Identity Theft Invades the Internet

spywares and malwares are widely used in most of the thieves and hackers to obtain relevant personal information, such as credit card numbers, social security numbers and tax information. This information will be sent or sold to a variety of criminals, such as:

• Black market sales of identity - the thieves can not enter the black market sites where they could sell their private information to the other thieves for as low as $ 14

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• Employment fraud - the corresponding personal data may be used to land a job, as long as your name, address, date of birth, social security number and account number

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• Identity theft - your information will be used not only to funnel money from your credit account or purchase expensive items, but also open new lines of credit and apply for new loans and mortgages

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infamous computer viruses

• Love Bug - In 2000, this virus is disguised herself as a love letter and spread via e-mail. When you open the attachment, the virus will penetrate your address book to spread itself to your contact list.

• Sasser - This is a computer worm that spreads to vulnerable versions of Windows products. It became popular in 2004, because it leads to repetitive crash and reboot the computer in the world.

• Mydoom - Also called as W32.MyDoom @ mm, Novarg, and Mimail.R Shimgapi, is a type of worm that specifically affects Microsoft Windows. It became the fastest spreading worm ever.

Malware

• Avoid clicking on links or attachments for malware, spyware or virus can implant them selves to such. Do not open suspicious links, even if you know the person who sent them.

• Avoid downloading from free sharing website for you never know who uploaded the files on these pages.

• As much as possible, avoid using Internet Explorer as your default internet. Instead you can use Firefox for it can block suspicious JavaScript and Flash programs.

• Take advantage of your firewall, especially if you spend most of their time online.

• You need to constantly update their software applications, such as QuickTime and Acrobat Reader, so you can protect your computer against new versions of the virus.

• You need to constantly update their software applications, such as QuickTime and Acrobat Reader, so you can protect your computer against new versions of the virus.

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• When you use a peer-to-peer programs, you may store your important files in My Documents. This P2P can access the folder by default.

You May also follow these tips:

• You must install a reliable anti-virus and anti-spyware programs - programs from Norton or McAfee Antivirus are reliable when it comes to detecting worms and viruses such as Trojan. Anti-spyware from Kaspersky and Spyware Doctor are also very reliable in detecting malwares and adwares.

• You should make sure that you have a firewall to back up your computer - a PC typically has a built-in firewall that needs to be turned on

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• Update your anti-virus programs, anti-spyware and firewall programs - This is recommended so that you can protect your computer from the latest malwares on the web

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