Protecting Yourself Against Hackers and Unwanted Users

If there is one thing I have learned about the internet and its predators is that you must have protection. Everyday either a system or program is hacked as well as the accounts attached. I found out first hand. It's a shame that there actually are people out there that seem to have nothing better to do then to hack a system or trash an account.

There are ways to prevent most situations and one that I now practice that is very important is setting passwords for access. Without having passwords set, anyone who uses your computer can access whatever you have on auto login. Always log off AC when you are not attending your computer.

It is hard to stay updated with the latest protection when using the computer. When other users have access to your files and programs, there is a strong possibility that they will tamper with something. When a young relative asks for some money, for future reference don't tell them to write an article and you will cash them out because there is also a strong possibility that what they post was posted or copied from somewhere else.

Setting your access ability to administrator also helps to protect you from the unwanted user. We see it happen every day on the news and in the newspapers, Identity theft is high. Hackers are easily accessing credit card numbers as well as other info. As easy as it seems to be for hackers to access credit card numbers, it is just as easy to obtain user identities as well as passwords.

There are sites that look like certain sites that users frequently use that are illusion sites. You enter your id and password and it will say incorrect. You then enter another id and password and it repeats the same. Why? They are hacker sites that are actually id/password retrieval sites. Yahoo is one of the most hacked as well as unsafe sites. When you realize what technology can do for you, you will then you will also realize what technology can do to you.