How to Protect Your Privacy While Surfing the Web

While surfing the internet you visit a lot of websites and you can do more things on the internet. In this action you need to protect your online identity. Now a days hackers can easily hack your private information like bank account id’s and passwords etc. They can also hack your confidential documents from your personal computer. So you need to get awareness about these things otherwise intruders can take benefit of it and this may cause damage your system.

Hackers can do this by installing malware on your computer, key loggers and sending phishing mails into your account etc. By using this they could abduct from you, act like you and they can sell your confidential details to some other persons. So think before putting your personal information on websites. 

Best 5 Tips to protect Your Privacy:

Whether you are a new Internet user or an expert, the tips here to help you navigate the web securely and safely are simply good to know. So here you have to follow some important steps which can help your online privacy.   

Protect your system:

Use antivirus software and firewalls to keep your computer safe from adverse content on the web site. Turn on automatic updates of anti-virus program to keep the system up to date. As well as if you install any firewall software in your system run it for extra security.

Don’t reply to spammers:

Spam mails are uninvited bulk mails. Don’t use such type of mails. If it looks like familiar then open it but check the return recipient address and don’t give reply to them. Are you frequently getting “spams” in your mail? You can unsubscribe this type of mails by using “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the mail. If you have a good internet service provider you can forward spam copies to the system administrators. Anti-spam services are another tool to filter spam you can use it also in your system.

Don’t click unknown links and use secure websites to download:

Click only websites which you trust. Don’t use shortened URLs. Because they may redirect you to some different websites and hackers can easily collect your confidential information.

Secure websites have https:// URL. These websites are certified and legal websites and running on secure servers. So use this type of websites for downloading files and etc. For online shopping also you can use this for secure transactions and use only famous retailers for shopping like Flipkart etc. 

Avoid using proxy channels:

Proxy channels are very useful tools when we want to browse a blocked website. But transferring your confidential data on proxy channels are one of the major mistakes you do. When you are typing password it puts you in a vulnerable situation.

Logout of search engines:

Search engines like google, yahoo and Bing etc. Most of them requires you to create an account. In order to protect your privacy, it's always a good concept to log out of your account after searching your web results.

And most search engines and browsers have an auto-complete feature. It helps you to show endings for word when you are typing. This is a good feature but if you want for privacy and secure surfing better to avoid this.