Surely, every user of a personal computer when working with it is worried about the security and confidentiality of the information posted. There are some simple rules to keep everyone from thinking about these questions.
Vigilance is above all
People who recently bought a computer and connected to the network are very often worried about the confidentiality of their data that they enter, for example, when registering on a particular resource. Of course, posting your personal data anywhere is undesirable, and even dangerous. When registering on a particular resource, no one can be sure that someone may be using the information received for their own purposes. Thus, it turns out that first the user needs to know more information about the resource on which he is going to register. This can be done through special forums, of which there are more than enough on the network. Feedback from other users will help you find out more about the administration of a particular resource and, based on the information received, you can independently decide whether you should continue the registration procedure or not.
Most often, scammers who are trying to "pull" personal information out of you in one way or another can be found in: social networks, dating sites, forums or blogs, on a job site, as well as on those sites where you are required to provide payment details (online shopping, etc.).
Antivirus is the key to security
Most often, these sites are either fraudsters themselves, trying in various ways to find out your confidential data, or they are trying to make sure that some malicious software gets to your computer. Very often, it is precisely this that allows attackers to get what they want. For example, one of the options for the development of events (in the recent past worked very well): the owner of an account on a social network, e-mail, receives a letter where they tell about you some incriminating information, and a document is attached to the letter (photo or video). Naturally, the surprised user downloads that video and a malicious program gets to it, which transfers passwords, logins, various details and other information to the attacker. In order to avoid such a fate, you should be very careful and ignore unknown users, as well as their suggestions. In addition, to improve your own security, you should download and install antivirus software. Fortunately, today there are quite a few of them and everyone will find the best option for themselves.
Summing up, it should be said that despite all legislative acts and projects aimed at protecting personal data, only the user himself can fully ensure the security and confidentiality of data. Therefore, when working on the network, always be vigilant, do not take into account everything that you see there, protect your computer with an antivirus and check information about a web resource before registering on it.
