But here, in this clear, easy-to-read book, is all the information you need to keep yourself and your property safe.

Chapter Summaries and Action Sheets for each subject help you evaluate your needs, make a plan and take action to protect yourself, your computer, your money and your data.

This book includes a free bonus CD-ROM filled with lots of software for both Macintosh and Windows, that puts your computer to work to help protect you and your property.

You'll learn:
* How to protect and back up your data
* How to avoid aches, pains and repetitive stress injuries
* How to protect your computer from viruses, worms and Trojan horses
* How to foil hackers and identity thieves
* How to protect yourself from theft and fraud
* How to preserve our personal privacy while surfing the Web
* And much, much more!

Safe Computing is part of the Advice from the Neighborhood Nerd™ series of leaning materials, created to help everyone understand and use computers and other technologies that have become a part of modern life. “You're not a dummy. You're not an idiot. All you need is a little advice from the Neighborhood Nerd.”

Book Reviews

• HIPAA Policies & Procedures Desk Reference
• Privacy, Information And Technology (Aspen Elective)
• Public/Private
• The Information Systems Security Officer's Guide: Establishing and Managing an Information Protection Program
• Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security
• The Center for Democracy and Technology and Internet Privacy in the U.S.: Lessons of the First Five Years
• Private Rights, Public Wrongs: The Computer and Personal Privacy (Communication and Information Science)
• Copyright in a Global Information Society:The Scope of Copyright Protection under International, U. S., U. K. and French Law (Studies in Law)
• Securing the Enterprise Network
• Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID