{"id":111,"date":"2013-06-25T14:28:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T21:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2013-06-25T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T21:30:57","slug":"computersecurityissues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/computersecurityissues\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing computer security issues? Karls Technology can help!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/geek_fun_how_geeks_ask_help.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114\" alt=\"geek_fun_how_geeks_ask_help\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/geek_fun_how_geeks_ask_help-300x161.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/geek_fun_how_geeks_ask_help-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/geek_fun_how_geeks_ask_help.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Here\u2019s a simple breakdown of the most common &amp; dangerous<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> COMPUTER SECURITY THREATS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><b><\/b>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Adware<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;&gt;<\/strong> Advertising-supported software: Annoying and unwanted pop-ups, clutters \u00a0computers with advertisements<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Malicious software (MALWARE)<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;&gt;<\/strong> Destroys files and damages computer hardware, worst-case-scenario: can render a computer non-functional<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Virus<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;&gt;<\/strong> Infects a computer and replicates itself within the system memory, uses the infected computer as a carrier to spread the virus to other computer systems (<strong>worm<\/strong>), may have malware programmed into the virus code<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Rootkit<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;&gt;<\/strong> Allows cybercriminals to gain remote access to a victims computer and ultimately provides them with complete and utter control over the computer of an unsuspecting victim<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Spyware<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;&gt;<\/strong>\u00a0Tracking cookies, surreptitiously gathers information about an individual or an organization, monitors computer processes, records keystrokes, passwords and other sensitive data such as financial information, potential <strong>identity theft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are confronted with any of these threats, just give <b>KARLS TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER REPAIR<\/b> a call. We will diagnose, detect and resolve all your <b>computer security issues!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a simple breakdown of the most common &amp; dangerous COMPUTER SECURITY THREATS 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adware &#8211;&gt; Advertising-supported software: Annoying and unwanted pop-ups, clutters \u00a0computers with advertisements 2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malicious software (MALWARE) &#8211;&gt; Destroys files and damages computer hardware, worst-case-scenario: can render a computer non-functional 3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virus &#8211;&gt; Infects a computer and replicates itself within the system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computerrepair"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Experiencing computer security issues? 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