Some useful tips for home users to protect them from the online attacks like identity theft, spam and much other type of attacks. These are very simple and strighforward some steps towards the safe and secure internet browsing.Security tips are as follows :
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Avoid clicking links that come in emails.
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Scan any attachment before opening it.
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Download only from trusted website not from any website like torrents or peer to peer websites.
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Update your antivirus software.
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Use a Good firewall. There are some free firewalls available check my previous day post regarding the Free Vista Firewall.
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Before entering sensitive data like credit card number, bank account number or password please check the link and the link coming in the status bar are same.
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All banking and insurance websites use secure socket layer so before browsing any of these website please check the “https” in the address bar and the communication is encrypted or not over the network.
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Strong passwords and try to have an algorithm for creating passwords like for emails have one algorithm and for your sensitive data have another algorithm
Nice tips