Browser Cache

When you visit Web Sites your browser stores all the sites you have visited in its cache as well as some information that you might have typed. The best way to keep a truly clean browser and a maintain a safer Internet experience is to prevent the browser to leave anything in the hard drive. The tool call Eraser is a great program that will help you to securely delete browser cache files by overwriting the files numerous times. It is completely free and you can find it at http://www.heidi.ie/node/6 I hope that it is useful for you and that it will help you have and enjoy a safer online browsing.

Choose a Secure Password

It is vital that you use a strong password. It is best to use a password that is least 8 characters long. Never use a password qwerty or 12345. These are among the most commonly used password and will be the first thing an intruder will try. Also avoid using your username as your password, and don't use proper nouns, words found in the dictionary or your date of birth. Using a mixed-case password makes it harder to crack, so include numbers and capital letters to help strengthen your password. For Example, W6pnfs8rG is harder to break. It is also useful to use other characters in your password, such as currency symbols and underscores. Now if you have a password in mind you can use the password-checker on Microsoft's website www.tinyurl.com/mspassword which lets you type your proposed password into a box an will give it a rating between weak and strong.

Security in Firefox

PC Answers is a UK magazine that specializes in given great computer advise. In its January issue the magazine did an extraordinary review on FireFox. FireFox is a Web browser interface like Internet explorer that can ultimately improve your online experience. It is very easy to try, all you have to do is go to http://www.getfirefox.com/ and click on FireFox 3 free download. As I write today the latest version for the browser is 3.0.6 and the total download should be 7.17 MB. If you use Internet Explorer to navigate the Internet and feel hesitant to change to a new environment I would like to tell you that is very easy to go back to your previous browser and make it a default. All you have to do is go and double click your previous browser icon on you desktop and as soon as the browser starts it will ask you to make it as a default browser. Default means that this browser will be the browser to handle your online experience.
This is link to the FireFox blog security site which will keep you up to date with the latest security issues: http://blog.mozilla.com/security/ I would also like to add the tips and tricks link which will allow you to handle the browser quickly and efficiently for an unique and safer online experience http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/tips/ I hope you enjoy!

How to prevent a computer worm

A computer worm is a software program that is designed to copy itself from one computer to another, without human interaction. Unlike a computer virus, a worm can copy itself automatically. To help prevent getting infected by computer worms, follow these six steps:
1.Keep your operating system up-to-date with latest security updates
2.Keep your firewall turned on at all times.
3.Keep your antivirus software updated
4.Use strong passwords
5.Consider disabling the AutoPlay feature in your computer
6.Use caution before you open e-mails attachments, click links in e-mail, or before you accept file transfers.
Never open e-mail attachments from someone you don't know.

There is no such a thing as Internet security, black hat hackers keep on discovering sophisticated ways of hacking the current Internet security software. Moreover, the regular computer user does not understand or perhaps do not know how to protect themselves online. Can there be a really secure Internet security software program that would work effectively in human to computer interaction?