Extreme Trix

These days Cyber attacks have increased many folds. No one is safe on internet. Hackers, Cybererrorists or whatever you call them! Are growing and even doing the best to make malicious networks worldwide. Nowadays online threats have increased drastically. I remember, last time’s survey I read that it was found that Cyber attacks have nearly doubled in the last year. Each day user faces new viruses and Trojans in his Computic life. Each time while using Net-banking or accessing social accounts on networks such as Facebook, Twitter they get into a dilemma that whether they are safe or not. Even while purchasing stuff online they get worried about the credit card details as we fear some hacker might steal the information. Cyber attacks can be of various types such as stealing account information, credit card information, hacking computers, email accounts, etc. These attacks make us think that we are not really safe on
internet. So, is there a way to protect our self online?

Cyber Security

After listening about so many attacks, you might be thinking that only possible solution to it is that we should stop using our credit card online and should close all are accounts , but is running from these things a solution? No! If you are a daily reader of our blog, then may remember that CERT issued high alert for increasing Cyber Attacks in April. So, to help you, our Editor came up with an article “How safe a ‘link’ is?” in which he told how to check a link properly, then later on a guest came up with a post in which he gave Tips for Staying Safe when Buying Online. So, today after such a long time I managed to come online and was free enough so giving you tips to be safe on Internet! So here we go!

• Never give your full name, address, or phone number to person claiming you have won a lottery, don’t ever reply to such emails they are all fraud. You cannot win anything for free so use your brain and dont reply to such emails, they are just a part of online scam.
• Use genuine software, a Windows-cracked version of software are themselves a kind of virus so don’t use cracked software. Go for genuine, stop piracy!
• Install a good anti virus, firewall and anti-spyware so that your computer is protected from most common virus and Trojans. You can use All in one protection software which provide all these stuff. Example of such software is Kaspersky total protection or Bitdefender total protection. You can also download Site Advisor like small apps, which are free and would work well for sure in helping you to check-know if a link is safe to visit or not?
• Also keep your anti virus, other software and Windows updated as new viruses and threats are surfacing every day and these updates provide essential protection against these threats.
• Change your account password regularly, keep changing your password every month and so.
• Try not to use social services such as Facebook and Twitter and your email accounts in cybercafes, though most of you do this. So, if you even do never intentionally or by-mistake do ‘Remember me’ while providing password and after loging out/moving from cyber don’t forget to delete cookies and history from your browser (as hackers can even hack your account via cookie stealing)
• Most of the computers in cybercafe are infected with viruses and other malwares, so avoid using your accounts on those computers.
• Don’t enter your account details in front of anyone else they might see your password.
• Last, but not the least always use your brain before doing anything and try to remain
  updated about various new threats and malwares by reading online journals and magazines.

Just by following these simple rules and advices, you can remain safe on internet and do you what you want!

[Tips by Roger Rae, who managed the online marketing for Fortepromo Promotional products, a Minnesota-based promotional stress balls company, for over three years.]

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