Most of the time people are scammed online either when the visit their emails or when they try to do other private matters. Especially with the use of public cyber café and the uprising of cyber crime, people have had a lot of better experiences with those hooligans interfering with the business and sending the scam mails.

Below are the security measures you have to employ to ensure safety online.

1. Ensure that you log-off properly each time you Log-in online.
2. Avoid the us of difference computers to log-in your mail, Facebook, twitter, within the same environment.
3. Try login from behind the door. That is, instead of typing www.yahoomail.com,www.gmail.com,www.operamail.com,www.mail.aol.com etc at the address bar, go through yahoo.com, google.com, aol.com and opera.com. This will help you bye cut any software targeted to fish emails from the above mentioned direct email URL.
4. Always have two emails or more but maintain one for your personal or business use. This one should not be used for any public purpose or social websites and forums. Keep it purely personal and private. It is not for pleasure use. Then use other for all your friends, forums and social networking purposes.
5. Use alpha/numeric password for all your online accounts. And try a change of password once in a while.  Don’t use one of your name as password. Don’t use your birth date. Don’t use a marching number e.g 1234 or 11111. Don’t use a simple name, e.g. john, peace. Your password should look like this: Pack39U, 041Come or Josh37881.

 

 

Internet Browsers and their Security futures

Google chrome: To optimize Google chrome security. Click ‘’Customize and Control Google Chrome’’, then click on ‘‘New Incognito Window’’ or Ctrl + Shift + N.

Here you go: You've gone incognito. Pages you view in this window won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be preserved, however. 

Going incognito doesn't affect the behaviour of other people, servers, or software. Be wary of:

• Websites that collect or share information about you
• Internet service providers or employers that track the pages you visit
• Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys
• Surveillance by secret agents
• People standing behind you

NOTE: Because Google Chrome does not control how extensions handle your personal data, all extensions have been disabled for incognito windows. You can re-enable them individually in the extensions manager.

Learn more about incognito browsing.

 

 

Internet Explorer:  Go to ‘’Safety’’ from the tool bar, then click ‘’New Inprivate Browsing’’

A new window will be opened. Then you can browse any site through the address bar without exposing your work to others.

 Hide all

Here are answers to some common questions about InPrivate.

What is InPrivate Browsing? 

InPrivate Browsing prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing where you visited and what you looked at on the web. When you start InPrivate Browsing, Internet Explorer opens a new window. The protection that InPrivate Browsing provides is only in effect during the time that you use that window. You can open as many tabs as you want in that window, and they will all be protected by InPrivate Browsing. However, if you open another browser window, that window will not be protected by InPrivate Browsing. To end your InPrivate Browsing session, close the browser window

 How do I turn on InPrivate Browsing? 

To turn on InPrivate Browsing, do any of the following:

• Click the Safety button, and then click InPrivate Browsing.
• Open a new tab, and then, on the new tab page, click Open an InPrivate Browsing window.
• Press Ctrl+Shift+P.

What is InPrivate Filtering?

InPrivate Filtering helps prevent website content providers from collecting information about sites you visit. Here's how it works.

Many webpages use content—such as advertisements, maps, or web analysis tools—from websites other than the one you are visiting. These websites are called content providers or third-party websites. When you visit a website with third-party content, some information about you is sent to the content provider. If a content provider offers content to a large number of the websites you visit, the content provider could develop a profile of your browsing preferences. Profiles of browsing preferences can be used in a variety of ways, including for analysis and serving targeted advertisements.

Usually this third-party content is displayed seamlessly, such as in an embedded video or image. The content appears to originate from the website you originally went to, so you may not know that another website might be able to see where you are surfing. Web analysis or web measurement tools report website visitors' browsing habits, and are not always obvious to you. While these tools can sometimes appear as visible content (such as a visitor counter, for example), they are often not visible to users, as is often the case with web beacons. Web beacons are typically single-pixel transparent images whose sole purpose is to track website usage, and they do not appear as visible content.

InPrivate Filtering works by analyzing web content on the webpages you visit, and if it sees the same content being used on a number of websites, it will give you the option to allow or block that content. You can also choose to have InPrivate Filtering automatically block any content provider or third-party website it detects, or you can choose to turn off InPrivate Filtering.

 

InPrivate Filtering helps prevent website content providers from collecting information about sites you visit. Here's how it works.

Many webpages use content—such as advertisements, maps, or web analysis tools—from websites other than the one you are visiting. These websites are called content providers or third-party websites. When you visit a website with third-party content, some information about you is sent to the content provider. If a content provider offers content to a large number of the websites you visit, the content provider could develop a profile of your browsing preferences. Profiles of browsing preferences can be used in a variety of ways, including for analysis and serving targeted advertisements.

Usually this third-party content is displayed seamlessly, such as in an embedded video or image. The content appears to originate from the website you originally went to, so you may not know that another website might be able to see where you are surfing. Web analysis or web measurement tools report website visitors' browsing habits, and are not always obvious to you. While these tools can sometimes appear as visible content (such as a visitor counter, for example), they are often not visible to users, as is often the case with web beacons. Web beacons are typically single-pixel transparent images whose sole purpose is to track website usage, and they do not appear as visible content.

InPrivate Filtering works by analyzing web content on the webpages you visit, and if it sees the same content being used on a number of websites, it will give you the option to allow or block that content. You can also choose to have InPrivate Filtering automatically block any content provider or third-party website it detects, or you can choose to turn off InPrivate Filtering.

How do I turn InPrivate filtering on and off?

By default, InPrivate Filtering analyzes the websites you visit and the content providers they use, but does not automatically block them. You can choose to allow or block any content provider that InPrivate Filtering identifies as receiving information about your browsing. Alternatively, you can have InPrivate Filtering automatically block any content provider, or you can turn off InPrivate Filtering.

To turn on InPrivate Filtering for the first time, follow these steps:

1. Click to open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Safety button, click InPrivate Filtering, and then do one of the following:

• Click Block for me to block websites automatically.
• Click Let me choose which providers receive my information to choose content to block or allow. When you're finished, click OK.

If you've already turned on InPrivate Filtering, follow these steps:

1. Click to open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Safety button, and then click InPrivate Filtering Settings.
3. Do one of the following:

• To automatically block websites, click Automatically block.
• To manually block websites, click Choose content to block or allow.
• To turn off InPrivate Filtering, click Off.

1. Click OK.By default, InPrivate Filtering analyzes the websites you visit and the content providers they use, but does not automatically block them. You can choose to allow or block any content provider that InPrivate Filtering identifies as receiving information about your browsing. Alternatively, you can have InPrivate Filtering automatically block any content provider, or you can turn off InPrivate Filtering.

To turn on InPrivate Filtering for the first time, follow these steps:

1. Click to open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Safety button, click InPrivate Filtering, and then do one of the following:
   
   • Click Block for me to block websites automatically.
   • Click Let me choose which providers receive my information to choose content to block or allow. When you're finished, click OK.

If you've already turned on InPrivate Filtering, follow these steps:

1. Click to open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Safety button, and then click InPrivate Filtering Settings.
3. Do one of the following:
   
   • To automatically block websites, click Automatically block.
   • To manually block websites, click Choose content to block or allow.
   • To turn off InPrivate Filtering, click Off.
4. Click OK.

 How do I manually choose content to block or allow?

To manually block or allow content provider or third-party websites that could be in the position to know which websites you've visited, follow these steps:

1. Click to open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Safety button, and then click InPrivate Filtering Settings.
3. Click Choose content to block or allow, click one or more websites, and then click Allow or Block.
4. To set the number of websites you visit that share content before they are put in the list, type a new number in the Show content from providers used by this number of websites you’ve visited box. You can set the number from 3 to 30.

The default setting is 10, which means at least 10 different websites must share the same content provider before it is displayed and you can block or allow it.

1. When you're finished, click OK.

 

 

MOZILLAR FIREFOX:

Go to the Menu bar, click on ‘TOOL’’, the select ‘‘START PRIVATE BROWSING’’, the off you go.

Please note that when using Private Browsing in Firefox; Firefox won't remember any history for this session.

In a Private Browsing session, Firefox won't keep any browser history, search history, download history, web form history, cookies, or temporary internet files.  However, files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept. To stop Private Browsing, select Tools > Stop Private Browsing, or close Firefox. 

While this computer won't have a record of your browsing history, your internet service provider or employer can still track the pages you visit. But don’t worry about that. Just be protected from other dangerous people online. To learn more about this visit http://support.mozilla.com/1/firefox/3.6.3/WINNT/en-GB/private-browsing

D). OPERA BROWSER: If you are using opera browser, go to ’’FILL’’ at the Menu Bar, Then Click ‘‘New Private Tab’’ or ‘‘New Private   or Ctrl + Shift + N, and you are on.

I believe this information will help you maximize your security online.

         

To your Success,

Edward Freedom

http://www.jobportng.presspublisher.us.

             

By Edward Freedom

A BSc holder in Geology and Minig Who have passion for information marketing. He corently is the Director of Nigeria Business Talk and Jobport International.

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