Practicing Safe Computing
Introduction In the old days of personal computers, you had to install the operating system yourself and configure it. This meant that you at least had some idea on how to restore it if things went bad. Many things can go wrong with a personal computer, and usually the most problematic is if the hard disk failed. And there is now malware out there that can destroy your data. And chances are that your system was pre-installed by computer manufacturer. This article is more oriented to Microsoft Windows for example, as those users tend to be less technical than on the other platforms. It is now more a case of when, not if your system will get infected by malware. Web sites can be taken over by criminals. A typo in going to a web site can take you to a site run by a criminal. I had seen a computer infected just by visiting a well known legitimate news site. I do not know what on the web site triggered the infection. Protecting your system and data S...