Phishing becomes one of the most widespread online threats. Fraudsters try to acquire information such login/password, credit card details by masquerading false sites as a trustworthy ones. These sites look the like original ones and have analogous web addresses like google.com and gooqle.com. Fortunately present-day web browsers have better security than some year ago and [...]
Recently Google launched its Public DNS service. But why do we need it? First Google Public DNS is needed to make Web pages load faster. Every time you enter website address in your browser the request is sent to your Internet provider that processes this request. So Google asserts that its DNS will work faster. [...]
1. Antivirus software should be installed before Internet connection setup. Often viruses get in your computer before you download antivirus application or updates. Local network connection also should be disabled.
2. It is recommended to use antivirus that has real-time scanning functions. Such kind of antivirus software requires more system resources but provides more reliable protection. [...]
To close open ports choose “Traffic Policy” in left column of the window. There is a list of current options. Then press “Add” under the list of options to create new one. Double click on “Any” in “Destination” section will open this window.
Press “Add” and enter “localhost”. The press “OK”. Double click in “Action” section [...]
When you are surfing the global network uses opens a number of ports. The most of software applications are intended for using of fixed port. As you can see on this picture Interne Explorer uses 80 port. Mail delivery applications such as Outlook and The Bat! use 25 and 110 ports. If you install [...]
Almost all Internet users face problem related to passwords and personal data storage. Usually we use a lot of different services and most of them ask you to inter your unique password and username. Some people use the same combination for all sites and services they use but it is clear that such method is [...]
Present day viruses can infect not only your computer but also for your mobile device. Kaspersky Lab has just reported about detecting of three variants of new trojan application for mobile phones. It is Trojan-SMS.SymbOS.Viver. This spyware sends paid SMS messages to premium number. Thus money is transferred from users account to fraudsters account. This [...]
Cookies are text information which is saved on users’ computers on demand of web server. This information is transmitted back during next site visit. Main functions of this technology are
1. session organization for online shops, forums and other interactive systems. In that case cookies contain unique user ID.
2. different user’s parameter keeping.
3. user’s [...]
Online virus and spyware scanners are applications which are downloaded only for one session. That means that after system checking they delete themselves). Usually such applications don’t need installation and don’t need a lot of free hard disk space. Frankly speaking online antivirus scanners are not assured way to protect your computer from online and [...]
