Some Security Tips - Will help Secure you workstation

hey everyone....thanks for reading my blogs. My key focus is security so i mostly bolg on security. In this blog i will let you know how you can make your desktop more safe when you connect your home computers on internet.

1. Always make sure you have de-selected the File and Print Sharing option on the interface connected to internet. What this does is that it allows others to connect to you computers remotely. Since, you are on internet and you really dont need this service. So, dont select this option when connecting to internet

2. Be aware of Phishing attacks, this is a technique through which an attacker will send you a webpage in an email or may be in the form of a weblink. This web page could be an advertiseent which guides you to some other page or may be a bank webpage asking you to enter your credentials. Donot enter your credentials until and unless you specifically know what you are doing. on internet things may not be what they appear.

3. Always update you Windows through microsoft update servers. use http://update.microsoft.com for updating your computers.

4. Use antivirus in your computer like Microsoft OneCare and Microsoft Defender or may be any other. Also, regularly update the antivirus software so that you can have updates signatures for latest viruses.

Want UAC in XP? To exercise least privilege in XP, don’t put users in the local admins or power users groups. This is a good idea in Vista also since users in the administrators group can just click “Continue” when prompted to execute viral code. Any virus that attacks the user will run in the context of the user, which doesn’t allow changes to the system if they’re running with least privilege.

In other to secure your desktop, rename the administrator account to something uncommon and which you can remember when required. Also, keep disable GUEST account on your system. Some codes can really take advantage of this user and can play with your desktop.

A little understanding of what you are trying to execute on your system can save you from a formatted hard drive. Mostly people execute some program without knowing what it is and later end up cursing Microsoft. If you can't decide on what you have to download and what not to then How can Microsoft decide on your behalf....

Always download the software from its official website and donot download it from any other link until and unless directed from the official websites. What hsppens is that i know the vulnarabilities in a software and i download it from internet...i can add my own files into the package and could upload it to the internet for download. people downloading that pakage would not come to know that they have just downloaded the package containing some unwanted files. When executing those files also gets exceuted and make your computer vulnerable in their own way. So, always try to download the software from its official website.

freeware softwares available on internet may be a honeypot so be aware what you are downloading and what is this software going to do. If you see something suspicious aout the working...lets say if you downloaded some software to format your floppy drive....and if you see that utility trying to connect to internet..that means you just downloaded a HoneyPot. Someone designed that utilty to get access to your computer remotely. Softwares can do multiple stuffs at same time so, you need to be very specific about what you are doing.

Safety is better than sorry !!!!!