Intro

The most serious threat to your computer and other electronics might not be a virus or spyware attack. It's a summer thunderstorm -- or more precisely, the sudden blackouts and power surges that lightning can cause.

If you haven't done anything to protect your equipment against this threat, it's time. And if you haven't checked the protective devices you bought a couple of years ago, it's time for that, too.

— Michael Himowitz, The Baltimore Sun