Be cautious when accessing the Internet the last days of the year

Christmas and the beginning of the new year are always a time when users are caught off guard and the chances of getting a cybercrime are high.

Noel is coming to the old year is about to pass, the world is jubilantly activities to welcome the new year 2010, this is a golden moment for cyber criminals to perform fraudulent attacks to users. Network security in Vietnam is also in the general trend of world cyber security. The spread of malicious code is still primarily through YM, email, pop-up ads or fake online services .

On this occasion, online shopping services are promoted, online frauds are also promoted by criminals, the familiar form of attack is to attack reputable websites and have the number of visitors high counter.

Be cautious when accessing the Internet the last days of the year Picture 1

Virus analysts of CMC Security Company InfoSec recommend Windows users in Vietnam during this time:

- Buy and use reputable antivirus software . This also means that users should check the latest antivirus software updates, scan all files on the computer periodically.

- Do not open and run files from untrusted sources . Do not trust the file of the attached file. At this time, taking advantage of the negligence of internet users, cybercriminals often send viruses, malicious code .

- Continuously checking and installing updates for Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Java, FoxIt PDF Reader, Adobe Flash Player because most software has security holes, so it needs to be updated patches to prevent malicious software from exploiting it.

- If using Internet Explorer 6, users should consider switching to a more modern browser or upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 - recommended by IE6's own parent, Microsoft. Poor compatibility and security is the phenomenon of IE 6 users encounter.

- Do not access websites of unknown origin and check links before accessing whether it is the link of the website you want to visit or not. For example, hackers can lure users to http://yahoo.com-yahoo.com, controlled by hackers who think they are going to http://yahoo.com, resulting in users. Users may lose their accounts to hackers.

- Turn off AutoRun function for USB.

Hackers black web Internet IE 6 IE8 viruses malicious code buy online cybercrime

Micah Soto

Update 26 May 2019

You should read it

May be interested

Which time is right for us to stop making money and learn to enjoy life
a year has 365 days, a month has 31 days, a week has 7 days, we have to work 5 days in a week, even people who work 6 days. living is a lifelong thing, but many must have forgotten.
Be cautious when downloading Image Downloader utility on Chrome
although most chrome extensions are harmless, many unwanted malicious applications have taken advantage of the popularity and usefulness of other utilities to cause trouble for users. therefore, be cautious when installing the add-on from the chrome web store.
Learn about the working structure of Internet infrastructure
from the first days of its founding in 1969, the internet has grown from four host computer systems to tens of millions of them. one of the best things about the internet is that nobody really owns it.
DAYS360 function - The function finds the number of days between two dates based on a 360-day year in Excel
the days360 function is used to calculate days based on a year of only 360 days. the function is usually used to calculate payments if your accounting system is based on a 360-day year.
Design your own Tet greeting card in 5 steps
with only a few more days, we will officially enter the lunar new year, the biggest holiday of the year in vietnam. have you prepared much? today, we suggest you a simple way to decorate your house for tet by guiding the design of beautiful new year greeting cards to hang on kumquat and peach branches. please consult.
'Happy New Year' worm is spreading strongly
during the transfer days between the old year and the new year, hackers have released a computer worm (worm) that spreads very fast, by hitting the user's psychology when placing dispersal emails. deep n & a
Apple presents a new year gift
starting on december 26, on the app store, apple's app store has a 12 days of gifts app, which is considered as a gift that apple wants to give to users.
How to Monitor Network Traffic
this wikihow teaches you how to see a list of ip addresses which are accessing your router. you can do this on both windows and mac computers by accessing your internet router's page, while iphone and android users can download...
The most searched keywords year by year on Google in the past decade
only a few more days until 2020 will pass, let's review the most notable events in the world through the most searched keyword year by year on google in the past decade!
6 simple steps to make a unique calendar for the new year
with only a few more days, we will officially enter the new year 2016. to welcome a new year full of intentions, hopefully each person will have different activities. however, tipsmake.com will suggest you a very simple way that is very useful, which is manually designed unique calendar to hang in the house or give to loved ones. let's see how to do it.

Be cautious when accessing the Internet the last days of the year

You should read it

May be interested

Computer security