Celine Yeung
2003-11-26 14:15:15 UTC
This article is from the Washington Post newspaper, and is written by
Johnathan Krim. From the title of this article, "Web Vipers", you can
already tell that the write views the Internet as having malicious
qualities. Basically, Johnathan Krim is tying to inform computer users
that using the web can be quite dangerous, and that users must be
cautious and take preventive measures to protect themselves. There are
many incidences of computer hacking, and hackers are often looking for
vulnerable computer systems to gain entry to and steal personal data.
More problems with the Internet that this article discusses is junk mail
(also known as spam), worms, and viruses. Junk mail makes up about 60%
of all email, which is a very large amount. The article also informs us
that spam and hacking incidences have risen dramatically in the past few
year. 8 years ago, there were 2,412 computer attacks reported, compared
with the 114,855 cases reported last year. Krim also stresses that in
order to keep our computers safe, we must do regular checkups and
maintenance. We can do this by having current firewalls and installing
anti-virus software, updating existing software with patches from your
OS vendor, and backing up files and checking for and removing spyware in
our systems. This article was helpful because it tells us about the
dangers of using the Internet careless, and also gives computer users a
basic idea of how to keep their computers safe.
Johnathan Krim. From the title of this article, "Web Vipers", you can
already tell that the write views the Internet as having malicious
qualities. Basically, Johnathan Krim is tying to inform computer users
that using the web can be quite dangerous, and that users must be
cautious and take preventive measures to protect themselves. There are
many incidences of computer hacking, and hackers are often looking for
vulnerable computer systems to gain entry to and steal personal data.
More problems with the Internet that this article discusses is junk mail
(also known as spam), worms, and viruses. Junk mail makes up about 60%
of all email, which is a very large amount. The article also informs us
that spam and hacking incidences have risen dramatically in the past few
year. 8 years ago, there were 2,412 computer attacks reported, compared
with the 114,855 cases reported last year. Krim also stresses that in
order to keep our computers safe, we must do regular checkups and
maintenance. We can do this by having current firewalls and installing
anti-virus software, updating existing software with patches from your
OS vendor, and backing up files and checking for and removing spyware in
our systems. This article was helpful because it tells us about the
dangers of using the Internet careless, and also gives computer users a
basic idea of how to keep their computers safe.