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Computer Crime

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by freefotouk

Computer crime includes traditional crimes that now may be committed through the use of a computer, such as using an art program to create fake identification or making fraudulent credit card purchases with someone else’s credit card number that has been intercepted over the internet. Computer crime also involves crimes that are relatively new and specific to computers, such as spreading a harmful virus to other computer systems or using programs to steal passwords and gain free access to computer services. Computer crime has become more of a problems with the rapid expansion of the internet.

It is committed for several different reasons. Some computer crime is committed by employers who are angry with their company for some reason, Youthful hackers sometimes gain illegal access to government or corporate computer systems. There is disagreement over how hackers can be punished. Many feel that hackers are dangerous and should receive jail terms and pay large fines like other criminals. Others argue that hackers break into systems as a hobby, do not intend any harm, and can be rehabilitated. A distinction bas been drawn between hackers who are relatively harmless and tend to break into sites for fun, for a challenge, or to point out security flaws and crackers or criminal hackers, who seek to make money from breaking into computers. However, breaking into a corporate or government system to which one does not have access is a federal crime regardless of motive.

One common internet crime is the transmission of obscene images, movies, and sounds. Concerned that children may be harmed by their access to this material on the internet available at public libraries, in 2000 Congress enacted the Children Internet Protection Act. This act requires that all public libraries purchase and install filtering software on all of their computers or risk losing federal technology funding.

In 2003, the Supreme Court decided that this law did not violate the First Amendment ( freedom of speech) rights of those sending and receiving information on the internet.

Some hackers release viruses, which are programs capable of automatically copying themselves and attaching themselves to other programs. Viruses may be designed to play practical jokes, slow down computers, erase or damage data, or act in a variety of other harmful ways. Logic bombs are also frequently employed. These are programs that are set to activate upon the occurrence of some event, such as the arrival of a particular date or time.

Hackers may also use sniffers to gather passwords to systems, or password cracking programs that use dictionary files to try different combinations of letters until they come across valid passwords.

Throughout the 1980’s federal legislation related to computer crime, as well as traditional criminal statues, was used to prosecute computer criminals. However, the law proved to be vague and ineffective. In response, Congress passed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, which provided the government with a specific law to prosecute hackers. The law made it a crime to modify, destroy, or disclose information gained from unauthorized entry into a computer. The National Information Infrastructure Act of 1996 makes it illegal to threaten to cause damage to a computer system unless the owner gives something of value, such as when someone threatens to crash a system unless they are given system privileges. Another part of the act makes it illegal to intentionally give or receive passwords that would permit unauthorized access to systems. The law is jointly enforced by the United States Secret Service and the FBI, By 2003, all 50 states had also enacted laws specifically dealing with computer crime.

Despite the attention given to computer crimes, most probably go unreported. Many companies are reluctant to publicize their vulnerability to computer criminals.

Also, many are discouraged by the resources and time needed to prosecute individuals.

The federal government has also been carefully watching computer bulletin board systems. Bulletin boards allow users to exchange computer files and messages using computers and modems. Some of these bulletin boards make commercial software programs available to users. However, making the programs available without the publisher’s permission is illegal. Many bulletin board operators claim that users upload these programs without the operator’s knowledge. Nevertheless, many states hold the operator responsible for making sure no illegal copies appear. Furthermore, the person downloading the program is in possession of illegal software.

Another type of computer crime occurs when someone illegally copies software he or she has purchased. Software companies lose money each year to illegal copying. A person who opens a software package is agreeing to use the software on one computer only. This person is allowed to make copies of the software only to use as a backup. Placing software on more than one computer without the publisher’s permission is illegal and violates federal copyright laws. The violator is subject to a possible jail term and a fine up to 0,000. Violators can include individuals, business, and schools.

The internet is a vast network of internet connected computers over which users may send and receive e-mail, download and upload files, access chat rooms, access world wide web pages, read and post to newsgroups, play games, and buy goods and services. Just as in the real world, a wide variety of crimes occur on the internet.

Filtering software is used to protect children from adult content available on the internet, some parents have their computers fixed at home so the children or anyone that uses the computer can’t get into certain websites.They are ways to allow children to use the computer at home without being able to access such sites, by going into their computer to set the settings or for the computer to prompt for a password in order to enter such sites.There are many ways of allowing children to use the computer for fun and school work safely.

Computers have become a way of life for most people. Courts, Congress, and state legislatures will continue to deal with new criminal law problems as computer technology evolves

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Company Internet Usage

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by jared

Many businesses are now implementing a company internet usage policy for a number of different reasons. One of the main reasons that they do this today is so that they can actually control just how much time their employees spending on the internet. In fact a large amount of time in business is wasted because employees spend vast amounts of time using the internet for personal rather than business purposes.

As we all know the internet has become an important part of modern living and therefore it is important that all businesses should have an internet usage policy in place. It is these types of policies which employees should be informed of when they first start working for any company. The policies will help to ensure that the employees are not using the internet and therefore the company’s computers inappropriately.

Below are some guidelines that a business should be thinking of using when they are looking to set up any kinds of policies in relation to the use of the internet during business hours.

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The first thing that any business owner should be looking at when setting up such policies is for them to consider just who within the company requires the internet and why? You may actually find that the kind of business you are running does not actually require all members of staff to have access to the internet. So you may find as part of your internet usage policy you only provide it to those employees who actually do need it.

2. You then need to check exactly what kinds of websites it is your employees need access to? A great way of ensuring that these employees only have access to those sites that they need is by setting up a separate server where they will be allowed access to them.

By doing this a business will be able to save themselves a lot of time that would normally be taken up by employees searching the internet for information of a personal nature which they will be prevented from doing. However those who do need to access the internet can do so by using a password that has been provided to them.

However if you are a company that is allowing all their employees to have access to the internet then rules and regulations must be in place that will restrict the amount of time that they use it for their own personal use. So therefore when writing up any kind of company internet usage policy document it should clearly shown within it when employees are entitled to use the internet for personal searches and when for company work. To ensure that your employees are sticking to the guidelines provided then a good quality tracking software program should be installed. This will then help you to track when and what your employees are using the internet for. However again employees must be made aware that their use of the internet is being tracked.

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Computer Problems – Role of Online Computer repair

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by Laughing Squid

Excessive use of computer may not be the major cause of compute failure and computer problems but many a times it happens that you are working with utmost concentration and your computer stops working. In those time one wonder what may be happened with the computer and not every is capable to fix the problems. Online computer support is a great option if you stuck in a situation like this. There are hundreds of sites offering their services for online computer repair but not many of these websites only claim that they can provide 24/7 live support but in fact the website is run by a single person. Very few websites over the internet providing professional online computer repair services. 24pcfix is one the best online computer repair option at which you can rely with full confidence.
Many a times computer user face the problem of slow computer performance.

They open software and than latterly wait for number of minutes before their computer load the software and they start using the software. Secondly another common problem comes up when you put on your computer, its operating system take too much time to load completely. Both of these problems can have different reasons.

Computer takes time to load the operating system normally because you may have configured too many programs to start at the start-up which is causing your machine to take time. To solve the problem you need to open msconfig and disable all the unnecessary programs and software which starts at the start-up and although sit in your computer’s memory silently but become a major reasons for overall slow performance of the computer. If your problem still exists you may need to contact for an online tech support at 24pcfix. Experienced & professional technician at 24pcfix will take detail information about your computer problem and will suggest the best solution.

Some it is not different software which are slowing down the computer but it is possible that some the hardware installed in your computer is now relatively outdated. To fix the problem, technician at 24pcfix will give you suggestions in terms of replacement of the hardware and getting the new hardware to upgrade your computer, technician at 24pcfix will be available 24/7 to guide you through the process of changing the hardware.

Another common problem relates to virus in the computer which slows down the system and sometimes it does not allow you to run several applications. Some viruses are also capable to steal your password and transmit to different places over the internet. This type of virus creates a threat to your identity which is the base of various internet scams and frauds specially most of the credit card frauds happen due to identity theft.

At 24pcfix you will find the best online resources to fix the computer problems. Every technician at 24pcfix is committed to provide you the best services exactly at the time when you needed tech support help.







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Internet Law

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by glenmcbethlaw

While some law schools are beginning to change their traditions, previously, most Internet Law firms have not adequately arranged lawyers for the business of working law. It makes it an easy target for all the information that is exchanged on the internet. For example you are exchanging personal information every time you join a social network. There are strangers that are constantly trying to contact this personal information about others so it can be used in other ways.
As the internet is depiction in more people daily for using, it is also depiction crime in. The crimes on the internet are getting higher daily. There are many different kinds of crimes that are done for different reasons. A number of crimes like hacking are done so a person can have arrogant rights. Other crimes are done in order to get individual personal information so it can be resold on the black market.
Let us take stuff a step farther so you will recognize the unusual types of Internet Law. There are computer intrusions which mean bots, worms, viruses, spyware, malware and hacking. Computer intrusions have been known to take down complete systems in many different organizations. Sometimes it is another organization knocking the struggle out for a while. Other times it is an important person wanting to brag that they hacked into a major organization and disrupted things and made the system break down.
Teenager pornography is growing at a rapid place on the internet. With the teenager pornography there are more pedophiles that are viewing up on the internet. The pedophiles are trying to attract teenagers in to meeting them. If a teenager is going to be on the internet it is always best to take safety measures and control where they can and cannot go. This will help to keep them safe from lurking criminals. These are just a few of the internet crimes that are devoted around the clock. There is Internet Law in place to handle internet crimes.
The thing to keep in mind in Internet Law is the person will have criminal records if they are charged with an internet crime. Internet Law follows a person around for the rest of their lives and can make it hard to do certain things. People have many reasons to look at persons records from interest to jobs. The reports are easy to view online any time of day or night. A person only needs to know where to go in order to look for criminal records and they can see every crime a self has ever committed.
The next time you are online and thinking about doing something to another person, you better think twice. Just because another person cannot see you or does not know who you are does not mean they cannot follow you. The whole thing on the internet can be tracked one way or another. A crime will be dealt with even if it was committed on the internet. There could be vertical fines and even obligatory jail time. It just depends what the person is being charged with.

Author is an executive with Law issues. More information on The Victoria Law Group Miami is available on their website.







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