Internet Security Essentials For All Users

Can you imagine life without the internet?

Are you aware of online security breaches?

Even people who grew up without personal computers, an alarmingly large amount of users are unaware of the breaches into their privacy that happen every time they surf the web.

These breaches are not only the seemingly benign but annoying cookies that track internet use for advertising demographics use, but can be much more serious, leading to such things as identity theft, theft of money from personal or business accounts and even personal safety issues.

In the ever growing, highly sophisticated programing industry, there are as many people that write programs for gaining unauthorized information from your personal files as there are those that write the useful information that most people browsing the web take for granted that they will get when they click on links from their browser. This is why it is essential for everyone that uses a personal computer in any capacity to know some important security essentials to avoid potential theft, fraud and invasions of personal privacy.

Internet Explorer Security Issues

It’s important to understand that there are some browsers that are inherently more prone to virus attacks, unauthorized spyware installation, and malware. Internet Explorer is perhaps the most prone browser to these kinds of applications because of its complex integration with the Microsoft Windows operating system and its widespread use. Therefore anyone using Internet Explorer for their primary browser should be especially vigilant in protecting the security of their information online.

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It is essential to run regular scans on your computer using trusted virus and spyware detection programs. This is where it can get a little tricky because there are programs out there that make claims to being able to detect and remove threats only to install their own spyware in the process.

The best way to insure the safety and legitimacy of a program that you are considering using it to check reviews of the product that are backed by independent testing. These independent test labs are often the best, unbiased sources for reports on the overall effectiveness of antivirus programs as well as the ease of use and installation. If you can’t find results for a program that you may be considering using, it is best to pass it up in favor of one that has been tested and is known by the field experts. Some of the biggest, most trusted labs are the following:

• West Coast Labs
• AV-Test.org
• AV Comparatives.org
• Virus Bulletin

Conducting your own research and relying on the results from the trusted experts in the field are some steps that you can take to provide a level of security on your own computer in keeping your private information safe from unscrupulous hackers and thieves out there in the vast cyber world that we enter into with every log-in.

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