How to stay safe online V1.0
In this guide, I will be showing you examples and telling you how to be pro-active on the internet. The Internet is full of surprises, good and bad, that is why you need to take action. We’re going to start off with Personal Information Topic.
Personal Information:
Have you met someone on line? They seem extremely nice and wish to be friends at a fast pace? Well, that is only some of the warnings. When people try and make friends fast on the internet, most of the time, they are trying to get something out of them. Maybe some fun with their rat or perhaps just to mess their computer up for god knows what.
If you wish to protect yourself, you can take these few tips:
1) Never give your name out. Not even first name.
2) Don’t tell them what country you live in.
3) Don’t ever tell them your contact information.
4) Ignore and report threats, or something dangerous.
5) If anyone gives you a program, Check the size and run it in sandbox incase it’s malicious.
Ultimate Download Pack:
Without Anti-Malware, You’re asking for trouble. If you surf the internet often without one, you’re asking for trouble. If you accept files via MSN without one, you’re asking for trouble. Too solve this error, download all of the following:
http://WWW.Avast.COM
http://WWW.MalwareBytes.COM
http://WWW.Ccleaner.COM
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis
http://WWW.sandboxie.COM
Those will help you maintain and run a smooth system, but be careful with Hijack this. Don’t kill any processes that you aren’t sure about as that process may be for running a system. If you question about something, submit your HJT (Name) log in the white hat section of Hackforums.net.
Surfing the web:
Surfing the web is all about the computer, we all love it, and therefore we got to protect ourselves. A good way to protect yourself and anyone else who uses your computer is to use a proxy. When surfing online just protect yourself. There is no point in not, your online, why not do it.
Anti-Keylogging Programs:
Key Scrambler Pro
Download Link: http://download.cnet.com/KeyScrambler-Personal/3000-2144_4-10722575.html
Task-Manager:
Codestuff Starter is a good program to use, you can see all the proccesses that are running even the ones that aren't viewable on task-manager. Over all, this is what I prefer rather than the plain old task manager. Below are pictures of how to use it.
Download Link: http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html
This is the part where you are able to disable programs on startup, it comes pretty handy in my opinion.
As you can see, I scrolled down with my arrow and saw that this proccess was legit because it said Microsoft. If it says a corporation not known, this is most likely something malicious, therefore you can kill the process.
Firewalls:
http://www.comodo.com
http://www.zonealarm.com
In my opinion, I recommend Comodo Firewall. It's fast and easy to use, But I also use zonealarm on my other PC. Either work fine, there both effective.
Here is a picture of what comodo looks like:
How to use sandbox effectively:
There are two ways to use it. Right click the .exe or put the file in the sandbox like so.
Drag the suspected malicious file into the Sandbox. Let it run, Too make it sure it isn't running on your system, look to check if there is a [#] on the name of the program.
MalwareBytes:
MalwareBytes.Com
A good Anti-Malware Program. Just use this to scan for malicious programs. It works like a charm.
Do you think your infected? Well, Use Hi-jack this. The HJT will help you figure out wether or not you are infected.
Submit this log to the HJT section.
Hijack Ananlyst will take this and make sure you aren't infected.
If you have a File you aren't sure about, test it on your virtual PC. You can download VMware and the XP from torrents.
Anything else I can add to this guide? Please leave me feedback.
If you have any questions, Leave comments, please. :P
Thanks guys
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