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[ShadyLady]

Kimm,
  Back when hacking first started and computers were being developed, the meaning of 'hacking' something, WAS creating a program.  Therefore, hackers were anyone who 'hacked away' at programs.  A modern definition of hackers is 'Someone who builds programs, or someone who breaks into a system without malicious intent'.  Crackers basically have the same skills as hackers, but use the skills WITH malicious intent.

Thank you Saruman for providing the differences.

[Kimm]

ehhhhh.......I have read that you must hack (whith the meening: into other systems) to be a hacker!

[ShadyLady]

Is that such a bad thing?         

[Kimm]

nope    

[FreyKade]

best thing to do is to have 2 or 3 anti virus software on your computer.

i uninstalled norton and installed vexira, and found out that norton had not detected a backdoor program which was part of a file that was installed from my printer software. however, vexira is very good at scanning your system, but is not as good for checking emails. you should also get a trojan scanner for finding the pesky ones that getaway from your AVS

[Kimm]

I have lost count of all I have