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Cyber attacks are more common than you think.  Normal people saw their personal information got stolen, and the government spent millions of dollars to thwart cyber attacks from foreign countries.  Recently, many fingers are pointing to China for cyber attacks.  Dalai Lama’s office had computers that were hacked and compromised by unknown hacker group, and the experts said that it was most likely that those hackers were working for the Chinese government.  The Chinese government had denied all charges.  Cyber spying a threat, and everyone is in on it.

Why should you care?  Normal people don’t have to worry about Chinese government cyber spies, but they still have to worry about hackers that are after their personal information such as social security number, credit card numbers, banking information, and so on.  This is why it’s very important for you to install a personal firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware software onto your computer.

There are a few free anti-virus and anti-spyware software available.  These are Clamwin,  AVG, Avast, Avira, and more can be found if you Google.  Microsoft has a free anti-spyware called Windows Defender.  It’s very important for you to be very careful whenever you download an anti-spyware or anti-virus from less well known companies, because you may download malware instead of anti-virus or anti-spyware software.

Updating your computer daily is also important as installing anti-virus and anti-spyware software.  Updating your computer regularly helps your computer removes and replaces bad written software and drivers.  Bad written software, drivers, and operating system codes that your computer carries allow hackers to exploit and deploy viruses and worms onto your computer.

Another way to stay safe when you surf online is to be alert about computer security.  You should check out Securityfocus.com daily to see if the software you use has a security hole or not.

In summary, not only the government is weary about their computer security, you should be too.  If you have the money, you should go for a good security software that provides quality protection while you work online or surf the web.  If you don’t have the money to buy security software, you can try one of those free anti-virus and anti-spyware that I mentioned earlier.  Update your computer daily is also important.