If you use the internet, you must be aware that a lot of data about your usage is collecting without your being aware of it. Forget about the ads that you may click on the pages you go to – your internet behavior is up for grabs by data miners. In fact, many anti-virus and internet protection suites come with pop-up blockers and ad blockers as do older versions of internet explorer. But till now there was little that you could do about unwanted tracking. (more…)

You have a desktop, a laptop, a notebook, a netbook and if you are have a family you probably have more than one computer. Even if you are working you will probably have a desktop and a laptop, unless you only have a laptop. And with the internet being prevalent – you can’t seem to do anything without being connected – you are online a great deal.

And of course cyberspace is dangerous. Not just because your computer can get infected with viruses, Trojans and worse or your hard disk can crash or your data can get corrupted. But your very identity can get stolen, your bank account and credit cards misused, especially if you use the internet for financial purposes – and almost everybody does. (more…)

What is a phishing email?

A phishing email is an email which lands in your inbox and asks for sensitive personal data like bank account details, user names, passwords and other security information which the phisher can then use to steal your identity or your money. The email may purportedly come from banks, financial institutions or even friends whose addresses and identities have been mined from data mining sources or even your email address book. (more…)

Can we even imagine life without the internet today? Besides shrinking the world it has made everything easier to do, whether it is communications or work or even entertainment and gaming. However, it has also opened new vistas to the technologically savvy criminals in the form of identity theft, phishing, banking theft and stealing work and applications and software and worse. (more…)

All kinds of sensitive and personal data are stored by various organisations in the private and public sectors. Off and on the public hear about how sites were hacked or information lost or there has been breach of confidential data. What makes news, however, is only the tip of the iceberg – there are many more instances where cases are not reported and never come to light. (more…)

Almost everybody now uses the internet to make purchases from various shopping sites like Amazon, eBay and more, buy airline tickets, do hotel and travel bookings, or downloads software which has to be paid for. And despite most sites being highly secure, encrypted sites, there are constantly incidents of people being victims of being defrauded just because they have used their credit card online. (more…)

Nowadays most businesses are dependent on computers and the internet for a range of uses and it is vital that you have good business security software whether you use one computer, a networked computer or many different pcs. Whether items or services are bought and sold through your pcs or not just keep in mind that any pc with an internet connection is open to hackers, virus attacks and even Trojans which can not only damage the data on your computer or erase it, but even compromise the security of your business. (more…)

Anti-spyware is the less harmless brother of a virus of a worm. Most specialists and experts will probably contradict me at this point saying that there is no comparison between them and so on – frankly, for the common user the effects are not measured the same way an expert measures them. A typical user will notice that his system is slowing down gently but surely and will rarely stop to analyse why – all he wants to know is the cure to his problem, and as soon as possible. Within this article we shall discuss about what to look for in your anti-spyware software and how to configure it for maximum protection. (more…)