Hey risky dont feel demoralised and assume that you are the only fool on this planet. More than 60% of computer intrusion , hacking cases are due to negligience on the user's part.
So here is my unofficial guide to Protecting privacy on internet.
1. Dont post your pic on your profile. I used to do it earlier but now I have become more cautious in that matter .
2. Dont give your ''real'' address on social networking sites. Even on other sites, do so if the site / organistion is trustworthy and well known.
3. Make sure that the pin number you give for purposes other than freelancing and business transactions is wrong.
4. Install a good antiphishing filter and even better antivirus and update it regularly.
5. Also install a good anti spyware software like spybot-search and destroy. Also make sure if you are surfing for
6..Dont fall for schemes for earning money which just give money for surfing for an hour.most of such sites are malicious and give out the databases of private details at dirt cheap prices to telenetworking companies. Ever wondered how telemarketeers get your home phone nos.??
7. Keloggers and pesky friends who would just do anything to get hold of your orkut\myspace\facebook account are even more dangerous than viruses. Be very strict regarding these.
8. Dont visit porn sites. They will install some kind of spyware or keyloggers on your computer more often than not.
9. If your antivirus doesnt have a built-in firewall than dont rely on the default windows firewall. Get a good firewall like zone alarm.
10. Dont wade off instructions that orkut gives.(eg. Dont click on suspicious links from your profile.).I have heard numerous cases where this has lead to their accounts being hacked and then they cry like a silly kid who has droped his ice cream on the floor.
11. Avoid going to cybercafes as much as possible. Most of them dont take necessary precautions to safe gaurd their terminals. I have noticed some of them still using win 98 and XP sans the sercive packs. And even yahoo messenger 5.0 which opens up vulnerabilities.
Hope this article has helped you. I am sure you will be more cautious the next time a link in your scrapbook promises to show you some magic or ''wonderful'' things.
Be preactive and not proactive.
Vandit.
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this is nice one man
hope many of them will follow it...(including me)
it took only 2 min. to read ur blog ;-D
^^ Not my blog... Just one post.
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