6. DANGERS ON FACEBOOK
Each of these vulnerabilities could be the subject of an article by itself, but it will get overlooked whole problem. As in other cases it is with the data that you voluntarily post on social networks, blogs, Twiter etc. All these data can be used for not so favorable to you. Examples are endless, yet many continue to ignore this danger. Unfortunately, sooner or later some of them will pay.Facebook is clearly the fashion of the moment. Any exceeds a certain popularity should put you on guard, because hackers are interested in everything from fashion and as used. It is clear that neither Facebook is no exception. Articles announcing the daily emergence of new and new vulnerabilities of the platform we speculated the creeps. We can not even trust the authenticity of a message from a close friend. When it comes to applications, things tend to get out of control. Have you noticed that when you join an application, you are informed that access confidential data. Similarly, most mundane games last information extracted to personal data. And not just yours! But attention of all who are in your list of friends, as wide open new doors ...
Facebook: access the My Account> Privacy Settings. In the section of web pages and applications, click Edit your settings link. It will display all applications and services causes that have joined. Click the Change settings link next to those whose rights you want them restricted.
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Think twice before you publish information about you on these media. The fact that you already have an account on this will appear in the database profile to establish a working exactly as yours. You say that this is the future, but let's try not to build such a future together.
Be very selective with applications, or test cases to share with your account. And occasionally visit your profile privacy settings (see picture) or to remove all these applications have started to creep up on your account, or to reduce them access to your personal data. Many users ignore account settings. You will be very surprised to discover what you can do here. Especially platform is entirely translated, you will not have difficulty in choosing settings, including security, suitable for both social type that you want, and to prevent future attacks.
7. Short LINKS TWITTER
Another starlet of the moment's Twitter site. Embedded in the messages they receive from various acquaintances whose work a watchlist and some links. The application too long are shortened in order not to too much message content. This one plays and cybercriminals are no longer forced to embellish their own links to sites trap.
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Do not rush to click on links that are not fully displayed. On the other hand, there are clients for Twitter to fix the problem, posting links. Our recommendation is called TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com/desktop/). After installing the application directly from the manufacturer's website, click on the Add button and then type your Twitter account login Twitter.
8. Dirty SITES
Dirty sites are recognized as being more prone to host malware can transfer your computers anytime. Especially those who make a habit of visiting such sites and always trying other and other sensations eventually will end up being infected.
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It's redundant to continue with advice like: no access ... which still can be, not only for this kind of websites is to seek specialized applications. For example, Try AVG Link Scanner (www.linkscanner.com). Immediately after installation, you will need to update the database. Then, the application will run in the background, warn you when you access a website which appears dangerous in its database.
9. Advertising Online
A lot of internet usage is occupied by dialing search engines. Indexing techniques are well known web pages and very easy to use, because, among the results of searches, to be inserted and addresses dangerous sites. Searches are preferred especially those aimed name stars or sensational news.
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Do not rush to click on any link displayed in the list of answers provided by search engines. If possible, opt for recognized sources. However, the application LinkScanner will prove useful in this case.
10. Downloading via torrent
Admit it or not, many of us access websites that mediates type-torrent networks. Not only are most downloaded pirated material, but as such services do not have any security solution, nothing will stop the virus.
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To advise you not to download anything using torrents? We know that is not a realistic solution. You can still do something. Put the old computer at work. You do not need who knows what resources to access and use torrents. And obsolete PCs will do. Installed on this PC a current antivirus and scan all downloaded materials. Leave them a few days and make sure you have no nefarious action. In this way, the system is not compromised, which have important collections and personal data.
General Tips
Enable automatic update of your antivirus software. It is virtually useless without the latest virus signatures.
Make a regular full check of the entire system by antivirus software updated.
Always maintain antivirus actively monitoring mode.
Activate and automatic update of the operating system and Internet browser.
The backups are the ones that will get out of most trouble. Do not hesitate to opt for a dedicated solution.
Do not open attachments from strangers and navigate carefully, especially on sites you do not know and ... exotic origin.
Do not use the same password for multiple virtual services. If you have multiple accounts online, maybe it would be time to call a password manager to make sure you do not forget any. Because recommend passwords long with both letters and numbers in the component. They are harder to crack.
Do not trust Internet offers. Nobody gives surprise prizes without the dubious interests.
No application is totally secure. No site, link or material offered for download. Sometimes a dose of paranoia does not hurt.
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