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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