STAYING SAFE ON THE INTERNET
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SYSTEM ‘HYGIENE FACTORS’
• Alwaysuseanuptodateviruschecker• Alwaysuseafirewall• Useautoma/copera/ngsystemupdates• Regularbackups–bewareapplica/onslikeLivemail
ONLINE SHOPPING
• Alwaysuseacreditcardneveradebitcardorbankaccount
• ObtainadedicatedcardjustforuseontheInternet• Donotallowwebsitesto‘remember’creditcarddetails
• ConsiderusingserviceslikePaypal
SOCIAL MEDIA
• Don’tputtoomuchpersonalinforma/oninyouprofile
• Wouldyoutelleveryoneyouareawayonholidayandthatyourhousewasthereforegoingtobeempty?
• Don’tbelieveeverythingyouread–evenifitcomesfromafriend
PASSWORDS
• UseamixtureofleKers(upperandlowercase)andnumbersandifpossiblespecialcharacterslike/£[email protected]–petsname,birthday,addressetc.
• Usedifferentpasswordsforeachsite–especiallyanywhereyouhavepersonalinforma/onstored.
• Don’tleave‘registra/on’emailsinyourinbox• Don’ttrust‘from’addresses• Don’ttrusthyperlinks• NEVERclickonanythingyouarenotabsolutelycertainabout
• Useofa‘disposable’emailaddress
BROWSING
• CheckthesiteURL(xxx.yyy)• hKps/Sitesecuritycer/ficate• Checkthatlinksactuallygowhereyouexpect• Cookies
SCAMS
• Ifitsoundstoogoodtobetrue–ITIS!• Banksandlegi/matesitesdonotsendyouemailsaskingyouforpasswordsorPINnumbers
• Ifitsoundsunlikely-italmostcertainlyis!Isitlikelyyourfriendisabroad,haslostalltheirmoneyandhasdecidedtoemailyoutoaskforhelp!!!!!
• Ifastrangerknocksonyourdooryouwouldnotgivethemyourcreditcarddetailsorpasswordssowhydoitonlineoronthephone