Surfing the Internet can be scary these days. You can get your identity stolen, your computer can become infected with weird viruses, or you may experience the misery of unstoppable malware that can possess your machine.
What do you do to avoid some of these problems?
One of the first things you can do is to be sure to surf safely, don’t visit sites o through links that you know nothing about. You can investigate sites by using the web searches to see what others say about them. If you are sent a link to a banking site for example, type the name of the bank in to the search and go directly to their web page.
Don’t establish accounts with easily cracked passwords. Always use a combination of letters, numbers and symbols if possible. These passwords are the hardest to break.
Don’t put lots of personal information or photos out on social networking sites. If you do post, keep the posts open only to those people you choose, no to the public. Too much can be learned from what you post openly, and this can lead to identity theft, and more.
Clear your “cookies”, each time you leave a browser, even on your own personal computer it is wise to have the settings delete all history, cookies and saved passwords. This is a good safety move for anyone who regularly surfs online.