Did that title get your attention? Well, it should. According to Javelin Research, over 10 million people in the United States had private information stolen in 2008. Or look at it this way – odds are 1 in 6 that it could happen to you. To me that is staggering!
How does it happen? One method that is not as popular now was these crooks going through your garbage to find your info from your statements and bills. However this was time consuming and a bit risky that someone would catch them in the act. So the majority of ID theft now happens online through the use of software that basically “probes” the ports of your computer when you are connected to the internet looking for a way to get in and access your hard drive.
Picture, if you will, a car parked outside the local corner store with the keys in it and the engine running. The owner runs in the store to grab a jug of milk. Sure he may get in and out before someone steals the car, but they are leaving themselves wide open. What I’m saying is you won’t even know this is happening, until it is too late.
Here is an excerpt from the website regarding the possible threats:
- MONITOR your activities
- STEAL personal information, passwords or credit card numbers
- USE your PC to perform illegal attacks against major corporations
- DELETE information from your drives
- CRASH your computer
SO…WHAT CAN A HACKER DO TO MY COMPUTER?
It depends on the nature of the attack. While some attacks are just
nuisances that may play simple pranks, others are created with
malicious intent. Hackers can:
So how do you protect your computer and in turn protect yourself? I was lucky enough to network with a fellow out of Michigan that has just started a brand new program that offers technology that because of the price has not been offered to the masses before. In fact it has not even officially launched yet. January is the proposed time frame. But as I am a co-founder, and invested in the company, I can tell you about it now. Deadboltsecure is a software suite of products designed to give you that privacy protection where other firewalls fall short. Mainly because it operates at the “socket-level” which is a higher grade of protection. Not only does it monitor all the traffic going into your computer, it also checks everything going out. So if you do happen to have spyware on your computer it keeps it from sending your personal data ‘back home’ and essentially renders it useless.
The price is only $10.99/mth and you can subscribe through Alertpay or credit card. Finally, a real product with real demand, and at an attractive price point. I got on board mainly because of the potential I see here to make a nice residual monthly income through their company fed 3×7 forced matrix. They offer this in the form of a member rebate program that rewards active subscribers with the chance of sharing in a monthly rebate as the company fills it’s matrix with members. Each subscription has the earning potential of over $1600/mth residual. Not bad, considering that your computer is being protected and there is no requirement to recruit anyone unless you want to take it upon yourself to earn the rebates faster. And seeing as I am sitting 18th company wide in the matrix, once they open for business I anticipate this to be quite lucrative for me and anyone else that decides to get involved in the early stages. But more importantly, I know I am protected now! Which is well worth the monthly membership fee…
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