I found this interesting article about identity theft and what are the 5 major ways Identity Theft occurs. The first one is that people don’t change-up their daily routine. If people are watching you and your routine doesn’t change they have any easy way into your world. The next two are ones we have talked about several times in social networking and computer scams. Part of our guide to social networking is that you should never post sensitive data on you page and make sure your profile is set to private. Computer and internet scam are running wild all over the internet. Several computer security experts say that scareware and spyware has grown by over 600% in the last year. The fourth way is through hackers (internal and external) stealing sensitive information of customers. We hear stories all the time about credit card companies or financial companies losing customer data. I wish I could say that is going to slow down in the future but I expect it to actually grow over the next several years. I also expect that Identity Theft will grow by over 15% in the next and 20% the year after that. The last method is through Healthcare moving to electronic records. I agree that in the move to electronic records that we will see more identity or fraud from this activity. I just wanted to share what the article said are the five vulnerabilities for identity theft and that we have to agree with all of them. The biggest threats rights now come from the internet and internet scams. The internet is full of spyware and scareware that is waiting to steal your identity or to harm your computer.
5 – Vulnerability that lead to Identity Theft
October 30, 2009
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New InternetSafetyCenter Coming Soon
October 7, 2009I just wanted to inform everybody that a new Internet Safety Center will be released in the next couple of weeks. We have been working around the clock on updating the content on the website along with creating new content. We are going to vastly expanding our Identity Theft section and Computer Security sections. We are also creating two new sections to the website Kids Corner and How to. The Kid’s Corner will have information on some of the best websites for kids for education and some great kids friendly internet browsers. The “How to” section of the website will contain videos on product reviews and How to do certain things. Some of the How to video that will be released in the next month will be How to Backup your email for Outlook, Outlook contacts, Internet Favorites and more. If you have suggestion for How to video please email us at howto@internetsafetycenter.com.
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New Virus Spreading Across the Web
July 21, 2009A new virus described as providing naked pictures of an ESPN commentator is spreading rapidly across the internet. If you get an email about naked pictures of Erin Andrews don’t open it. You will get a virus and not pictures.
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2
June 12, 2009Microsoft has released service pack 2 for Windows Vista as a critical update this month. The update will take about 30 minutes to an hour to install.
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Internet Safety Center – Windows Vista
June 4, 2009Microsoft has released the second service pack for Vista. We recommend waiting a few week before you download it. Let Microsoft fix the bugs before you download and install it.
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Internet Safety Center – Talk to your kids
June 2, 2009The Internet isn’t a friendly place for kids. It is full of pedophiles and cyberbullying. The best thing for parent is to talk to their children and ask them if someone they don’t know has asked to talk to them. Parent also need to talk about social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace. You should ask your children if you can see their page or even ask them how to use the site. The more you understand how to use the site the better advice you can provide. Don’t worry about your own computer security today talk to your kids and make sure they are safe.
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Internet Safety Center – Clear Temp Files
June 2, 2009The temporary Internet files should be cleaned out every month. You can find it by going to start > accessories > system tools > Disk Cleanup. The program has several default settings and we recommend keeping those settings. Hit the ok button and allow the program to clean the files for you. Disk Cleanup will give you more space and speed up your computer.
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Internet Safety Center Run Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool
May 29, 2009Microsoft has released a tool that is designed to remove malicious software from your computer. To run the tool go to start > run > and type in mrt.exe. Follow the steps and run a full system scan. The scan will take several hours to run so running it before you go to bed is the best option. This will remove viruses like Conficker and other threats.
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Internet Safety Center Computer Backup
May 27, 2009Now that we have installed all the Microsoft patches, antivirus, and spyware software it is time to backup your computer. The best method of backup is to backup online. Online backup keeps you information safe at a remote site that you can easily access. You can also backup your information to a flash drive, external hard drive, or CD/DVD media. It doesn’t matter what your preferred method is just as long as you create a backup of your computer. Don’t put off creating a backup until tomorrow do it today.
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Internet Safety Center Defrag your computer
May 26, 2009Now that you have installed all the critical updates, antivirus, and spyware sofware it is time to defrag your computer. Installing all these updates can cause files to unorganized and run slower then expected. You will find under accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. It will take several hours to run so we advise your run it overnight. You will notice that your computer is now running faster.
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