Computer protection from viruses and spyware

The internet is a good place to meet new people from all over the world and to get information about everything but as every good thing the internet has its disadvantages.Problem : Identity stealers. Suddenly you see charges on your credit card that you have not done or you receive strange mail confirming things that you never did. There is a variety of methods to steal credit card information. The first one is when someone who is called a hacker, hack into some website or database of some company which store the custumers credit card information on their servers. In this case the hacker can use as many credit cards as he wants, and today they even sell credit cards details to others, but this method is usually exposed by the company and the security hole is blocked, but still the credit cards details have been exposed. Another method for stealing credit card details is when you type your credit card or personal details on a website and here may be an application on your computer, without you knowing, that records all the information that you type on the keyboard and sends it without you even feeling this application (usually a trojan) to a developer. Some websites are fake websites which looks like some of the biggest shopping websites and ask you to enter your details for the system restore or some other lame reason, and some people actually think that this id request comes from the real administrator of the website without knowing it's fake, and then this details are saved by the administrator and on the internet he is you.

Solution And Tips : If you are thinking something like, I won't use my credit card on the internet so I am ok. This is the wrong attidude because today there is a world that you can pay your bills, check out your bank account information and purchase everything for cheply and quickly without even movingfrom your chiar and by not using your credit card on the web is just a big loss, so you can still use credit cards but use them carefully. First of all make sure you have a good Anti-Virus that will help you to detect those malicius applications which record the information you type. Secondly use your credit card only at websites you totaly trust and know and that people you know have used them and have had no problems. And last but not least , never enter your details without purchasing something and never give your username or password to some website, or your personal details to anyone on the web, even if he is identified as the website administrator he is probably not.

As mentioned on the previous page on web sites that you have to give your credit card details if there is a yellow lock (SSL) on the bottom of the web site.

Problem : Impersonations especially with the Chat web sites. This is extremely important with Children or singles who are looking for partners. You may believe that you are chatting with a nice persion or a child of your own age but in all problability talking with someone who is impersonating.

Solution And Tips : There is no way to actually know who you are talking with, even pictures today can be fake. The safest way is never to agree to meet anyone you are chatting to or even for you to give your true identity. If you are trying to meet a new partner it is best to be carefull by meeting them in a very public place and to speak to them on the phone a few times before that and to even contemplate meeting them with a friend the first time.

Where children are concerned you must never stop telling them how dangerous it is and never allow them to meet anyone on thier own who they have met over the net without checking it out first.