Avoiding Unsafe Websites

 

Avoiding IT Disasters Avoiding IT Disasters: Fallacies about enterprise systems and how you can rise above them Kindle Edition

 

This book tells you the real reasons behind enterprise system failure that no one else will tell you. It shows how software is a strange land where your physical world common sense just doesn't apply. It reveals the common fallacies regarding enterprise software and shows why they can lead you to bad decisions. It defines NLP (Non Locality and Proportionality) and shows hows this simple software property combines with software entropy (disorder) to create a toxic brew that can destroy your enterprise system.

There are many different websites that are unsafe. Whether it is because they try to download spyware or try to get information from your computer without your knowledge; there are even pornography sites that spring up all over the place. There are many ways that you can avoid these sites, and here are just some of the tips you can use.

One of the ways you can avoid unsafe websites is to have some kind of spyware programming installed on your computer. This is a good idea, and many come with your anti-virus programming already. Make sure that your spyware program is on and working properly. There are options on the software that allow you to raise or lower the filtering system for websites, and the only way to really stop you from accidentally going to unsafe sites is to turn the filter up all the way.

Another way to avoid unsafe websites is not to access them in the first place. You get scam emails all of the time, and sometimes they may even bleed through your spam filter. Never open any emails that you aren't familiar with, and don't even try to unsubscribe from them. When you try to unsubscribe to these websites, in many cases this automatically tells the site they have found an active email address, and may even try to download spy ware to your computer without your knowledge. If you ever see an email that you don't know, just delete it.

Always make regular checks and sweeps of your computer. This can be set as an automatic function, and you can set it for once a day, week or month. What this does is sweep your computer and check for anything that may have gotten past your protection. If you think that your protection can't be hacked, this could be a big mistake. Every day scammers are getting smarter and come up with more clever ways to get around your shielding. This is why it is important that you keep your spyware virus removal software up to date.

If you are on a safe website, and happen to click on a link to another for whatever reason, your computer should warn you that you are going to move to an unsecure website. If your computer starts to freak out, and your shield programming starts going off, do not go to that site, or get out of it right away. The longer you stay on, the more likely you are to be hacked. Do not under any circumstances go to any website offering to scan your computer for viruses, that is what your virus protection is for. If you click on these sites, they will scan your computer, add false information, then offer to clean it up for you.

You can buy parental software for computers that your kids are on, and these can stop children from accidentally or intentionally going to unsafe sites, like pornography websites. They also allow you to access any sites that your children may have visited, and you should check these often. Even this is no substitute for monitoring your child's online activities. Other sites to watch out for are online gaming sites, ones that you don't trust or are not completely familiar with.

Avoiding Unsafe Websites