Date Posted: 5/17/2013 7:40:01 AM
Posted By: saucer Membership Level: Gold Total Points: 4885
How to protect your home networkHaving a personal computer which you access your home network comes with mixed blessings. The internet is a very useful tool but it can also be dangerous. With increases cases of cyber crime being reported annually, you need to keep you home network secure and unreachable to hackers. Bank account details get stolen; people lose vital information due to malware in their systems and some computers malfunction when infected with the malware. This should not happen to you because if it does it can be very devastating. Let’s learn how to protect your home network. Firstly, install a firewall that will keep unwanted traffic out and protect your home network. Unauthorized entry is blocked and your information is kept away from the dirty schemes of hackers. This will greatly reduce the chances of your network being hacked. To complement the firewall, it is advisable to use a web- filtering program. Whereas the firewall protects your home network from unwanted traffic the web filtering program filters out any unsafe websites that the user on the network may try to access. The unsafe websites are detected and access is denied keeping you safe and away from sites that may contain viruses and may be used by hackers for phishing. Store your data in an offline site such as an external hard drive of a flash disk. Keep the important information offline. Storing them online will make the susceptible to loss when your network has been hacked. You may end up losing important files that will leave you devastated. You could decide to purchase software that will protect your home network. In such a scenario the software will come with a default password. Change it immediately after installation. Using a default password is not recommended because hackers can access the serial number of the software and easily get the password from the manufacturers. They will then access your network and cause damage. Your personal computer may be used by people in the home. When somebody accesses the internet via your home network, you are a target for cyber criminals. The user may access sites that not safe ignoring warnings from the firewall software installed. When the user logs into unsafe websites your information is compromised. You could be hacked and lose important information. So inform and educate any user on your computer on the importance of safe surfing and help protect your home network. Be wary when opening attachments from emails. Some attachments may contain viruses. It is important to scan an attachment with the antivirus when downloading it to prevent entry of viruses. Spam messages often contain attachments that carry this malware. In the case of spam; install spam filter software that will detect and remove them from your email address. The most unsafe sites are porn sites; avoid them at all costs because they are phishing attacks waiting to happen.It is important to protect your home network; away from cyber criminals: protect your computer and your files.
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