eMarkLee

In light of recent as well as past malware such as trojans, keyloggers, spyware, and other nasty infections your machine can get, I hope you are not skimping by not installing a proper anti-virus application on your machine. While this won’t necesarily protect you from social engineering attacks, it is the most basic level of protection you can provide your computer. When you are in the information security space, you realize how broken the Internet is and how much it has changed from those benign “I’m d bEsT HaX0r” type of attacks. We are now in a world of professional fraud with real money to be made in gaining access to your most sensitive information online. There are a number of ways you can protect yourself, but at the very least make sure you are running Anti-Virus software…and make sure your parents are as well.

There are a number of free anti-virus tools out there that you can use. Take advantage of them. I currently use Norton and ZoneLabs, although I have had to repeatedly shut down ZoneLabs because it is a resource and attention hog.