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By Paul Gil, About.com Guide to Internet for Beginners since 2004

So, How Bad is the Threat of Hacking?

Friday September 5, 2008
It's frightening just how bad it is, folks. In a shocking video expose, security pro Jacques Erasmus explains and demonstrates how an unprotected XP computer will get assaulted within seconds, and then hijacked as a "zombie" for criminal use. See the frightening video here.

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September 5, 2008 at 10:00 pm
(1) Jason says:

Paul, that why everyone i know or pc i work on, has a router to help stop these attacks

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