The popular definition of a hacker has a negative connotation in today's society, but computer hackers aren't criminals by their definition of the word. Their definition deals with how someone approaches an activity in life, not just when dealing with computers. Hackers feel a certain depth of commitment and an enhanced level of excitement at hacking a system. Hacking basically means learning all there is to know about a system, becoming immersed in the system …showed first 75 words of 1551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1551 total…one can follow to protect yourself from some of the hacker's devious plot. The biggest thing the end user can do is to always have a virus program running and to keep it up to date. Another big thing is to never download anything from an untrusted source, or to open an email attachment from an untrusted sender. There is no 100% way to safeguard yourself from hackers because they are always new hacks coming out.