We wrote many articles about anti-virus softwares on Shoutmeloud. The main reason for making you aware about these anti-virus softwares was to make your online surfing secure. But just downloading Anti-virus software on your system is not enough, you need to secure your system by other threats which can easily hack your personal details or confidential documents from your system. If you are connected to internet, there are chances that you might face hacking problem.
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Here are 5 tips to surf online stuffs carefully and keep your system safe when connected to internet :
Avoid using same passwords
Many of us have habit to choose same passwords for all our social media, email or bank accounts. The reason for choosing same password is that it becomes easy to remember for all our important accounts. But this habit can create a big problem for you if any one of the sites is compromised then hackers can easily find password of another account, if they are same. Try to use different passwords or you can do a bit variation in all the passwords which will make you easy to remember.
Download from secure websites
There are hundreds of websites available online which provides you free softwares but when you choose to download these free softwares from unreliable websites there are changes that these software may detect all your personal information because they are loaded with spywares. I won’t say that you should never download free software but I would suggest that you must only download after reviews and checking the security certificate.
Avoid clicking on unknown links
We all got spam emails or unknown emails which directs us with some internal links to their website. Avoid clicking on these kinds of links which might spread virus on your computer and might hack all your accounts and passwords. These days shortened URL are used to spread links for websites/blogs but only click on links which you got from reliable resources.
Anti-virus Software
This is most important thing to remember. It is not enough to download good Anti-virus software to your system, more important is to keep it updating and keep in “ON”. Always follows alerts sent by your Anti-virus software companies. Many Anti-viruses has option to update the new version automatically, you should enable that option to make your system more secure.
Also Read : Check effectiveness of your Anti-virus Software
Online Shopping
Online Shopping is very risky when it comes to security. Many online shopping ask to enter your address, account details and other personal details which can be easily hacked by others. Try to do online shopping on reliable websites and never ever give your personal details.
Security is always important for our blogs. How you secure your system from hackers? Do share with us.
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People always tend to use the same password on all their online accounts. They should be more careful about it, I guess
Earlier I used to do that stupidity, but now i don’t . That’s the major reason for hacking your accounts.
Its very difficult to remember different passwords for different accounts. There are a few desktop based “password managers” which can help us in remembering those passwords. Online password managers can also be used but it’s a bit risky I guess.
Agree with you Techno-pulse , I never use online password manager . I use Firefox ulitility to save my pwds.
Online Password Managers, be it for watever Browser can be compromised. Its highly un-secure to store password in your comp, as they can be recovered.
But Ramkumar, I guess they are safe from saving passwords online. Ofcourse, you need to use best addon or tool for saving pwd on your pc.
What Do You Think of “Sxipper” A Firefox Add on useful for Managing Passwords … Is it Safe???
Yeah Lucifer, it is safe to use.
internet security and awareness has become a big issue…few days ago somebody hacked my gmail account
Oh Tushar, how u recovered it ? Share your tips, may be useful for our readers.
I make a template formula for all my passwords. The variables depend on the website. I can suggest one good application for storing passwords. Mcafee Antivirus program has the Password vault which is guarded by a master password. Firefox too is cool, but again you can’t trust anyone with your money! I find offline and non-electronic storage of passwords much more safe as compared to some third party applications. Just make a note and keep a few copies handy, though secured. However, you should never write down your username and password together!
Another suggestion is to avoid usernames which are personally identifiable, such as your first or last names.
Right Samir, But as far as I know we all prefer to use names in our username. Thanks for the tips
Is it safe to use firefox password manager.??
Yeah Himanshu , I am using it and happy with it.
In my opinion, all of the about tip can be replaced by one, that is you do a try with Ubuntu. I am happy with it now.
Thanks Peter for information, I never used Ubuntu, will surely give it a try .
I mostly use same password for most of my accounts , need to change them .
Shabnam even i used to do same way, actually i used to feel lazy that who will remember so many pwd. But now i have changed my habit. U also change soon.
I feel shorten url’s have made it more difficult for novice internet users and fall prey to phishing attacks, using browser plugins to expand url’s and making a choice should be practiced.
Agree with you Avinash, Shorten URl Is most risky, you never know about landing page and high chances for spreading virus.
Earlier I too used to set common passwords for all my online accounts, after joining the blogging world I have realized the reason behind my hacked account. Now am safe from attacks. Good points Ruchi.
Yeah, having same passwords must be ignored. Hackers find it too easy to get the detials.
Yes you are right
most important thing antivirus and anti spyware as Kaspersky & Avira
Thanks a Lot