Protecting Your PC
Email Essentials > Introduction
Find out how to beat the phishers, fraudsters, hackers and spammers who want to hijack your email for their gain!
Email is a great way of getting in touch, but it can also lead you into a world where people can steal your identity, use your name for illegal purposes, destroy your credit and spend your money. You need to know how to protect yourself.
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Hacker: A person who breaks into a computer system over the internet.
Spammers: People who send unsolicited email over the internet.
Email: Messages sent through a computer to specific groups or individuals.
Spam: Junk email which is sent to a large number of users to promote products or services.
Software: Systems software such as Windows operates the computer itself. Applications software such as word processing programmes allow you to work on the computer.
Internet Service Providers: A company that sells direct access to the internet e.g Microsoft; Yahoo; AOL.
Download: Transferring or copying files from one computer to another.
Virus: A program that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge.
Mailing Lists: An email list which is made up of users who share a particular area of interest. Mailing lists can be either publicly or privately maintained and can be monitored or unmonitored.
Instant Message: This application notifies a user when a friend is on line. They communicate by exchanging text messages.
Filter: Software programs which can classify content on the internet or block access to content.
Anti Virus: Software that spots and removes computer viruses.
Links, tips and more advice on internet security.