Introduction: Ignore This Book at Your Own Peril!
Viruses.
Spyware.
Spam.
Phishers.
War drivers.
Snoops.
Hackers.
Salad cream.
And identity thieves.
These are eight good reasons why you should buy this book, plus one arbitrary reference to a British salad condiment from Heinz that I love, just to keep the list interesting.
If you run Windows XP, the most insecure computer operating system ever invented, these eight nasty threats will rob you blind and torment you within an inch of your digital life and make your glorious and shiny minivan existence starkly miserable and mud splattered.
These computer nasties are a big fat plague. Good thing salad cream was invented.
And the worst of it is that very few computer owners know how bad it really is. No salad cream ...
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