It is important to protect yourself from Hackers, Viruses and other Malicious attacks when on the internet.

Your personal information is at risk, especially sensitive data such as credit card or banking details.

The basic elements of protection are

• Firewall - Can be hardward or software based or a combination of the two.
• Virus and Spyware Protection - Software
• Security Checks and Monitoring - There are software applications and services that can monitor your computers for breaches of security. External24 hour monitoring services are used for organisations, such as financial institutions,  that have highly sensitive data.

Free Software that should be the very minimum used on personal computers includ, programs such as Adaware, Zone Alarm andSearch and destroy.

As a precaution or an insurance against the loss of data it is also important to have a back up strategy to protect your information.