The Internet is no doubt a wonderful development. Without it we wouldnt be able to check the scores of games that arent on television, have a child find out what makes up the earths atmosphere without leaving home, or conveniently gather any number of other information sources important to people for their various reasons. With the ease of being able to find out just abut anything you need to know when you need to know it, comes a price beyond the mere expenses of hardware, software, and Internet access. That is, with this convenience we all open ourselves and our computers to many of the threats that lurk on the information super highway.
When a computer connects to the Internet, it exchanges data with other computers around the world that simultaneously allow villains to potentially infiltrate your computer. This can not only harm your computer but also allows “cyber thugs” to extract personal information that you have stored on it. (That is especially dangerous when it comes to identity theft.) Even without the threat of stealing personal information, connectivity to the world allows your computer to potentially be “infected” by computer...