What is Hacking? What is Spyware? What is Malware? What is Spam? What is Vulnerabilities? What is Phishing?

Hacking is when someone from another location breaks into your computer remotely to cause damage or steal information.

Spyware is a program running in the background on your computer that gathers information, or forces you to websites.

Malware is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. Its only there to break stuff.

Spam is an unwanted advertisement for a product sent to your computer as either pop-up window from your web browser or as an e-mail.

Phishing is when a website is made to look like another website for the purpose of gathering personal information from a user.

Vulnerabilities are any security holes you may have in your own system.

Cyber crime is the act of stealing information via the Internet. It is possible for Hackers to steal information from websites, however most are protected against it.

Hackers cannot permanently control your PC, they will only control it as long as its plugged up to the Internet and whatever ever programs they put on it are allowed to run.