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Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet
National bestseller with over 175,000 copies sold!
If you thought hacking was just about mischief-makers
hunched over computers in the basement, think again. As
seasoned author Wallace Wang explains, hacking can also mean
questioning the status quo, looking for your own truths, and
never accepting at face value anything
authorities say or
do.
The completely revised fourth edition of this offbeat,
non-technical book examines what hackers do, how they do it,
and how you can protect yourself. Written in the same
informative, irreverent, and entertaining style that made
the first three editions hugely successful, Steal This
Computer Book 4.0 will expand your mind and raise your
eyebrows. New chapters discuss the hacker mentality, social
engineering and lock picking, exploiting P2P file-sharing
networks, and how people manipulate search engines and
pop-up ads to obtain and use personal information. Wang also
takes issue with the media for "hacking" the news and
presenting the public with self-serving stories of
questionable accuracy. Inside, you'll discover:
How to manage and fight spam and spyware
How Trojan horse programs and rootkits work, and how to
defend against them
How hackers steal software and defeat copy-protection
mechanisms
How to tell if your machine is being attacked and what you
can do to protect it
Where the hackers are, how they probe a target and sneak
into a computer, and what they do once they get inside
How corporations use hacker techniques to infect your
computer and invade your privacy
How you can lock down your computer to protect your data and
your personal information using free programs included on
the book's CD
If you ve ever logged onto a website, conducted an online
transaction, sent or received email, used a networked
computer, or even watched the evening news, you may have
already been tricked, tracked, hacked, and manipulated. As
the saying goes, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean
they aren't after you. And, as Wallace Wang reveals, they
probably are.
The companion CD contains hundreds of megabytes of 100% FREE
hacking and security-related programs, like keyloggers,
spyware stoppers, port blockers, IP scanners, Trojan horse
detectors, and much, much more. CD compatible with Windows,
Mac, and Linux.
The early hackers
The PC pioneers
The internet hackers
The real world hackers
The future - hacking for profit
Protecting your computer & yourself
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