“Three or four countries do have state-sponsored hackers. I shouldn’t name these countries by name, but many of them are known to be hostile to the United States in other ways. Some of these same countries sponsor hackers in order to give us a little trouble.”

“Be careful, and go slowly. Computers are intolerant of mistakes;they do just what you tell them to do, not what youmeant for them to do.”

“Virus writers are, sociologically, not much different from taggers who spray cryptic symbols on walls, or even the “unofficial” graffiti artists: they feel (or say they feel) justified in doing their work, and have a wanton disregard for the dignity and property of others. They feel not mere justification, but pride in what they do.”

“It’s usually a good idea to restart the computer after changing the registry, as many changes do not take effect until restarting the computer.”

“The Registry is a special database in the computer that contains a multitude (literally thousands) of configuration settings used by Windows and many of the programs installed on the computer”

“Viruses don’t just happen; people write them deliberately.”

“No legitimate corporations will ask you to send them sensitive information via e-mail.”