Personal Computer Usage and Security Threats in the New Juaben Municipality, Ghana
Keywords:
Personal Computer, Ghana, Security ThreatsAbstract
Personal computer (PC) usage in Ghana is on the rise but its security threat lacks behind because most PC owners do not know how to guard themselves and unaware of it danger. This paper studies the current state of PC security threat in the New Juaben Municipality, Eastern Region Ghana. SPSS was used to analyze the questionnaires gathered. The results suggest that (i) good authentic password does not guarantee PC owners safety, (ii) lapse in anti-virus routine update empowers malicious attackers to attack personal computers and (iii) PC’s owners are not free from privacy threat so far as they subscribe to free email accounts.
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