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

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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