The Internet Protectors (TIP) is a new Internet Security and Safety website that focuses on providing help to non-technical computer. Users can ask questions of topic experts, research different aspects of security in a library of podcasts, videos, and white papers, read and subscribe to blogs on multiple security topics, discuss security issues in forums, and more.

Experts, known as TIPsters, on hand at launch include Roger Thompson of AVG on new threats, Monte Robertson of Software Security Solutions on small business security, and Linda Criddle of Look Both Ways on family online safety.

Topics covered on the site range from basic security questions like "What is the difference between spyware and viruses?" to "how to" questions such as "I use Skype to keep my business phone costs down, but how do I avoid unwanted calls and spam from people not on my contact list?"

Experts also weigh in on ways to keep private information private in social networks and the particular risks children face online, as well as up-to-the-minute news on scams affecting users of commonly-used programs like Gmail or QuickTime.

"In the Web 2.0 tradition, we have designed TIP to be as user- driven as possible," said Gayle Cline, TIP co-founder and project leader for the TIP website. "Experts and users can post blogs and resources like videos, and can create forums surrounding particular issues. Our goal is to provide a rich, dynamic, and above all relevant and usable resource for people. From the outset, TIP is ready to help home users, small businesses, libraries, educational institutions, and community organizations with security questions and concerns."