User Manual
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ONITORING
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ETWORK
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ECURITY
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THIS CHAPTER
Explains how to:
• Identify and evaluate the severity of any problems with the
security programs running on any of your network PCs
• Take action to resolve the problems
• Use the To Do List to identify and resolve problems
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OVERVIEW
Your home network is a valuable and highly personal resource. It repre-
sents a sizable investment on your part in terms of money and time.
Depending on how you use it and what information you store on it, it
can reveal as much about your family's life and habits as your wallet, tax
returns or intimate correspondence.
For these reasons and more, you need to install these three types of
security programs on each PC in your network:
• Personal firewall program Prevents hackers, intruders and
other unwelcome visitors from gaining access to the PC
• Antivirus program Prevents viruses, worms, Trojan horses
and other malicious software from infecting the PC
• Antispyware program Prevents spyware in all its forms
from gathering and distributing personal information about
you, your family and your Internet browsing habits