What is phishing? Do you know what phishing is? According to Wikipedia:
In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
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So, from the description, you know what phishing is and if the criminals get your credit cards, banking username and password, then you’re in big trouble. How to protect your PC and you from phishing?
1. You can use McAfee Site Advisor to advise you which websites are dangerous and which are not. Download McAfee Site Advisor from McAfee website.
2. Use Yahoo Search because Yahoo just introduce the SearchScan powered by McAfee to identify which websites are harmful.
3. Scan your computer regularly for spyware and adware using Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware.
4. Install a firewall and only allow the processes that you know to send information out from your computer.
5. Check if the website is secure or not before entering any sensitive information. Secure websites contain ‘https://’ at the website’s URL.
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6. Never enter your sensistive information to suspicious websites.
These are some tips that you can use to protect yourself from phishing. It’s not much but at least you can protect yourself and please remember to apply these tips.
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