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Your Guide To Staying Safe Online

Author: David Emm, Senior Technology Consultant, Kaspersky Lab

Table Of Contents

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2Why Have We Produced This Guide?

3What’s The Risk?

3From Cyber Vandalism To Crimeware

4More And More Threats

4What Happens When You Have Malicious Code On Your Computer?

4Hacker Attacks

How Can I protect my computer from malicious code and hacker attacks?

What Is Phishing?

How can I protect myself from phishing attacks?

What Is Ransomware?

How can I protect myself from ransomware?

What Is A Rogue Dialer?

How can I protect myself from rogue dialers?

What Is A Wireless Network?

How do I secure my wireless network?

What Is Spam?

How can I protect myself from spam?

Why Are Passwords Important?

What should I think about when I choose a password?

Maintaining Child Safety Online

How can I help my child stay safe online?

Dealing With A Compromised PC

What should I do if my computer has been compromised by a virus, worm or Trojan?

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A Final Note About Identity Theft

12Glossary Of Terms

14-15About Kaspersky Lab

15Useful Websites

Why Have We Produced This Guide?

The ‘Stay Safe Online’ guide uses plain English to explain the potential dangers of being online, and how to stay protected. Thiscomprehensive guide covers ‘traditional’ threats, such as spam and worms, through to the biggest threats facing home PC users today – phishing attacks and crimeware. The aim of this guide is to help you protect yourself from cyber attacks.These attacks are increasing in frequency (the number of computer threats has doubled in the last year). They have also become moresophisticated in recent years, as traditional viruses, worms and Trojans have been replaced by crimeware, i.e. malicious programs used bycyber criminals to make money.However, while the risk to home PC users from online attacks continues to grow, if you follow the simple precautions outlined in this guide

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There’s a glossary at the end, to help explain the technical terms used in this guide.

What’s The Risk?

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home offers easy pickings for burglars, an unprotected PC is an open invitation to the writers of

malware

(short for

mal

icious soft

ware

) and thecyber criminals who work with them.