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What is Phishing? " Phishing is a hacker's trick or a way to entrap people by offering some fake extraordinary offers through e-mails or by creating fake pages seems very similar to the real webpages in order to entrap you. They entrap you like a fish, so called PHISHING." It is Phishing not fishing but similar to fishing. Phishing is a term and a technique used in the world of hacking and also used by hackers or intruders to entrap you in order to steal your identity means your credentials or user name and password. So I hope you get that what is Phishing? How Phishing takes place in order to entrap you ? When a hacker or an intruder wants to steal your identity or your credit card and bank account details they send you spam mails to entrap you. When you read that mail which might contain something relevant to your bank account or credit card information in order to entrap, you got stick. Most of the pe...

What is SQL injection ? " SQL injection is a method to check your website vulnerabilities in order to mess up with your database system and to steal or delete user names and passwords from your application's database to exploit. In this attack SQL commands injected in to your application, so called SQL injection." SQL injection as the name implies is a sort of security attack or security breach, which is used in order to exploit with database vulnerabilities. Through SQL injection a hacker can break down your entire database system or they can steal your digital identities. In SQL injection a hacker or intruder find out some vulnerabilities in your database and then use HTML form to send malicious SQL code into your database to exploit. As this code executes throw an error into the intruder's browser, which helps that intruder to mess up with database records and data. Now intruder is worthy to steal data or to get change an...

Rootkit is a category of malware which stands for malicious software. Rootkits do not harm you on its own. Rootkits are actually designed to hide the actual fact that an operating system has been conceded, sometimes by replacing vital executable. Rootkits help malware e,g. virus and worms to disguising it in a safe sight so that an anti-malware can not find out malware in your system. When rootkits assault with your PC it hides any kind of malware, so if you scan your PC, your antivirus is not able to catch the malware, your antivirus ignores them continuously. Rootkits are very hard to replace from your system, because they are activated as your PC boot up. How to prevent Rootkits attacks to save yourself? In order to keep yourself protected from a Rootkits attack use a particular anti virus or anti malware software, which provides real time malware protection with rootkits definition. Avira, bitdefender, quickheal are the anti malwa...

Browser hijacking softwares changes your browser's setting like change your browser's home page and add some annoying animated icons on the upper menu bar of your browser. These software sometimes might be very harmful to you and can be designed to steal your cookies and personal credentials like your credit card number or your passwords. These can also be designed in such a way that they can pop up some annoying advertisement on your browser which may compel you to click on that, eventually, they distract you while you click on it by leading you on the harmful and virus containing websites. How to protect yourself from these softwares? If this kind of incident has happened to you, so you need to uninstall that software by changing up the settings of your browser. Just goto your browser setting and disable or delete them. Always try to keep yourself away from such softwares, and do not let them mess up wit...

Spyware is a category of Malware stands for malicious software, is designed to steal your browsing details, personal credentials and gathers your information surreptitiously and transmit it to the people who are interested to get your information. Information might be your browser and system information, Website visited by you, computer IP address and so forth. How to prevent spyware attacks to save yourself? 1. In order to keep yourself protected from a spyware attack use a particular anti virus or anti-malware software, which provides you real time spyware definitions. Avira, bitdefender, quickheal, windows defender are the anti virus programs which helps you to keep safe from spyware attacks. 2. Keep your anti virus up-to date for best protections. So we have learned now, What is a spyware? and how to prevent these spyware attacks in order to save you, keep learning from computerflicks. Please leave c...

Spam bots are fall under the category of malware and also Known as Spam . Spam bots is a malware basically designed to gather e-mail address from different source e.g social media and e-mail accounts in order to listing e-mail addresses for unsolicited use. An Spam bot enters into your computer and keep tracking e-mail address from your account as you login with your e-mail server. These e-mail addresses are dispatched to the author of the Spam bot so that they can get a massive amount of address, even yours to exploit. Eventually they send fake pages to entrap a user via phishing . A technique which is being used to null and void Spam bot attacks is called munging . How to prevent Spam bots attacks in order to save yourself? In order to keep yourself protected from Spam bot attack use a particular anti virus or anti-malware software, which provides real time protection. Avira, bitdefender, quickheal are the anti maiwa...

Adware also fall under the category of Malware which stands for malicious software, only when they are using to exploit vulnerabilities. Actually adwares are financially supported software which displays Ads on your computer when you're connected to the Internet. Adware used in bad manners to exploit with your system by displaying some seductive Ads and by displaying animated Ads like shooting game Ad and pull the trigger Ad and so forth. Which grab your attention and compel you to click on these sort of Ads. As you click they install a software on your system which continuously displays Ads related to the Ad what you have clicked before. How to prevent adware attacks to save yourself? 1. Never click on such Ads because they lead you on the other side which may contain spywares, virus and other Malwares. 2. Keep your anti virus or anti-malware up-to date for best protections. So we have learned now, What is Adwa...