Jan 30, 2006
Avoiding a Hacking Nightmare
I’ve been a science and technical writer for over fifteen years and so I know what it means to find a reliable source, one that really gives it to you straight. I rely on my PC for doing my job, any glitches or downtime can mean deadlines missed. So when I found a great source that would give me the real skinny on protecting my PC from hackers and crackers, eliminate viruses, worms and trojans, and stop spyware keyloggers from taking control, and avoid getting caught in a phishing net, I just had to get to know him really well.
That source is Bill Hely and his masterwork is The Hacker’s Nightmare, a publication that will tell you precisely how to protect your computer from all kinds of malware, make it run faster so you can be more productive, multiply its performance to boost efficiency, and remove every single annoyance that plagues your PC sessions!
Hely’s book is comprehensive to say the least, illustrated to make it quick and simple to follow, and most of all jargon free so that everyon from the non-technical user to the small business operator can benefit without having to become a computer expert. Furthermore, Hely presents the plain facts in plain language, provides real answers to real problems, skips the tech-talk, side-steps expensive solutions, and basically shows YOU how to become the worst nightmare of the hackers, virus writers & the other countless invaders who would steal or wreck your private data.
Hely points out that much of the malicious activity that takes place isn’t of the kind you read about in scare-mongering headlines about hacking attacks or viruses that wipe your hard drive. Illegal computer intrusion doesn’t always lead to obvious loss, damage or “weird things” happening on your PC. Such mindless damage is usually caused by what he calls cyber-morons. It’s the super-smart cyber-thief that steals quietly and sets you up for repeated visits even when you think you’ve protected yourself.
Information Security Analyst Tom Brownsword, who has been a computer scientist with a Fortune 500 company and has worked on computer security issues since before the first worm hit almost two decades ago bought the The Hacker’s Nightmare because he cares about his business. He explains that the book is, and I quote, “a *LOT* more than an ‘install an anti-virus program, use a firewall, and hope for the best’ solution.”
Buy The Hacker’s Nightmare and find out what the threats are (there are many more than you might think), learn what measures to take to block each one, find out where to get the necessary protection, and how to use that protection for best results. Finally, you will discover how to keep your security up-to-date without spending a whole lot of time on it. With deadlines to meet can you afford the time not to?
You can buy The Hacker’s Nightmare right now, ready for instant download and get almost immediate protection - start saving yourself time and money now.



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sciencebase said,
March 22, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Having worked my way through this book and assuming I already knew everything Hely was telling me, I checked the functioning of the antivirus software on my machine and discovered to my horror that it couldn’t even spot an attempt to run the virus test file! I quickly switched to the recommended software in the book, which is free and found not only the test virus but several latent trojans sitting in a backup of my email folder. So, be warned even if you think you’re software savvy and have full protection that might not be the case.