Do you feel secure when you open your laptop? But do you know what makes using your PC and browsing the internet so safe? Today, we’ll talk about a firewall – a basic but important part of any ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Your desktop firewall may not offer enough protection.There are various options available to increase your security.Two of these options are free, while the other has an ...

Malware and hackers present a real danger to your computer system and the security of your business itself, so you shouldn't skimp on providing adequate network and computer protection. Firewalls and ...

In a previous article, we talked about the importance of patch management in an enterprise network and the various options you have to deploy those patches in companies of various sizes. This week ...

If you are considering high-speed Internet access such as a cable modem or digital subscriber line, you should also get serious about protecting the information on your computer by looking at a ...

Bill Cheswick will deny that he invented computer firewalls, but it’s what the modest computer security researcher is really known for. He literally wrote the book on it in 1994. Chesiwck partnered ...

Q: I use Steve Gibson’s ShieldsUP! Web site (www.grc.com/default.htm) to test for Internet visibility and always find I am in complete “stealth mode” on all ...

Because modern malware programs can attack computers in multiple inventive ways, it takes several technologies to fight them. Anti-virus programs such as Webroot have many of the tools you need to ...