Internet
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nternet Connection Security
There are many reasons why an unsecured internet connection is affecting our lives. We have no faith in the Internet as a possible marketplace because of its insecurity. Many people are finding out in the news, television, or newspapers of the possible risk that they face, because of security breeches. The Internet has so much information that some feel it has a lot of control in our lives, and that users are sacrificing their privacy. Also, the protection is limited, because of all new kind of methods that are used by intruders, like Trojan horse programs, mobile Java/JavaScript/ActiveX code, cross-site scripting and email borne viruses. All this is happening as the IEEE argued that "Despite the polices, regulations and variety of anti-spamming tolls, spammers are winning the battle". We cannot feel secure in a situation if we don't know how to protect ourselves. There are few programs to keep us safe on the Internet, but they can not keeps us protected against all.
We have so many examples of criminal activity over the internet. Some of them are offers of downloads from pornography to software, which use a technology called "Trojan horse"...