FALSE IDENTITIES
Now identity theft is becoming commonplace in the internet. Identity theft is when a person assumes another's identity without the owner's approval. Identity theft may also be done by hackers. Email accounts and chatting accounts may be targeted by a hacker.
VIRUSES
Now viruses are spread worldwide. Trojan Horses, Worms, and many other kinds of rogue programs can spy on your computer. Hackers can plant spyware, hide viruses, send spam and assume your identity.
Be vigilant about hackers, for not even the most well-guarded systems are immune to their programs. The American Navy once had its database hacked, along with Harvard's system as well, by an Argentinian student Julio Ardita in 1992. In 1994, British hackers Richard Pryce and Matthew Bevan (appropriately nicknamed "Datastream Cowboy" and "Kuji") hacked US military computers in 1994. In 2002, Gary McKinnon (Known as Solo) hacked NASA and US military computers from a room in London, claiming he was looking for evidence of UFOs.
Sniffers, Keylogging and Vulnerability Scanner programs can be implanted in your computer. These cunning programs detects weaknesses in your firewall and detects passwords and user IDs. Programs known as Trojan Horses (harmless looking until you open it; viruses comes out) and Computer worms (does not need to be attached to files; thus harder to delete; ravages your systems) are also very dangerous.
They spread by many ways. The minigames you see advertised in websites every single day (Free handphones here! Get a read of your future, click here; play thousands of free games, get an iPad 2 for IDR 10000; seriously. These advertisements looks appealing, but hey, they look too good to be true, don't they?) and with one click, you entered a blank page.Unknown to you, as you click, a virus sneaks in to your computer via the internet. That's right. You can accidentally pick up viruses with a click of your mouse. How many times do you click your mouse everyday? Hundreds? Thousands?
That's what you risk when you surf the net. There are benefits, but there are also liabilities.
How can you stop these?
Use the newest and best antivirus programs. Sure, some are expensive, but it will be worth it. Keeping yours up-to-date may save yourself from the dangers of hackers and viruses.
CONCLUSION