Always Use Protection

Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Studio, including SpyWorks, StateCoder, and the NT Service Toolkit for .NET languages and VB6. He is a cofounder of Apress, a publishing company specializing in high-quality professional level books for computer programmers and IT professionals. He is the author of numerous books, including Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code, How Computer Programming Works, and Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API, and he is the author of a series of eBooks on .NET-related topics.

• Part I Protecting Your Machine Chapter 1 Gremlins In Your Machine Chapter 2 When Software Attacks: All About Viruses Chapter 3 From Sneaks To Slammers: How Viruses Get On Your System Chapter 4 The Built-In Doctor: Antivirus Programs Chapter 5 Guardians At The Gate: Firewalls Chapter 6 Locking Up, Part 1: Software Updates Chapter 7 Locking Up, Part 2: System And Application Configuration Chapter 8 Backups:The Most Important Thing You?ll Probably Never Do Chapter 9 What To Do When You?ve Been Hit Part II Protecting Your Privacy Chapter 10 When They Think It?s You, But It Isn?t: Identity Theft Chapter 11 Passwords:Your Key To The Internet Chapter 12 The Traces You Leave Behind: What Your Machine Says About You Chapter 13 Every Move You Make,They?ll Be Watching You Part III Protecting Yourself Chapter 14 Chat Rooms, Public And Private Chapter 15 Scams Part IV Appendixes Appendix A Everyday Security Appendix B Registry Tricks Appendix C A Note For Parents