Frequently Asked Computer Security Questions

!±8± Frequently Asked Computer Security Questions

Working on the Internet provides Internet marketers with the opportunity to make a living in the comfort of their own home. However, as your business is completely reliant upon your computer, you must take the necessary steps to ensure your computer is safe.

Over the years, I have received many questions in regard to computer security. Below, are some of the most frequently asked questions:

Question: I'm new to the Internet and have been hearing a lot about viruses. I'm not exactly sure what they are. Can you help?

Answer: A virus is a small piece of software that attaches itself to 'real' software programs (executable code). Each time you launch the real program, the virus is also launched. The virus may then spread and attach itself to other programs and wreak havoc on your system.

The most widespread virus is an email virus. An email virus spreads through email attachments. It usually spreads by mailing itself to everyone within the email program's address book. It tricks the email recipient into believing the message was sent from someone they know.

Although this type of virus rapidly spreads, you can't get it simply by reading a plain text email. However, you can execute the virus by clicking on an encoded message that contains embedded executable code such as JavaScript within an HTML email message, or an executable file attachment.

Another type of program that is often thought of as a virus is a 'Trojan horse' program. However, it is not a virus. It is simply a computer program that acts like it's something it's not. For example, you may download a program that you think is a computer game. However, when you run the program, it may delete files on your hard drive. Trojan horses cannot automatically replicate themselves.

Another widespread program is known as a worm. A worm is actually a small piece of software that travels through vulnerable computer networks with security holes. The worm scans the network in search of other computers with security holes. It copies itself to each system it finds.

Although viruses can infect any type of executable code such as EXE files or DOC files, most media files such as GIF, JPG, BMP, MP3, WAV, AVI, MOV and TXT files are generally safe.

Although viruses can wreak havoc, computer virus hoaxes can also be damaging. Virus hoaxes may cause Internet users to begin to ignore all virus warnings. This can be harmful, as they are then left vulnerable to 'real' virus warnings.

In addition, many virus hoaxes also include a 'fix' that instructs the user to delete a certain file from their system. However, the file the hoax says is a virus is actually an important file needed by your computer.

Never follow the advice within an email 'virus alert' instructing you to remove a virus from your system without first verifying its validity.

Visit Symantec to search their virus encyclopedia:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html/

You can also search McAfee's virus database here:

http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/default.asp

You can protect your computer by taking a few precautionary steps:

1) Purchase a quality virus protection software and keep it updated.

McAfee http://www.mcafee.com

Norton http://www.symantec.com

Please note, the above programs (especially Norton) have been known to cause problems with some operating systems. Although there isn't any particular pattern, caution should be exercised. I use McAfee online virus scan and haven't had any problems.

2) If you're using Microsoft programs, make sure that the "Macro Virus Protection" is enabled. Never run a macro within a document unless you know exactly what it does.

3) Never open an email attachment unless you're absolutely sure where it came from and what it is.

4) Avoid downloading software programs from sources you're not familiar with. If you do download a program, make sure you scan the file with your anti-virus software prior to installing.

Question: I've been hearing a lot about firewalls, but I'm not sure what it is or if I need it. Can you help?

Answer: A firewall is basically a software program that allows you full access to the Internet and/or your network, while restricting access to your computer system from outside intrusions.

Internet users are extremely vulnerable to hackers, especially if you have cable or ADSL access to the Internet. You definitely need to protect your computer system. I recommend using a great program called Zone Alarm Pro http://www.zonealarm.com

Once you install a firewall, you'll be amazed at how many attempts to access your computer are blocked by your firewall.

Hackers can directly access your computer system by installing programs such as a key logger that can read every keystroke you make. This information is recorded and sent back to the hacker. Private information such as passwords and credit card numbers can easily be stolen.

A key logger is a small software program that quietly runs in the background. As these programs quite often run in DOS, you will most-likely never realize it's running. However, you can see if a key logger is running by pressing 'control' - 'alt' - 'delete' on your keyboard. This will launch a window that contains a list of all the programs currently running on your system. Review the list and watch for programs you don't recognize.

As there are many small programs such as adware (pop-windows) and spyware cookies that can bypass your anti-virus and firewall software, I recommend using a program called Pest Patrol http://www.pestpatrol.com/ This program will detect and remove non-viral malicious software.

Although you can purchase Pest Patrol at the above site, you can receive a discount if you purchase it with Zone Alarm Pro http://www.zonealarm.com . I can't guarantee how long this special offer will be available, so if you want it, now is a good time to get it.

If you really want to keep your computer safe, I recommend the following:

1) Purchase a good virus program and keep it updated

2) Purchase a good firewall program and keep it updated

3) Purchase a program like Pest Patrol and keep it updated

Taking the time to protect your computer is one of the best business decisions you'll ever make. If you don't protect it now, you'll definitely regret it later. It's just a matter of time.

Frequently Asked Computer Security Questions

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I'M Scared of What My Soul Will Say If I Listen!

!±8± I'M Scared of What My Soul Will Say If I Listen!

To live your life intentionally, from Intention, is to live it from Soul.

It is not a linear, head, motivational, controlled, or intellectual experience. It is the intuitive life, a dance with Source, an artesian well of awareness, tuning to the harmonics of subtleties, the unseen, it is the ultimate self-connection, and it is not for the faint of heart.

The soul-centered life can conjure images of a wispy, uncentered, indecisive life, when in truth it freaks people out. One of my clients when coaching around his relationships and business said, "I'm afraid of what I'm going to hear if I listen!"

I'm reminded in this moment of Marianne Williamson's quote that "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us..."

The soulful life is expansive with an inherent thread of uncertainty. Okay, make that a massive cable. Sure, you can direct your life with increasing consciousness by learning the art of Creative Intention. Yet how it flows, becomes, or takes shape through you is left to soul. And that's the adventure.

The ego will do what it can to keep you at status quo, in the same identities you hold now. But in whatever you seek to create, change, be, do or have - be it in business, relationships, entrepreneurial, health, or wealth - it will only be fulfilling if you're willing to unhook from the safety net of control-which from the ego's perspective ironically makes you more powerful. From the soul's perspective, it's not irony, it's a no-brainer.

Here are a few tips for soul-centering your life:

Practice being in your body. Most of us spend our lives in our heads, or out of our bodies, disconnected. Here's one simple exercise. Throughout your day tune in to move your attention from iyour head into your body, down into your heart, even your gut and live from there. Make your decisions from there. Speak from there, Think from there. Smile from there.
Soulful living is principled on circulation-internally and externally. If you feel congestion your soul is speaking. Seek out the shift that's tapping on your shoulder.
Play. Einstein said, "Play is the highest form of research." Play your way into business. Make play a responsibility in your life. Take it seriously as part of an expansive life, a mature life. Play changes you. And when you play, really play and let go, you are connecting with your soul, your self.
Immerse yourself in beauty. "Beauty is truth," the poet John Keats said, "and truth is beauty." Enjoy the beauty in the face of someone who has lived 70, 80, 100 years. Notice their eyes, the lines, the silver of their hair, the way they walk. Notice beauty where you haven't looked for awhile. And now that you're in your heart instead of your head, don't just think it, feel it.
Listen. Not just with your ears or the 5 senses. Listen with your whole being, your heart, how you feel. Listen to what you receive around you without judgment. Listen to the thoughts and ideas coming to you. Are your receiving guidance you haven't paid attention to?
Act. The soulful life, the soulful voice, your self connection™ is strengthened by taking action, trusting yourself. If this is new to you, start small. If you're a pro, challenge yourself with something bigger.

I'M Scared of What My Soul Will Say If I Listen!

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How to Make Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

!±8± How to Make Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

During the cold winter months, I like to make a lot of homemade soups and stews for my family. This recipe was given to me by my best friend 10 years ago and it was her grandmother's recipe.

Since my family only consists of 4 family members, I will make the recipe and we will eat half of the soup for dinner that night. I will freeze the other half in a freezer container for a future meal. If you are freezing any of the soup, make sure you leave a 1/2" head space in your freezer container to allow for expansion during the freezing process. The soup will keep for up to 9 months in your freezer.

Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef

6 cups tap water

3 beef bouillon cubes

2 cups carrots, sliced

1 1/2 cups onions, coarsely chopped

1 1/2 cups celery, coarsely chopped

1/2 cup green pepper, chopped

1/3 cup barley

1 teaspoon table salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

2 bay leaves

1/4 cup catsup

28 ounce can crushed tomatoes with juice

8 ounce can tomato sauce

Note: You can substitute the beef bouillon cubes with 3 teaspoons of instant beef bouillon if desired.

In a large frying pan, brown your lean ground beef until it's no longer pink. Drain the grease and set aside. In a large 5 quart stock pot, combine all of the above ingredients together in the order that they are given in the recipe. Bring soup to a full boil and then reduce heat and simmer for approximately 60-70 minutes. (or until the vegetables are tender.) Remove bay leaves before serving.

This recipe will yield approximately 10 servings.

How to Make Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

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Two Poems - For A Sunday Afternoon

!±8± Two Poems - For A Sunday Afternoon

1) The Sun, and Coffee at Starbucks

The sun has no door today-but it's looking for one;

its face is in the window-slightly, it has white bright

knuckles this afternoon-

It drags its Sunday rays along the profile of my face.

The trees outside, from where I sit, across from me

through the window,

are porky-pine green, and beyond those, are peach

colored balconies.

I'm at 'Starbucks,' Benavides: the walls have long

stretched out pictures, of a weird coffee pot,

tables, circles, coffee cups, and musical things, things

like horns and notes, and so forth...!

My latte is strong, I like it like that, and I sip on it,

while reading: Shelley, Dylan Thomas, and Plath.

There are no clouds today in Lima, just mist from the

ocean, mixed into the atmosphere, a lazy

lazy mist at that; a stiff and thick kind of mist, like

soup-with slow moving feet, for I can see patches

of blue beyond it, and the sun, the sun I so love

seeping through a porthole or two, still looking for

that door.

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2) Intrusion
(Poetic Prose, and Confessional Poetry)

When I was a young man, I was likened to terrified fish, an alcoholic that is what I was back then, not how I wanted to be. It is forty-years now. I know now I was better off with no father, thus, I had to row my way to where I am today, through a generation of vipers. Mother was always fearful I'd become nothing more than driftwood, but thick salt kept me up, and I didn't know (floating just above my neck). My mother and brother were happy (perhaps the only ones) when I somehow slipped through the keyhole and finally opened the shut door and joined the opposite continents. A late bloomer you might say.

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Two Poems - For A Sunday Afternoon

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