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Internet Threats and Prevention � A Brief Review

Published on August 2015 by Sheenam Bhola, Sonamdeep Kaur, Gulshan Kumar
International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology
Foundation of Computer Science USA
ICAET2015 - Number 10
August 2015
Authors: Sheenam Bhola, Sonamdeep Kaur, Gulshan Kumar
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Sheenam Bhola, Sonamdeep Kaur, Gulshan Kumar . Internet Threats and Prevention � A Brief Review. International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology. ICAET2015, 10 (August 2015), 13-17.

@article{
author = { Sheenam Bhola, Sonamdeep Kaur, Gulshan Kumar },
title = { Internet Threats and Prevention � A Brief Review },
journal = { International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology },
issue_date = { August 2015 },
volume = { ICAET2015 },
number = { 10 },
month = { August },
year = { 2015 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 13-17 },
numpages = 5,
url = { /proceedings/icaet2015/number10/22277-4147/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Sonamdeep Kaur
%A Gulshan Kumar
%T Internet Threats and Prevention � A Brief Review
%J International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology
%@ 0975-8887
%V ICAET2015
%N 10
%P 13-17
%D 2015
%I International Journal of Computer Applications
Abstract

Network security is a branch of computer technology whose objective is to protect the information and property from theft, corruption, or threats attack. Now a days, we are mostly dependent on internet for many things such as online shopping, bank transactions, internet surfing etc. However, internet is not fully secure as its users are threatened by many computer viruses, malicious threats and many more attacks. This paper summarize various computer threats and mechanisms used for protecting sensitive information over the internet.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Internet Threats Security Prevention