marshg246
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Computers and especially servers are under attack all the time. I have software running on my web server that prevents and reports on the attempted hacks and sends me a weekly report. Until this week, most attacks have been from Russia and China and they were from groups of computers. I permanently block them. This week there were MANY more than usual and about half were from individual computers in the US and about half of those were servers hosted by Amazon. Basically it means that the hackers (probably from Russia and China) are stepping up their efforts tor recruit US home computers and more importantly, Amazon hosted servers.
Generally speaking, hackers cannot do anything to your computer unless you allow/help them to! In fact, generally speaking they cannot "see" your computer from the outside without your help. Don't click links in emails or texts even from people you know unless they tell you they are sending the email with a link! If the account on your computer has administrator privileges, make another account that is not and use that for everything you can. Make sure you have virus protection on your computer. If a Windows computer, keep it up to date!
If your computer is working but has slowed down - it may have been turned into a hacker's zombie. You may be attacking others without even knowing it.
Generally speaking, hackers cannot do anything to your computer unless you allow/help them to! In fact, generally speaking they cannot "see" your computer from the outside without your help. Don't click links in emails or texts even from people you know unless they tell you they are sending the email with a link! If the account on your computer has administrator privileges, make another account that is not and use that for everything you can. Make sure you have virus protection on your computer. If a Windows computer, keep it up to date!
If your computer is working but has slowed down - it may have been turned into a hacker's zombie. You may be attacking others without even knowing it.