John Partington Internet Warnings for Computer Users
Panda Picked the subject of keeping our computer safe as it relates to hackers. I checked with an on friend who e-mailed me his version of the problem.
Mr. John Partington
John Partington of Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom has provided this information to share with all our Seniors new or experienced on the internet.
Here are his suggestions:
“The best advice I can give on what hackers can do is tell people to watch the Steven Segal film “Under Siege 2″
You have to remember that if a site is online or your computer is online they are both available to hackers if they have the correct software to discover your passwords.
A hacker will access your own computer and place trojans that will log all your keystrokes, thats the way they get the information to hack into the server you are using.
The only really safe sites are the ones with secure encryption, ie; the address starts with https and a lock will appear somewhere in your browser window. That is why Microsoft keep issuing security updates for their browser!
Never ever leave your computer connected to the internet if you are not in front of it, and make sure your computer has some form of firewall security ie; Macfee or Norton anti virus software.
A free site I use is very good you can find it at http://www.spybot.info/index2.html . Its very good and available in many languages. Its free but you can always give them a donation if you want to. Its reasonably easy to use, just follow the instructions as you will have to download the file and then run it to load it onto your hard drive.
After you have done that just click on the shortcut that will be placed on your desktop menu.”
John has worked most of his working years as a self employed carpet fitter, miner, salesman, plus others to numerous to mention, as he says. In 1995 he took an interest in the computer having been self taught.
John says “I have messed around with computers since 1995 and put my first site online the same year. I am self taught, mainly by reading books and making mistakes but I am quite competent now. I have recently had to stop working because of ill health.”
John is a promoter of M2Y.Info Hosting.
Information on the hacker situation is based on experience as he had his computer compromised. He lost his self created site and sites of others whom he was helping. It has cost him many hours and several months of work.
John and I share ideas and promote each other in social communites. He like I develop relationships with the sole purpose of helping other members.
Thank you John for sharing your knowledge.
Panda Picked the hacker issue because we need to understand that knowledge may be the key to protecting your work and the contents of your computer.
Mary Hofstetter AKA The Panda Lady
