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<\/a><\/p>\nTurn Off UPnP \u2013 Turn off Universal Plug and Play in your router. Universal Plug and Play allows programs within your network to automatically punch holes in your router. What? Us paranoids can\u2019t allow this to happen! Imagine a virus on your network having free reign to open ports on your router to allow even more bad guys in. For most of us, having this feature off will not affect anything we do from day to day. For others, you may need to occasionally go into your router and manually open ports for programs or system that require them to be open\u2013like game consoles, for instance. You can turn off UPnP in your router.<\/p>\n
Uninstall Java and Adobe Reader \u2013 With Windows doing a better job securing the OS, hackers are seeking softer targets like Java and Adobe Reader, both of which seem to have some type of zero-day exploit a couple times a year. Most of us have these programs just sitting on our system, never being used and never being updated to the latest versions. If you simply must have them, be sure to update them frequently.<\/p>\n
Scan Your Ports – The Gibson Research Corporation (GRC) has been providing a free online tool to scan your router for open ports for over ten years. This tool is called Shields Up and you can find it here. The UPnP Exposure test will check to see if your router is open to a new router exploit that gives hackers the ability to access and control your router.<\/p>\n
If all is well with the GRC test, you will see the above image.<\/p>\n Run Your Browser In Privacy Mode \u2013 Private Browsing (which may be called something else depending on which browser you\u2019re running) allows you to surf without the fear of a history being saved, and temp images, videos, files and cookies being stored on your computer.<\/p>\n In Firefox and IE, this is enabled by hitting CTRL+Shift+P.<\/p>\n In Google Chrome hit CTRL+Shift+N for Incognito mode.<\/p>\n Do The Basic Computer Security Measures \u2013 Of course, you should also make sure you are running a current antivirus\u2013if your free antivirus from Symantec or Mcafee has expired, uninstall it and get another. If you do not have one, Microsoft Security Essentials is free. In addition, make sure your WiFi is encrypted in your router settings using WPA-2 so the whole neighborhood isn\u2019t using your bandwidth. Make sure you have Windows automatic updates turned on. Make sure your Windows firewall is also enabled. Modern Windows Operating System will have these on by default, and if you\u2019re running Windows 8 you also already have an antivirus called Windows Defender\u2013built in. Use WAP-PSK encryption instead of WEP Deuce Marjeta Hello to all at ZoHa Islands – lets talk about paranoid! Here are 10 tips to stay secure in Second life and all around in general on the Internet. They\u2019re watching you. Literally. In a recent article posted at Ars Technia, it was reported that hackers have the ability to remotely take over your computer … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\nUsing general account: you should always run as a standard user. The theory is, if you happen to get malware on your system, the malware will not have the elevated rights of an admin because it is running under an account that only has standard rights. While this won\u2019t necessarily protect you completely, it is one more thing you can do to slow down the bad guys. Keep your admin account, of course, because you will occasionally need it to install software, etc.<\/p>\n
\nWEP is like locking your house with a screen door.
\nThanks for reading have a great week…<\/p>\n
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