Internet is increasingly becoming an essential dose of our everyday lives and today’s internet users demand versatility in their digital lives. Internet domain is increasingly getting streamlined with the inclusion of new portals and platforms like blogging platforms and the online video platforms.
No matter wherever you are on this planet, your internet connection is a full-fledge digitally enhanced portal to a scintillating world of information. This portal houses the gateway to the vast oceans of knowledge for all the people independent of the age and gender. But one of the downside of this portal is that it can work both ways that is on one side you can use this amazing portal for finding any kind of information and on the other hand users can also use this portal to find information about you. Having two facets, this portal sometimes turns out to be pretty dangerous.
So in more of the hard core computing term, Trojans and things like Keyloggers can monitor the usage trend that a particular user has on the internet. In some instances, these Trojans and Keyloggers can also transmit pretty sensitive information residing on your computers like passwords and credit numbers to a designated third party which in some cases can be a hacking entity or the crackers.
Using the wireless connection for connecting to the internet makes the security level even more die down, because when a particular user is using wireless connection, the security becomes way more important, as any third party user who manages to gain access to your particular network can employ it to conduct various kinds of illegal activities and you would not even know about it. But some tech savvy people have indeed devised some methods that users can employ to keep tight tabs on the security of their internet connection. Some of these steps are very simple and easy to follow while some are marred with complexity. Moreover, no single prevention and security method can guarantee the cover from all the loopholes on the security domain. Taking the positive steps and in the computing terms taking compatible steps will ensure the safety and will reduce the risk. Some of these steps are as follows:
Firewall
First off, let’s get conversant with some of the security terms and computing terms related to the computer security. First is the computer worm, it is basically a common security threat and vulnerability. The worm replicates itself by randomly spraying spamming information at various other computers in search of a security hole. If a flaw is found then the worm injects itself into that particular system without the prior knowledge of user. This ultimately will enlist the user’s computer into some kind of Botnet. Botnet is a chain of infected computers that simply pursue the computing commands given by that particular worm that has made it join the Botnet. In some cases, the person who creates the worm or who comes across a worm, plants these into the resultant computer. Botnets are normally used to send series of spam to a particular domain or in some cases perform Denial of Service attack against a particular website.
Now coming over to the first precautionary step for securing your internet connection, install a Firewall. Once user installs firewall, it automatically reduces the mere chance that his PC will get infected by these worms and being forced into a particular Botnet. So, for all the readers that might not know about the schematics of a firewall, it is a barrier sort that filters the internet bandwidth or more appropriately said traffic that may be harmful. With the Firewall ON, users may prevent the common attempts by the hackers to take over their computers, or more positively it also prevents the hackers and third party users to infect the computers with some pending hole in the network security. Although, Microsoft Windows versions come with a pre-installed Firewall, but any user who wants to enhance the security level can download more advanced Firewalls. Moreover, users can also purchase some Firewalls as part of the Internet Security Suites offered by various internet companies. You can download some of the firewalls using the following link. [Firewall]
Network Monitoring Programs
In the present digital age, home networks are increasingly becoming a common theme, as Homes that used to have only a single computer system now have multitude of devices that can be connected to a particular network. These devices include not only the computers but various other devices like DVD players, Blu Ray players, gaming consoles and number of other appliances of the consumer market.
So with this array of devices available, it sometimes becomes very difficult to solely identify a device which is using your network silently. This is where Network Monitoring Software jumps in; these monitoring software programs pretty much solve this issue by keeping a constant track of network users and shaping the particular info into a very friendly user interface. These software programs allow users to analyze their particular devices on a network and then sniff out those specific ones that do not belong to you. Moreover, some of the network monitoring software programs available out there also allow users to designate and mark certain devices as secure and allowed to access the home network. Once this designated list is defined and whenever any unknown device pops up on the network the software will prompt the user that an unwanted device is also accessing the network.
For those who are a bit tech savvy, same functionality can also be achieved through certain MAC addresses that pops up when you log into a particular Router on the network.