Protect Yourself Against the Sasser Worm With These Books From Apress!

Business Wire, May 10, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2004

The newest threat against computing has arrived in the form of a worm named Sasser. While it doesn't appear to demolish files, spam contact lists, or cause severe damage to computers, the Sasser worm creates a serious inconvenience for its victim. Luckily, there are several approaches you can undertake to block the worm, and Apress(R) has a variety of books aimed toward different user levels.

Always Use Protection: A Teen's Guide to Safe Computing empowers teenagers (and their parents) to protect their home computer or network. According to author Dan Appleman, chat rooms and file-sharing mean that "teens have more sophisticated security needs than most adults!"

Always Use Protection -- Dan Appleman -- 1-59059-326-X -- May 2004 -- $17.99

Computer Security for the Home and Small Office addresses the long-neglected security needs of the home or small office professional. Comprehensive tutorials and techniques explain securing your system, utilizing open source alternatives, reducing the harmful effects of malware, enhancing user privacy on shared systems, obscuring traces of online wanderings and limiting children's access online.

Per author Thomas C. Greene, Washington Bureau Chief of The Register, "Effective computer security is a necessity, not a luxury."

Computer Security for the Home and Small Office -- Thomas C. Greene -- 1-59059-316-2 -- March 2004 -- $39.99

The Hardening series is geared toward administrators in need of succinct reference books. Instead of delving into hundreds of pages of theory, these books focus on practical methods of securing networks. The first two books in the series are Hardening Windows and Hardening Apache.

Hardening Windows -- Jonathan Hassell -- 1-59059-266-2 -- April 2004 -- $29.99

Hardening Apache -- Tony Mobily -- 1-59059-378-2 -- April 2004 -- $29.99

To read more about these titles, please visit the Apress online catalog at www.apress.com.

For any media-related issues, contact Julie Miller at 510-549-5930 x 126, or e-mail julie@apress.com.

All Apress titles are available at bookstores nationwide, online booksellers, and from Springer Verlag New York, Inc. at 800-777-4643; fax 212-533-3503, or e-mail sales@apress.com.

About Apress:

Apress L.P., based in Berkeley, California, is a fast-growing publisher of technical books devoted to meeting the needs of information technology professionals. Apress is dedicated to publishing titles of the highest quality and has compiled a team of authors that reads like a veritable "Who's Who" of the computing industry.