I am not professional in using internet web and I hear stories about hackers and what they can doing, so I want to know some thing about them and how I can be safe from them
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My method of safety is to buy more then 3 hardware firewalls.\n\nYou can buy a hardware firewall cheap by buying the cheapest local area network router (Belkin, Linksys, etc etc.). Why do more then 3 help.\n\nWell lets explain this. Different routers could have different vulnerabilities and 3 would be like this:\n\nB stands for Backdoor\n\n    Hacker\n******|\n******|\n******|\n******V\n.....|B|.......\n******V\n..|B|..........\n    Splat\n.........|B|...\n\nIt would make it more difficult for a hacker to attack you.\n\nAlso get a anti-virus, and anti spy-ware. Another tip is to have encryption (For data, and connections). I recommend you get a anti-virus too.\nOh teal also you should download all Service Packs, hot-fixes, patches, and get a software firewall too.\nOne more thing is to rename your administrator account.\n\nTo learn more goto http://www.markusjansson.net/exp.html if you use windows XP, or 2000.
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To stop it you can use Windows Firewall, or better are Norton or McAfee Firewalls or go to www.downloads.com & search for firewalls! I got McAfee & it tells me when someone's trying to hack me! Good luck Hun!\n\nhttp://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
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their are many ways for people to grab your passwords, trojan horse, and other methods, trying your username and password over a non-secure link can let people see them, so check for the small yellow pad-lock when doing personal stuff like bank data, on the right hand side, down the bottem, but again, people can steel usernames and passwords many many ways in todays world, from hardware devices to software
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There is only one way to prevent this. Keep your stuff off of the web. No other way exists.\n\nHowever you can make it harder for them.\n\nUse an HTML Obfuscator program to scramble your source code. This will keep most people from decrypting it ans stealing pieces of the code. But they will still be able to take a screen shot of your page and save it as an image. Then cut out the part they want and save it as a new image.\n\nIf you have photos put your name on the surface of the photo. Most people won't want to take them after you have done that.\n\nDisabling your visitors right mouse button is a waste of time. It only stops one of the dozen or so ways to take your stuff.
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*GriN* YES!!! Leave your computer tied up all night to the largest source of hackers in the world while you sleep peacefully!!!...\n\nI personally turn my computer OFF (or disconnect it from the Internet) when I am not sitting at it to do something...\n\nANY time your computer is tied into the Internet it is vulnerable to attack by hackers, and the longer it is there, the more time they have to find it...\n\nFirewalls help but are not totally foolproof protection...\n\nI personally would not leave a computer tied to the Internet 24/7 unless I had NO sensitive information on it and I had all of the work/software backed up for easy recovery...\n\nI also keep a recovery disk handy for the computer I do have tied into the Internet the most.
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You need antivirus and antispam software. Try Norton Antivirus or McAfee. That'll keep your computer safe.
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I think you mean hack, not huck, and you to to Yahoo, your account, log in with your security question and other info, and reset your password, it doesn't usually get hacked, usually people just find out, or see you type it
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http://www.jimmyr.com/security.php
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It's only bad when you post things that hackers can see or get to. But if you are not doing inappropiate things, than it should be ok. But I'm not saying that you shouldn't still look out for these things. Also, make sure you're not talking to grown men on there.
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use an antivirus, spyware and firewall for best protection on the internet\nFor the best and free for personal use security software go here\nhttp://freewww.uv.ro/security/security.html
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i won't claim that i am a computer expert, but I know much.\nhacking into someone's PC can be very easy or very hard\ndid gave this man the chance to sit in front of your computer, or you opened any file that he sent to you?\n* if yes, then let me tell you that even a 10 years old child can hack your computer easly if he could sit in front of your pc, or if he could make you open a file he sent to you.\n\n* if no, then maybe he could get into your computer without your knowladge?\n   do you put password on your pc? I don't think do\n\nAnyway the BEST soultion is simple, cost no money, but you will loose everything you have in your PC\nif that's ok with you, simply format your entire HD, if you could ERASE it that would be the safest solution\n\nnote: u may think, "why don't i make a backup  of my HD before i erase it?\nthe answer is, making backup will backup all your files including the infected ones\nand since you can't tell which files are infected and which are not, you have to erase all of them\n\nIf you need more information about this, feel free to contact me\n\nThere is another solution but it is not guranteened to fix your problem, but most likely it will.\nthis solution is buying an expensive anti-virus and anti-spyware scan your computer very well using them and delete any infected files\n\nlast solution is by simply installing another SAFE operating system like LINUX\neven if this guy an expert in windows, I am sure he know nothing about linux\nLinux is the system of my choice, i've completely forget everything about viruses and spywares, open any file i download without being scared that it could be a virus\nbut linux is alot more different than windows, you will have to learn from the begining\n\n3 choices, choose what you feel better
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I use E-Trust security too. Anytime I have a question I contact them for advice. They are really helpful and have helped me specifically for the situations with my computer. \n\nThere are a number of ways that intruders can get behind your defences. They are really sneaky, making themselves appear to be legitimate programs and contacts etc. You can easily unwittingly let them into your computer by opening emails and their attachments or even by clicking the red x to get rid of an unexpected pop up. Press Alt F4 to get rid of pop ups without touching them. NEVER open an attachment if you do not know who it is from.\n\nIf you suspect your computer has been invaded use your soft ware to run a scan for them. If you are still worried, contact E-Trust. I hope this has been helpful.
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You don't. It's called hacking, and hacking is illegal.
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Do not ignore any warning by your Protection programs. If you want to know if the site is safe and doesn't give you infections then use this McAfee SiteAdvisor. Go to this link and read about it and I'm sure you'll download it cause its free.\n\nhttp://www.siteadvisor.com/
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you should report this to yahoo or whatever your internet provider is. ask them abou it, then change your email and everything. you should also warn your friends. the hacker might have taken their info too.
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QUOTE\n\nReporting incidents\n\n    * To Yahoo!\n          o If you believe your Yahoo! account has been compromised, please report the incident using our contact form.\n          o If you have been contacted by someone about your Yahoo! account asking for a password, birth date or other personal information, please forward the email to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com. Please include the full headers and the HTML source code of the email you received.\n          o If you are a member of the security community and need to report a technical vulnerability, contact: security@yahoo-inc.com.\n    * To Law Enforcement\n      In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, state or local law enforcement agencies directly. \n\nEND QUOTE
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Tell your parents, report them to myspace and/or the police.\n\nDo not go to that web stie.  arrange to meet your friends elsewhere.\n\nYou can always create a private chatroom\n\nDO NOT SEND THEM ANYTHING!\n\nIgnore their threats.  They are simply words written on a computer screen.  \n\nFind out everything you need to know about computer security.  EVEN IF they are for real, they will have a difficult job entering your computer if you have kept it up to date.