Keeping Internet Account Passwords Safe And Secure

Here are few tips that can help you protect your online accounts and will promise safer browsing.

Internet Account Passwords Safe And Secure

1. Password Protection:
Always create unique password and try to make is complex by using string of numbers, symbols,  letters, and punctuations, avoid using dictionary words and personal information and never ever share your password with anyone else. Always use passwords of at least eight character length. And change your password every two or three months.

2. Computer Security:
Make sure your computer is clean, and is protected with good up-to-date genuine anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, firewall tools. And never turn off the automatic update option of Operating System.

3. Account Safeguards:
Provide limited and controlled information on your web profiles. Give websites necessary informations like email address and phone no. for recovery of hacked account. Use other tools that sites prove to protect your account.

4. Personal Information:
Don't entertain requests for personal information from suspected sources. Providing information like SSN or financial details may be harmful. This can cause you serious damage.

5. Emails And Links:
Use caution while clicking on a link or opening email attachments, even if it is received from known source. If you are not sure about any thing don't open it until you get confirmation from sender. Carefully check mails that include attractive offers and require you to provide informations like login and password. Carefully check the spelling of domain in address bar of browser before entering your password, I mean don't enter your google password at www.goggle.com.

6. Use Private Browsing:
When you are done using a website make sure that you hit log out and quit your browser. This is very important especially when you are on a public computer. And never ever click "Remember Me" box when logging in from some public computer, as this saves your password even after you close browser window.

7. Secure Email ID:
Don't expose your email ID unnecessarily because anyone can reach your profile on websites like Facebook, Myspace etc using your email address, make sure email addresses used for creating web accounts are safe.

8. Security Question:
Almost every site provide security question for protection. Always add a security question to accounts. Choose a question and answer it in unexpected way so that no one else should be able to answer.

9. Browser Security:
Use latest version of some popular browser, because new browsers are equipped with anti-phishing security. Popular browsers today include Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari.

10. Report The Problem:
If you come across a scam, report it to corresponding website, so that it can be fixed. This will protect other innocent users.

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Learn About Computer Viruses, Key loggers, Malwares, Trojans And Other Threats

When your computer is not working properly such as it is slow or hangs or response annoying when you're working, then there is some sort of virus in your computer. There are many different threats that can attack when you work with computers and especially internet. These threats damage data, computers, and even steal your important secret data for example passwords.

Here are some important threats, you must be aware of these. Maybe you've ever heard of some but still do not know what they meant. Here's an explanation of threats.

Key logger

It is a dangerous threat, Key logger record what ever is entered through the keyboard to be saved or sent to someone or somewhere. And this data is then sent to creators or users of this threat. This is done to steal your password in public places like cafes. Password entered via keyboard can be known and may be used for purposes not good for you.

Here is a trick which can protect you from key loggers if you are using Windows. Use On Screen Keyboard to enter passwords. To use On Screen Keyboard in Windows XP and similar click Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Accessibility. If you use Windows 7 or Vista click Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Ease of Access. Or use this tool by typing in "OSK" from Run on any Windows Operating System.

Phishing

Phishing is a very common form of online fraud. It is making someone provide important information to those who are not entitled to know. As for example creating a site similar to a bank's website to get users data is phishing. A user fails to realize he is on fake duplicate site and enters the password and other secret information. To prevent yourself from this fraud always check carefully the displayed address in address bar of your browser.

Adware
These are  programs that display ads on your computer. It would be disturbing as adware will use resources of your computer, it will make your machine  run slow. Pop-ups are another type of Adwares which interfere when you're browsing.

Malware

Malwares are generally found on the boot sector on your disk, they change the course of the first run in your computer. Operating Systems are effected at first. Infections in OS easily spread infections to storage components like Flash drives.

Worm is a type of malware that multiply and then sends copies of itself over a network without having any activity performed by the users. Worms can be very dangerous because they can become an entry point for other destructive programs.

Trojan

It is a software that acts like a good program that can you in a task. But, in it there are hidden functions that endanger your system or can steal confidential information from your system. Trojans can very easily spread to other machines.

Spam

Spam is an unexpected email. It is usually advertisement or a teaser for a visitor of a website which is actually a phishing (see phishing). Messages are generally sent in large quantities.

Spyware

Is a software that works to spy on you with purpose of obtaining secret info such as passwords, credit card details, PINs etc. that can harm you.

Brute Force or Password Cracking
It is an act of cracking the password by trying all matches of numbers and letters in sequence. Very dangerous if for those who manage big deals online. People who are not entitled to know your details can misused them. To protect yourself from this problem, it's good to change your password every two or three months. And make your passwords using Upper and lower characters and numbers and other symbols like $, # etc.

Exploit
These are softwares that try to find weakness of a computer system and hence attack and infect the system

Rootkit
That is a tool that hides some other running program, it is like a cover for malwares, viruses, and keyloggers.

Protect your system by using good Anti Virus and Anti Spywares. Don't ignore this issue this may create serious problems.

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