Keeping your account safe is not a terribly difficult task.
It's something anyone should be able to do with a little effort and diligence.
It's something anyone should be able to do with a little effort and diligence.
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Keep your Password to Yourself
Never share your password. It's as simple as that, don't tell it to ANYONE. Think of your password as your 'deepest, darkest secret'. This goes for ALL your passwords. Think about it, if you use the same username and password for everything, once one thing goes the rest will follow, hackers will try previous passwords that worked first. Also, if someone hacks your e-mail they can reset your gaia password and get you that way.
Make your Password Special
LINK Learn how to make a good password here.
If you're smart enough to keep your password a secret, a strong password will protect you from brute force attacks. Brute force attacks are when people try to guess your password, this is not as pathetic as it may sound- hackers create programs specifically to guess passwords. LINK Check out how long it takes to guess your password.
An Apple a Day
Make sure you have good solid virus protection. This means having an anti virus program that scans and removes virus, actively searches your PC for viruses and a firewall. Keep these programs up to date, check for updates often because having the most up to date virus definition files is essential to keeping your PC safe.
Scan for viruses often. Yeah, it takes a long time but it's totally worth it. Scan after you download something, scan after you update your definition files, scan once a month at least! If you don't use it you might as well not even have it on your computer.
Keyloggers are programs that log your keystrokes (they record what you type) and send it back to the hacker. Keyloggers can come in viruses, especially trojans. Don't download any programs with out checking it out first, look on a search engine. Chances are, if it's got an issue someone has made a note of it some where on the net. I only download programs from official sites- sites that belong to reputable businesses. Keyloggers can also be dowloaded with other spyware as part of a software package. Beware of those free smiley, dress up avatar and cursor downloads!
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