Computer’s suffer from security issues like everything else. Probably more so. As such, you need to keep your computer secure. Aside from potential data loss and theft of personal information, you may be liable to legal implications if your computer is used to commit illegal activies by hackers.

For instance, millions of computers around the world have been taken over by hackers and placed into groups of hacked computers called BotNets. BotNets can carry out internet attacks, send out spam, etc. Most of the people who own computers in these Bot Nets don’t even know it … You might even be in one them right now!
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