Ways to avoid online dangers

[RAHEN]

What you need to worry about:

• <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Email frauds: Emails that cheat you of huge sums of money by offering fantastic overseas financial schemes and promising great returns <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Nasty or obscene emails <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">People hacking into your account <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">People publishing your personal details (name, photograph, telephone numbers) on dating or pornographic sites without your consent <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Identity theft: When people steal your personal information <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Social engineering: When people trick you into revealing your password <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Downloading files or attachments that may have Trojans (destructive programs that masquerade as benign applications) <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Clicking on links that can pick up your personal details.
• Losing money while shopping online
  

Precautions you can take:
1. Email security:

• <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Be careful where you post/submit your email id on public forums. Share it only with known people.
• Do not download attachments or files received through emails sent by unknown persons.

2. Password protection:

• <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Never give your password to anyone.
• When selecting a password, make sure it is a combination of alphabets, numerals and special characters.

3. Personal details:

• Never give personal details to anyone while chatting online. Even if you're chatting with a friend, there could be someone else using his/her id.

4. Online transactions:

• <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Conduct online transactions only through Web sites and companies that have proper security checks in place.
• Many sites use protocols like Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to obtain confidential information. Check if the site you are using is secure. Browsers provide a security option. Look for a lock on the page. A broken lock indicates a lapse in security. Another indicator of a safe site is 'https://' instead of 'http://'.

5. At a cyber café:

• <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Never surf from a cyber café if you are keying in any sensitive data. The computer may have a program running in the background that is storing all your information. <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Be careful of inquisitive surfers around.
• Always logout of all your messengers and any mailbox you have open, before you leave.

6. At home:

• <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Most companies regularly release patches for security holes in their software products. Always keep your operating systems and software you regularly use (like browsers, instant messengers, email programs, media players) updated by downloading these patches. <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in">Never click on links that say, 'download software' unless you are absolutely sure of the content.
• Never click on pop-ups that say, 'Click here for more information'

Better safe than sorry



If you stick to the above principle, you can avoid most of the online dangers.

[Muzna]

nice information rahen sis
thank u for sharing

[villies]

zaberdast rahen jiii.. you have also much Idea to making threads.. like sweety... very nice Info :thumbs:

[RAHEN]

we all have....u too...Thanks 4 appreciating....

[villies]

you welcome dear

[friendlygal786]

Great post sis, very useful and helpful. In fact, I had a bad experience relating to one of the above. I had my credit card number stolen while shopping online and strange thing is I rarely shop online. One of the few times I made a purchase online, my info was stolen and I had to cancel my account and get a new card...So everyone should be extra careful about this danger.

[RAHEN]

thanks 4 sharing that tip...hope that it is helpful for our members...thanks 4 liking the post...

[friendlygal786]

ur welcome