Internet Browsing Risks
According to a recent article by the Associated Press the Internet is becoming increasingly a dangerous place to surf. The web surfing threat has increased in recent years due to infected domains created in foreign countries, where Internet domains are created easily without much regulation.
The Internet Security Software Company McAfee conducted a study recently that determined that domain names with the .hk for Hong Kong, .cn for China, and .info for Information posed the most serious threats to Internet users.
The danger that one faces when browsing in sites with the aforementioned domain clusters is that those sites are more apt to contain malicious code that can infect your computer and launch attacks on other computers. Also, these sites are littered with viruses, or Trojan’s that can create a backdoor on your computer that would allow someone to glean your computer for critical information such as your bank account information, social security number, or other information useful to identity thieves.
In order to insure that your computer’s are secure it is very important to insure that your Internet Security software and or Anti-Virus software has the most up to date definitions. There are many commercial products that can lockdown your computer, such as Norton Symantec Software, McAfee, ZoneAlarm, and BullGuard.
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