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How to Prevent your credit card, bank account, e-mail and computer data from being hacked, spammed by spyware, virus, malware and online internet security Breach Be updated on how to protect yourself, your pc/phone from virus and spyware attack: Follow Daily Internet Security Trend guide on http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com/ By Irem Bright Chimezie, (Fellow Global Citizen)

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how to prevent credit card and email from being hacked spammed by virus spyware data hackers online internet. The truth is many online databases do not encrypt your username and password at all. So one in-honest employee can have thousands of passwords in one quick database export. If one online shop gets compromised, then all of the places you use that username and password are now vulnerable. Use a different password for every website login you create and use a specialized program to store those big beautiful passwords. Many attacks are brute force attacks in which a computer program is used to try lots of combinations of passwords rapidly. The simpler your password, the easy to ‘guess’ by the program. Again, if your password is figured out and you use the same on multiple websites, your risk is increased exponentially. Use different passwords to prevent getting your email hacked. Use different login credentials and complex passwords on every website you use. Check out the Appletree MediaWorks blog article about creating strong passwords for more information and tips about passwords. Just say no to browsers storing passwords! When Internet Explorer or Mozilla asks to store a password for you, ALWAYS say NO. To remember all your new passwords, use a service like 1Password or KeePass to create and store login information. KeePass is free! Keep Your Software Updated. Pay Attention to Login Sessions Some sites will tell you the last time you logged in successfully. Change your passwords if things seem fishy. Some programs such as Facebook and Gmail monitor your logins, other programs will let you setup verification by text messages. Use verification by text message, if a program asks if you’re using a public computer to login, say yes if you are. Do not create obvious security questions in which people can find the answers by searching Facebook or other sites. Think Before You Click. If you receive an ambiguous or unexpected email, even from a relative or close friend telling you to click a link. Don’t do it. Contact the person over the phone and ask what the email message. Same goes for attachments. If the email does not look like something your contact would send you, QUESTION it!! Email spoofing is common too, for example there have been very real looking emails floating around that appear to be from the IRS, but the attachment is a virus. Ignore and delete strange emails even if they’re from friends, family, and banks. Don’t click the link or open the attachment – it’s a surefire way to get a virus. If you find out your account has been hacked and an email was sent from your account, first change your password. 2nd follow up with those that received your hacked email message. Tell them your email was hacked and that they should DELETE the email they received from you. If You Do Get Hacked. Change your password if you can still get in to your account.

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Page 1: How to prevent your credit card, pc,email bank account from being hacked by virus spyware on internet

How to Prevent your credit card, bank account, e-mail and computer data from being hacked, spammed by spyware, virus, malware and

online internet security Breach

Be updated on how to protect yourself, your pc/phone from virus and spyware attack:

Follow Daily Internet Security Trend guide on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com/

By Irem Bright Chimezie, (Fellow Global Citizen)

Page 2: How to prevent your credit card, pc,email bank account from being hacked by virus spyware on internet

How to Prevent your credit card, bank account, e-mail and computer data from being hacked, spammed by spyware, virus, malware and

online internet security Breach

Follow updates, Trends, Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Page 3: How to prevent your credit card, pc,email bank account from being hacked by virus spyware on internet

Follow updates, Trends, Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Use different login credentials and complex passwords on every website you

use.

Internet Security Guide 1

Page 4: How to prevent your credit card, pc,email bank account from being hacked by virus spyware on internet

Follow updates, Trends, Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Just say no to browsers storing passwords! When Internet Explorer or Mozilla asks to store a password for you, ALWAYS say NO.

Internet Security Guide 2

Page 5: How to prevent your credit card, pc,email bank account from being hacked by virus spyware on internet

Follow updates, Trends, Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

To remember all your new passwords, use a service like 1Password or KeePass to create and

store login information. KeePass is free!

Internet Security Guide 3

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Keep Windows and your antivirus software up to date.

Internet Security Guide 4

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Run updates for your programs when they ask. If a program is asking to access your computer that you don’t recognize, choose No for now and check out Google to see what is

suggested for that update name.

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Use verification by text message, if a program asks if you’re using a public computer to login,

say yes if you are.

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Do not create obvious security questions in which people can find the answers by searching

Facebook or other sites.

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Ignore and delete strange emails even if they’re from friends, family, and banks. Don’t click the link or open

the attachment – it’s a surefire way to get a virus.

Internet Security Guide 8

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

If you find out your account has been hacked and an email was sent from your account, first change your password. 2nd follow up with those that received your hacked email message. Tell them your email was hacked and that they

should DELETE the email they received from you.

Internet Security Guide 9

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

Be sure your computer has a strong firewall. The annoying extra click to allow something to access or update your computer is better than a hacking mess from keeping the door open.

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

If You Do Get Hacked Change your password if you can still get in to your account. Follow the directions in the help center of the website you’re trying – most sites have guides on what to do. Scan your computer for viruses and malware, then schedule future scans to happen weekly. Let people know you got hacked and not to click on links, and pass along info on what to do if they did. Report the incident to the website. You may get access to identity protection services through the hacked site.

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Updates, Trends, and Daily Help-Guides on

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

FOR YOUR COMPLETE INTERNET SECURITY, THEN VISIT THE INFORMATION HELP CENTER ON

http://www.antivirusinternetsecuritytrend.com

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