| Consider the latest - Die Hard. Some teenagers, few | | | | data that do not meet the security requirement set by |
| masterminds and trillions of dollars being siphoned off | | | | the program developer will be barred from entering |
| the federal fund that has been deposited against | | | | your computer by the firewall. Always keep your |
| people's social security benefits. Do not think that it is a | | | | firewall updated as well. |
| simple cinematic flick! Today hackers are so | | | | Act Smart:o Do not store personal information in your |
| sophisticated that they can actually bring a law abiding | | | | computer. Information like your social security number, |
| citizen down on the streets. With the advent of | | | | credit card number, pins, bank account numbers, |
| technology making life easier for most of us, getting to | | | | telephone numbers, addresses, etc.o Do not click on |
| shop from the comfort of our homes or transfer | | | | links that look suspicious. Most spam mails have links |
| money from the safety of our living rooms, the fact | | | | that should be avoided. These can lead to downloading |
| remains that the nameless faceless cyber world is | | | | of applications that may erase your hard drive.o |
| dotted with criminal minded people whose sole intention | | | | Always scan all attachments using your antivirus |
| is to rob you off your identity, get access to all your | | | | before opening it or running it or installing it on your |
| important details and use those for their own benefits. | | | | computer.o Do not exchange personal information in |
| How do you fight that? | | | | chat rooms, through mails or instant messages. Divulge |
| Install an anti-virus. An anti-virus protects your | | | | your credit card details or social security details only to |
| computer from malicious viruses that tend to lodge | | | | secured sources or through secured websites.o Do |
| themselves deep into your hard drive and copy all | | | | not buy pirated products, software or programs. |
| your data and transfer those to servers where you | | | | These may send messages over the internet when |
| would not want your confidential information to be - a | | | | you are working with the particular software.o Do not |
| hacker's server. If someone sends you a virus | | | | download executable files to your PC from unknown |
| intentionally or unintentionally, the anti-virus detects the | | | | sources. Be extremely cautious while exchanging |
| virus and destroys it. Keep your anti-virus up-to-date. | | | | information over the internet. |
| Set your anti-virus such that there is a weekly scan | | | | Keeping the above points in mind will help you in |
| scheduled for all the hard drives in your computer. | | | | keeping your computer secure. Although every day a |
| Install a firewall: A firewall will always keep a check on | | | | number of Trojan viruses or worms are coded and let |
| the information that is exchanged between your | | | | loose over the internet, we must always do the best |
| computer and other computers every time that you | | | | that we can in order to ensure security. A computer is |
| are logged on to the internet. That way you will be | | | | an expensive device. A simple insecure download can |
| protected from any unwanted code or application | | | | render the whole machine useless. |
| getting downloaded on to your PC inadvertently. Any | | | | |