Many internet users are facing some problems from Hackers. If you are having troubles with hackers then don’t worry, there are many solutions to get rid from hackers. Many teenagers steal other’s information just to have fun with them and some do this for bad kind of activities. By having the basic information of hacking an email will help you to protect your email from hackers.
Phishing
Phishing is a simple way for hacking the accounts of internet users. Most of the email accounts of internet users are hacked by ‘phishing’. Phishing is a kind of hacking which is when you receive an email from a legal site and it is said to you to click on link or enter your personal information or private information. You should never do this, because if you will do, you have just given your personal information to the hacker that they need to access’ your accounts, e.g. Banking or Credit Card details.
Personal Information
Personal information of a user is great tool for hackers. Hackers send emails for the conformation of to get your password. If you will send your password as a reply of that email then the hacker gets the chance to hack your account. Therefore, it is your duty to avoid sharing password and personal information with other people & just keep your personal information with you.
Attractive Emails
Many hackers use this way for hacking. Some time you can receive an email that you won a lottery of millions euro. These are really very dangerous emails for a new email user. These are totally fake emails and here you will share your passwords and personal information with the sender of that email to get that large amount of money. In the end you will greatly damage yourself.
Keystroke capturing
The simplest way of monitoring anyone’s PC to steal their information like passwords or bank details. Keystroke capturing is through using Keyloggers. There are two types of Keyloggers: – Hardware Keyloggers and Software Keyloggers.
Hardware Keylogger
It is a very small keylogger which works very good for hackers. If you want to physically access the victims PC, then it could be an ideal keylogger for you. It works to collect all data(Keystrokes) entered by the user of computer. It can be quickly inserted between the keyboard and Computer & all the data (Keystrokes) are saved in the temporary file and this is stored in the flash memory of the keylogger.
Software Keylogger
Basically software keyloggers are called spywares; actually these spywares are used to hack remote PC’s. This keylogger is used for those victims who are sitting very far away from you. (there you can’t use hardware keylogger). The software keyloggers are normally sent by emails from attackers. This conveys the victim to install it. First time it is really very hard to control ourselves to don’t click on it. Am I Right? But as you will click on that link, the keylogger will automatically on your PC without giving you any warning & sometimes antivirus also fails to recognize it. The keylogger has been installed on your PC & now hacker can easily monitor all the activities on your computer. The keylogger continuously collects all the keystrokes that you entered by saving them in a temporary file, which is uploaded to the hackers over the internet.
How to Protect Your Email Address
1. If you don’t know what the email or link is about then never click on an email or link, there is a very useful tool called “cooliris”, it is for firefox. It will help to see what is inside the link & you will not need to open the link. It will show you the page preview with opening the link.
2. You must scan email attachments before downloading the files & it will safe your computer from virus and spywares.
3. Don’t save the email password to your web browser that can be harmful for the email security.
4. If you don’t have your own computer then be careful to login your email from another computer or internet cafe. Whenever you sign out from the other computer, remove your username and password from the saved form.
