5 Internet Security Tips For Staying Safe Online 1. Use Strong and Unique Passwords for Web Accounts Password is the key which protects your different web accounts from unauthorized access. So, you must keep your password as secure as you can. Always choose a strong and no-guessable password. Password must be combination of characters, numbers and special characters. It helps in preventing brute-forcing attack. Never use a password again for any other web account. Always choose a different password for different web account. List of the worst passowrds of the last year: password 123456 12345678 abc123 qwerty monkey letmein dragon 111111 baseball iloveyou trustno1 1234567 sunshine master 123123 welcome shadow ashley football jesus michael ninja mustang password1 2. Keep Your Software and Browser Updated This is another important thing which you should do. Software vendors push security updates ad bug fixes in each update. So, updating software and browsers will help you to stay secure. Hackers always try to exploit known vulnerabilities of browsers or other software to intrude in your systems. So, always try to keep your browsers and other software updated. 3. Beware of Fake and Suspicious Email Offers Scammers sens fake lottery or prize offers to attract users. So, you should be careful before responding to emails that look suspicious. You should never click on links in unknown or suspicious emails. If you receive email from Gmail (or any other email service provide which you use), always cross check the links before clicking on it. It would be nice if you manually type URL in browser. Phishing attack is possible. Read how to make your Email accounts secure from hackers. No bank customer care or email service provide asks for your password. If you receive any emails from these organization asking for your password, delete the email without responding. Internet Security is stronger if you know how to be safe. How to check if a link is safe before clicking on it: *Daily we see a new scam on Facebook with some malicious link which infect our system. Even the best security software can not fully protect us. So we need to care about all these while surfing. If we talk about the links on the internet, most of the malicious links are not the same as it looks. If you see a link, then take your mouse pointer over it and see the real destination on the status bar. Sometimes it is different as it looks on the webpage. This is what we call link spam. So everytime you see some suspicious link, you need to verify it before clicking on the link. For this, you can use some linkscanners which scan the link using multiple services, such as Google, MyWOT, and Norton SafeWeb, and reports the results to you quickly. URLVOID is a nice link scanner which can help you in checking a link. To copy the link for checking, right click on the link and click on “Copy link address.” Now paste the link in the scanner’s search box. 4. Never Download Software or Videos from Unknown Website There are many fake software and video download websites. Download software or videos from these website may install spyware or Trojan in your system. So, you should always beware of these kind of fake websites. Before downloading, it would be nice to search the review of these websites in Google. If you are getting nothing, never downloading any thing from your website. Sometimes, these website forcefully download malware on your website just by visiting. So, having a good internet security antivirus will protect you from these websites. 5. Regularly Scan Your Computer with Updated Antivirus Sometimes when you download software from unknown website, it may be possibility that you have infected your computer from unknown malware. USB flash drives are also the main source of virus and Trojan. You can never say that your computer is safe from these kind of security threats. So, it is nice if you regularly scan your computer with updated antivirus to check for possible infection in your computer. Always select antivirus that comes with Internet Security. It will protect you from various internet threats like phishing and malware spearing website. Hope you enjoyed reading this article. What else is important if you want to stay safe online??
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:55:10 +0000
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