How To...  Hacker-Proof your Computer

Well... maybe not hacker-PROOF. Technology is always evolving. New discoveries are being made every day. It is impossible to make any computer 100% safe if it is connected to the internet. However there are things that can be done to make it MUCH more difficult for a bad guy to exploit your system.

Laptop or desktop, your computer is valuable to black hat hackers. They can steal your personal information or hijack your resources to go after someone else, framing you for the crime.

There are a lot of things that can be done to make your computer more safe, from simple to advanced. We have developed a step-by-step process that can be used to configure a computer in such a way as to make it very difficult for a black hat to exploit. While some of the steps in this process may seem advanced, we have provided screen shots and explainations for each. If you complete this checklist, your computer will be much more resistant to attack.

How to... Setup A Secure Home Computer

We recommend that you print this docuemnt of have it open on another computer than the one on which you are working.