Guide : Keeping Safe Online

Using the Internet and surfing the web can be as sweet as candy, but not always, as sweet as it is, it's very easy to type in personal information. Here are a few ways to stay safe during your online activities

Do Not Give Personal Information:

1. Do not give out your full name, address, or phone number to anyone online that you don't trust or don't know in person.

They might not be who they claim to be, so do not trust them if they guess the actual name of the person you are chatting with.

To avoid confusing your friends with strangers, make a password you must say (for example, "If you are Ashley, say our password." Then Ashley will say, "Clever one true not example example totally weird refrigerator magnets banana apple dancing Ugg boots.").

Just mix a bunch of words together and make it pretty hard to guess by a stranger. Also call your friend to make sure he or she is online.

Don't ever tell them your contact information.

If anyone gives you a Program/Software, Check the size and run it in SandBox incase it's malicious.

Never give out your bank account or credit card information unless you are shopping with a well known or highly rated online business.

Check for secure transaction info. The best companies will have many security devices in place. You may see a gold lock at the bottom of the page to indicate a secure site.

When giving any bank details or other information, make sure the connection is secure

(URLs like this begin with https, a colon (:), and two slashes (//)) and the site is perfectly trustworthy.

Not every site which runs HTTPS or accepts payments is trustworthy.

2. Ultimate Downloading :

Antivirus Software :

[ 1 ] ESET Smart Security 5
For : Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Rootkits, Bootkits, Key logging, Screen capture, Drive by downloads, Zero-hour infections and Unwanted spam.
Download : http://www.esetindia.com/

[ 2 ] Kaspersky Internet Security 2012
No 1. Rank
www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_internet_security

If you accept files via MSN without one, you're asking for trouble. Too solve this error, download all of the following:

[ 1 ] CCleaner

- CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download.

• Screenshot
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/screenshots

• Download
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

• Website
http://www.piriform.com/

[ 2 ] Malwarebytes

Malware is big and malware is bad. Your computer is constantly at risk from infection by malware including viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers and spyware. Malwarebytes specializes in fighting malware.

If viruses are mischief, malware is mayhem. Malware doesn’t just want to disrupt your network, it wants your keystrokes, logins, passwords, address book, data, credit card information, favorite t-shirt and possibly your cat.

Malware is not going away any time soon. Malware is growing, developing, constantly evolving. Malware is becoming more difficult to detect, and even harder to remove.

Only the most sophisticated anti-malware techniques can detect and remove malicious programs from your computer. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PRO combines powerful new technologies designed to seek out, destroy, and prevent malware. More...

[ 3 ] HijackThis

Trend Micro HijackThis is a free utility that generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer.

http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

[ 4 ] Sandboxie

Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.

http://www.sandboxie.com/

Those will help you maintain and run a smooth system, but be careful with Hijack this. Don't kill any processes that you aren't sure about as that process may be for running a system.



Surfing the web :

Surfing the web is all about the computer, we all love it, and therefore we got to protect ourselves. A good way to protect yourself and anyone else who uses your computer is to use a proxy.

Loki VPN Client:
Download Link: http://download.cnet.com/Loki-VPN-Client/3000-2648_4-10804862.html?tag=mncolAnti-Keylogging Programs

Key Scrambler Pro:
Download Link: http://download.cnet.com/KeyScrambler-Pe...22575.htmlTask-Manager:

Codestuff Starter is a good program to use, you can see all the proccesses that are running even the ones that aren't viewable on task-manager. Over all, this is what I prefer rather than the plain old task manager. Below are pictures of how to use it.

Download Link: http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.htmlFirewalls Software:

keep your PC safe from viruses and Hackers.
http://www.comodo.com                     http://www.zonealarm.com