Safety Tips in INternet Cafe

[Computer_Freak]

Within the cafe surfing the Internet now more fashionable, but you know what? Even the most luxurious in the decoration of your Internet cafe Internet access, but also can not guarantee your safety, the use of spyware; the bad guys can steal your password and user name. A result, you may lose money or identity stolen by others. This matter enough to make your PC similar to Internet cafes to remain vigilant of such public PC terminals.

Under the pretext of "hacker" while criminals often use software to steal information, because for the layman, these software is invisible. In fact, by placement between the keyboard and and computer hardware, you can also steal information. However, in cafes such public places using this method are too conspicuous.
Some spyware software can secretly record user's every keystroke. Keystroke loggers can be pre-planned to the information collected via e-mail sent. Such software can be downloaded. Other software can run on the computer screen when the scan, and then also by e-mail sent to collect information.
Imagine if you landed in the Internet cafe computer, Internet banking, just keyloggers record of the information you entered, your account number and password will undoubtedly exposed to the criminals, the consequences can be imagined.
As mentioned earlier, spy software is invisible. But should be noted that, in addition to spyware, there are also many, many other threats.

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Tip # 1: Check Spyware

More and more companies have introduced a system security spyware removal tool, Rising and other anti-virus software to have some of this functionality.

Tip # 2: History is very important

When you use the Internet browser, it will record the pages you view. The use of Microsoft's IE browser, surf the web after they have finished, click on "Tools" - "" Internet Options. " In the "General" tab, click "Delete Files" and "Delete Cookies", then click "Clear History."
NetscapeNavigator If you are using a browser, check the settings before going online. Click on "Edit" and "functional Settings", click on the arrow next to Navigator and select the "History" in the right find the "Browsing History" and "Remember visited pages", change the value to 0.
Click on "Privacy and Security" next to the arrow, select "Disable Cookies" and "Disable e-mail and news group Cookies".
After surfing, click on "Edit" and "functional setting." Click the arrow next to the Navigator, click the "Clear History" and "Clear Location Bar." On the left of "Privacy and Security", click the arrow. Select Cookies. Click "Manage Stored Cookies". In the "Stored Cookies" tab, click "Remove All Cookies".
Turning now to the left panel of the "Advanced" tab. Click the arrow and click on "Cache." Click "Clear Memory Cache" and "Clear Disk Cache."

Tip # 3: Protecting your password is the key

Browsers also track passwords. Before going on, if you use IE browser, click on "Tools" - "" Internet Options. " In the "Content" tab, click "AutoComplete." Then remove the four boxes.
Surf the web after they have finished, again click on "Tools" - "" Internet Options. " In the "Content" tab, click "AutoComplete." Then click on "Clear Forms" and "Clear Passwords."
Clear your browser's information will ensure that no one can save the data in the process of tracking your surfing or grab your passwords. However, keyloggers are still able to access your password.
If you put the characters in your password or digital copy and then paste, some (but not all) of keystroke logging programs will lapse. For example, you open the browser page there are many characters, and your password is "tjjtds" (best not so simple!), A web page to find "j", "t" and the "s", and then Copy and paste them into the password input box. Approach, while very simple, but it is really very effective.
Perhaps the best way is to use the password protection temporary password. You only use it one time, and then discarded.

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Tip # 4: Encryption software is not necessarily a good

Currently on the market a large number of encryption software, which can be used to encrypt e-mail. However, the encryption software is to click the "Send" button when the right e-mail encryption, if the computer is installed key-logging program, even if encryption will be too late. Keystroke-logging program will enter a password and e-mail you when to do the next record.
Such procedures can files, folders, and even the entire partition is encrypted, and only enter a password, then it can access the data. However, it seems useful not particularly large. Do not pin their hopes on someone else!

Tip # 5: The most simple and effective way to

Internet cafes with computers are likely to be safe, but you can not confirm this. You can guarantee the security of your home computer, but you can not determine the public computers on the Internet cafes that have been taken to safety.
The use of these computers to be especially careful to avoid using computers in Internet cafes to conduct banking or stock trading, to avoid credit card transactions. If you must check your email, please use a temporary password. And ask your system administrator how to "expire page views."
If you just surf the web, it may not be a problem. However, if possible, to avoid the completion of confidential matters, because they may carry out a terrorist in the watch for you.