General Internet Safety

One administrative duty for a website is watching for any malware that may affect sales or Google rank. A redirect virus is one that redirects Google when it crawls the site to another website....

You can block websites in a few ways on your computer. Using the Windows Registry is certainly not the easiest and requires the user to go into the deepest, most basic parts of the operating...

Your mother always warned you to wear clean underwear, lest you (or she) be humiliated when you’re caught dead in dirty drawers. Dying before clearing away your dirty digital laundry (like...

Email is inherently not secure since SMTP does not encrypt messages. Messages sent through SMTP contain information about the computer that it sent from, and the email program that was used. The...

Putting your number in craigslist posts dramatically improves your cred. Though, especially on a website like craigslist, who feels comfortable putting their number on there so that spammers can...

Computer viruses are everywhere these days and virus scanners cannot fully protect you since they have to be updated to handle each new threat as it comes along. Virus scanners are a reactive...

Spoof emails or Phishing are emails that pretend to be from a company, a bank or some other money organization. The most common are eBay, PayPal, Citibank, and then of course there is the Nigerian...

It’s your idea and your time that goes into writing articles for publication on the internet. It’s easy to understand how frustrating and annoying it can be to find someone plagiarize your...

Vundo and its variations have often plagued computer users. Its initial purpose was to just pop up advertisements related to what a user was searching for. However, it now will download harmful...

WhenU is a product that is considered to be adware by many Internet users because it serves up ads and monitors a person's online activity. Some users don't even realize that they've consented to...

Are you trying to learn how to stop internet addiction? Do you enjoy using the internet, but sometimes feel like it's too much? If you need to break internet addiction that has a negative impact...

There is a zero cost way to surf the Internet faster, that requires no down loads of any kind. You may also learn which portions of the Internet to avoid or be very cautious in.

While we are sleeping and going about our daily lives, thieves are working hard at figuring out ways they can steal your credit. If you're frustrated and concerned, you should be. Identity theft...

important advice on how not to become a victim on the internet.

It's difficult to secure your privacy while surfing the Internet. You must contend with malicious spyware, viruses and phishing from sources who want to sell you something or who may have bad...

The Internet is a wonderful thing, especially for tweens who are just discovering its many wonders. Unfortunately, there are as many dangers as there are wonders associated with the Internet. ...

Hackers have found a new way to get into your computer to steal financial information and wreck havoc—through your kids. Children who spend a lot of time on the Internet can be a target for...

There are probably a plethora of reasons why you would not want just anyone to know where you have been on the web. I am not here to ask. I am here to help you out in keeping your web history your...

Kimberly Young, a top authority on Internet addiction, estimates that as much as 5 to 10 percent of the American population exhibits unhealthy behavior in cyberspace. Online addiction takes...

Lately there's been a proliferation of sites dedicated to social networking, and much of the surrounding news stories have had to do with the way in which such sites compromise the privacy of so...

With Internet privacy becoming a thing of the past, hiding the IP (Internet protocol) address is a good way to make sure that Internet sites are not tracking a users activities. It does not...

If you or someone you know has an online porn problem, you need to get help in some way. People, usually men, can end up spending a large amount of money viewing pornography on the web. Online...

The best way to rid yourself of spyware on your computer is to prevent it from being downloaded. Unfortunately, this does not always work. Spyware is software that takes information about you and...

Secure your computer network by employing a SSH Secure Shell. But to fully automate the power of SSH, you need to install an SSH certificate. Read on to learn how to install an SSH certificate.

Good server security is essential to protecting your information. Adding additional layers of security for your server will minimize the risk of being attacked by hackers or unauthorized...