Protect yourself
The internet is like the wild wild west of the nineteenth century. It is an international community, and there is not many international laws governing the internet. The new border, many people is to seek to scam users fame or monetary gain. Since the internet is a global community, it allows the fraudsters international trick you with virtually no consequence. We've all heard of the Nigerian scam emails.
Identity protection is crucial
Think of all sensitive information happening on the computer. I use internet just about everything.
Pay my invoices
Manage my bank accounts
Write sensitive emails
Buy products
Store valuable documents and photos
Now, I am almost certain that you probably only 1-2 passwords that you use with all your online accounts. Think of the devastation that can do for you if your password gets. It is called malware recorders of striking that keeps track of everything you type on your keyboard and sends information to a scammer. This can be credit card information, social security, privacy, logins and password numbers. This is how identity fraud occurs and other methods. Another common tactic is called phishing, where a user is tricked by a link, email, or the virus to a Web site that appears legitimate. A tactic is to clone a Web site like citibank.com that is easy to do and then have users without mistrust to enter personal information gets a transmitter to the scammer.
4 Tips to help protect my computer against viruses
How to protect my computer against viruses, spyware and hackers. Here are some tips to use.
Illegal sites avoid- If possible, avoid going to shady sites. Sites that offer free things, illegal downloads and hacker sites often have hidden agendas. Usually, they want to make money off the coast of you. Or why is that they would take the time to put up stuff for free and pay its costs.
Use OpenDNS- DNS is the domain name system and when you type Google.com in your browser, DNS is the service that converts Google.com in a unique IP address to locate the Google servers. OpenDNS is a totally free service that blocks web addresses which are potentially dangerous. Potentially strike of a web address can optionally be you to a harmful site, but not with OpenDNS. Visit http://opendns.com to learn how to use their free service and visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305553 to learn how to set your DNS in windows
User Siteadvisor-plugin SiteAdvisor is a plug-in for your web browser and informs you of the reputation of a Web site. It allows you to go to dangerous Web sites
Get security - internet software Probably the most important thing, and your last line of defence is an internet security software. Internet security software is a program which includes generally antivirus, antispyware, firewall and other security features to help prevent malicious activity happening on your computer.
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