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Using A Live CD Can Protect Your Identity

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It is for this reason that the article does not go into any detail about how some of these complex infections can occur or about how Trojan Horses and Rootkits work. Instead, I have decided to offer a simple solution that can protect any computer user from having their identity compromised from a malicious program. The solution is to use a “Live CD” whenever accessing financial or personal information Online.

A Live CD is a CD or DVD that contains a computer operating system on it. Many of them are free and can be downloaded from the Internet and burned to a CD\DVD. The Live CD runs your computer just as the operating system on your hard drive does but, with one added protection: The Live CD cannot have files written to it like your hard drive because the CD\DVD cannot be overwritten. Therefore, hackers cannot infect the CD with a virus or worm because there is no place to save the file(s) for storage. Every time you boot from the Live CD again it is a brand new operating system. When you log into your bank account Online using the Live CD, you can be confident that there is no type of malware on the system that can log your keystrokes or capture the screens you fill out.

If you are not experienced enough to download a program and burn it to a CD or DVD, please find a more experienced user to help you and show you how to use it. Show them this article; so, they will know exactly what you want to do and why. Once you have the Live CD made, place it in your CD\DVD drive and turn on your computer. Most modern computers will automatically recognize the CD\DVD and boot from it without much user input. Many Live CD’s also have a nice user graphical interface similar to Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh and most have a Web browser installed and ready to access the Internet.

 

Recently, my education in IT Security has come up in several conversations with acquaintances. I am always asked about how hackers can remotely gain access to a computer and disseminate banking and other personal information from the victim. One of my goals as an IT Security Specialist and author\ educator of IT Security issues is to relay pertinent information to average computer users in an easy-to-follow understandable manner.

If you use a Live CD regularly for financial and personal transactions, you will be actively protecting your identity from the bad guys. The following link is to a Web site containing a list of the most common Live CD’s available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LiveDistros

Martin Connell is an Information Technology Security Specialist and the author and producer of Computer and Internet Security Basics

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