STAYING SAFE ON THE INTERNET

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SYSTEM ‘HYGIENE FACTORS’

•  Alwaysuseanuptodateviruschecker•  Alwaysuseafirewall•  Useautoma/copera/ngsystemupdates•  Regularbackups–bewareapplica/onslikeLivemail

ONLINE SHOPPING

•  Alwaysuseacreditcardneveradebitcardorbankaccount

•  ObtainadedicatedcardjustforuseontheInternet•  Donotallowwebsitesto‘remember’creditcarddetails

•  ConsiderusingserviceslikePaypal

SOCIAL MEDIA

•  Don’tputtoomuchpersonalinforma/oninyouprofile

•  Wouldyoutelleveryoneyouareawayonholidayandthatyourhousewasthereforegoingtobeempty?

•  Don’tbelieveeverythingyouread–evenifitcomesfromafriend

PASSWORDS

•  UseamixtureofleKers(upperandlowercase)andnumbersandifpossiblespecialcharacterslike/£$@etc.Avoidwordsornumbersthatpeoplewhoknowyoumaybeabletoguess–petsname,birthday,addressetc.

•  Usedifferentpasswordsforeachsite–especiallyanywhereyouhavepersonalinforma/onstored.

EMAIL

•  Don’tleave‘registra/on’emailsinyourinbox•  Don’ttrust‘from’addresses•  Don’ttrusthyperlinks•  NEVERclickonanythingyouarenotabsolutelycertainabout

•  Useofa‘disposable’emailaddress

BROWSING

•  CheckthesiteURL(xxx.yyy)•  hKps/Sitesecuritycer/ficate•  Checkthatlinksactuallygowhereyouexpect•  Cookies

SCAMS

•  Ifitsoundstoogoodtobetrue–ITIS!•  Banksandlegi/matesitesdonotsendyouemailsaskingyouforpasswordsorPINnumbers

•  Ifitsoundsunlikely-italmostcertainlyis!Isitlikelyyourfriendisabroad,haslostalltheirmoneyandhasdecidedtoemailyoutoaskforhelp!!!!!

•  Ifastrangerknocksonyourdooryouwouldnotgivethemyourcreditcarddetailsorpasswordssowhydoitonlineoronthephone