Safe Internet Browsing
Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by admin in Safe Browsing
People in all corners of the world browse the Internet everyday. However, in spite of appearances, it is not void from dangerous threats. Common dangers faced by users when they surf the Internet is a hacker accessing their cookies, small text files saved on the your computer by the server of the page the user is visiting. The information cookies contain is typically related to the page being visited, which might include your name and password.
Another threat quickly becoming one of the most dangerous threats on the Internet is phishing. This involves tricking users into feeling that are visiting a legitimate web page, when they are actually visiting a malicious page. This technique is particularly dangerous when the malicious page involves an online banking page. There are also viruses that are able to get into your computer when your browse the Internet. To accomplish this, they usually exploit vulnerabilities that allow them to install themselves on your computer without you realizing it is happening. The malicious code that have the capacity to do this include many Trojans designed to steal confidential information for an infected computer.