Have you ever been hacked? Are you sure you haven’t been? I was once, through my own stupidity. It’s easy to have it happen to you. Fortunately, it’s honestly easy to keep from getting hacked, as well.
- Do not give out your IP address. This is one of the most important things to remember if you don’t want to get hacked. If you give out your IP to someone you don’t know, they can see files on your computer that you might not want to be seen by other people. Also, they could crash your computer. Just remember: don’t give it out to ANYONE.
- Don’t download any program if you don’t know what it is. If it says “free computer virus scan” and it looks fake… it probably is. The reason is that some people put key loggers in those programs so they can store everything you type. If you type in your email address and password, they can see that data and use it to get in to your email. Remember, if you don’t want to get hacked… don’t download anything that you don’t know what it is or what it does.
- Secure your Wifi network if you have one. Today, most houses have Wifi, and probably about half of them are unsecured. I went driving around in my neighborhood and found 32 wifi networks. Only ten of them had a secure network. If you have an unsecured network, people who have access to your network can hack in to your computer. They could gain control over your computer if they know what they’re doing. Use a hard-to-guess password that contains a mixture of numbers and letters, and change it frequently.
- Make sure you log off of any account you have on your computer before walking away. This applies to shared computers. If you have company over and you let them use your computer, they could gain access to your passwords or personal information if you don’t log out of them. Also, if you are on a shared computer, never take advantage of websites that offer “saved login information”.
- Keep a secure password for everything you have. Make a password that is long and hard-to-guess. Even people you know could hack in to any account you have, such as your Paypal. If they have your Email and they know you real well they might have a chance on guessing your password.
Its unfortunate that still in this day and age the press still thinks hackers are evil and destructive.Here is a little bit of correction for you so maybe in your next slanderous article you will do the proper classifications.Hackers as a rule and i mean 99% of us would not even look at a home computer.Now almost all of the security flaws that Microsoft or any other corporation out there learn of any of there security holes normally because us 99% of hackers TELL THEM THEY ARE THERE.
Little information for your uninformed and now frightened readers that you have led down the garden path.
Crackers: (and no not the crumbly ones) Are every computer owners nightmare they are destructive they will get into your computer and decimate files and steal information for evil intent.Now remember this kiddies CRACKERS are NOT ….HACKERS we are the goodguys.
ScrpitKiddies: (not little kids reading scripts for drama class) These are the ones that make phishing programs and are the ones that distribute malware and adware and also make the said destructive and annoying software that plague every computer users night mares. NOT HACKERS.
When you write an article do some research 1st please.Know what your talking about and stiop talking out of your own paranoid delusions.The press have made us look bad and we are not.
i agree with u nekolord