering on the web. As the online trade spreading the online crime spreading as well. There is always someone who want to stole some amount of it, as well as in the real world. It is very easy to do it for an expert. But if you are well aware of the fact that internet security is very important and you act in a proper way then you can have a very secure computer and you dont have to be afraid from loosing data, information or money. So security awareness is very important.

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Ciber criminals against detectives

Since bigger and bigger sum of money is balancing trough the internet the police controll can’t be helped. They try to explore the offender’s set of mind when they investigating an online crime but here the clue is virtual. The computer harddisk of a suspected person is containing many sneak clues. They make a copy about the suspectes person’s computer and then they upload the datas to a new computer so that they can see the steps that the offender made. The detectives are having grim battle against the computer criminals. At present the ciber criminals are in the pont of vantage.

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Security Awareness

Be aware of the fact that you can lose a lot of important information out of neglect. There are malicious people who want to get your data or some company information where you work so that they get their income or plus money. And by being neglect you can facilitate their work. So how can you be sure that your personal details are under safe and protection? One viable way is to train yourself by paying attention to your habits.

Some tips for security awareness:

• Do not throw the cd into the dustbin without smashing or breaking it!
  
• Do not keep your passwords, codes in your cell phone! Better to keep them in your memory.
  
• Do not keep your ID, bank cards in your purse, might pickpocket steal both.
  
• Cut all those papers that contain your adress, name, bills and checks into pieces!
  

At the same time in most cases the disappearing of important information are caused by the laptop theft and the owners neglect.
On one hand the notebooks, the PDA are mostly stolen by the offenders at the airport, on trains, from cars but on the other hand the disorganised owners leave behind them on these scenes. Number of times it happened that these equipments have been stolen from the office.
However the offenders mostly steal the laptops and PDA not because of getting informations but its value.

All in all data loss can make big property damage for companies. And to prevent it you must have security awareness in your mind. Better to know the proper method of eliminating the paper which containing important data or make an up to date security copy of the important data.

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Internet Security In China

Nowadays almost everybody has a computer and internet connections that we want to know is safe. There are different kinds of possibilities to make our computer safe from the viruses and from the malicious programs.

In China virtual cops take care of the Chinese internet users. The Beijing Police Force wants to have the attention of the internet users, with the help of virtual patrol, that they should avoid visiting the illegal and pornographic websites.

While surfing on the sites a cyber cop will appear in pop up window like an advertisement at the bottom of the screen every half an hour.

Next to the policeman's figure a text message pays the users attention to respect the law. The figures also gives tips how to use the internet in a safer way while they running across the screen by a car or a motor.

The user can click on the patrol if he wants the police's help and it navigates him onto the Police Force website.

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