Practice of Security even on the Internet

We bother to bolt the doors at night before we head to bed, double checking whether we had locked the car before we walked off to do the things we deem as important, yet the importance of protecting ourselves against the multitude of dangerous possibilities on the Internet never seems to cross our minds they way they should be. 

Internet security is not just installing that one malware/virus protector that came bundled along with our laptops or desktops, like these  fellows over here:

Yes, they do a pretty good job of maintaining the security for you when you surf the Internet, with pages that are deemed as dangerous being served to you as:

But what happens when there are issues where malware and virus protection programs are not able to protect you? Issues such as:

• Losing of Files

Never ever just have a singular copy of something that is important to you. Have a backup just in case a situation crops up and the data that you hold dear to your heart gets erased... and never to be seen again. Having a external memory (thumb drive or hard disks) is a great back up for all important data. 

• Attack of really strong Trojans( or similar viruses)

When you purchase your computer and the virus protection programme that came bundled along with it did a smashing job of protecting your computer for the first year... 

THIS (points upwards) happens. And as people all practice cognitive dissonance in one way or another, there are low chances of us actually renewing the subscription, but we continue doing the same thing before the programme had expired. This is where the trojans are likely to make an appearance due to our negligence. Always remember to not scrimp, and to invest in a malware and virus programme that will protect your computer's security from getting invaded. 

• VPN/IP addresses getting stolen

Easily understood if you understand what does VPN and IP addresses are, you wouldn't want the police to come knocking on your doors one day claiming you had downloaded child pronography or dealt drugs online do you? (exaggeration is needed).

• Invasion of privacy through social media

REMEMBER that everyone can see your actions on social media, your mom, dad, aunt, boss, boss wife, enemy one, enemy two.... etc. You can never NOT be posting too little things on the Internet. If there is not a strong reason that you have to put something up on these sites, then DO NOT post anything. Nothing good can possibly come out of you slamming a girl you dislike on Instagram, except showing how petty and ill mannered you possibly are; hidden under that facade of calm and niceness. 

Phishing is a major problem because there really is no patch for human stupidity - Mike Danseglio, program manager in the Secuirty Solutions Group at Microsoft, April 4, 2006