RED Alert & Surfin Tips

by Tecra

Red Alert - bots r a checkin and found:

The "fap" + "fab" site is RED

The "cash" site is GREEN


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RED=(Installs Crap and does Shit - Hazardous Surf - RED FLAG)

GREEN=(Surf's up dude)

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Tips to safer surfing:


Don'ts

1. Surf with any form of scripting enabled. (i.e. Java, Active, etc.)

Make sure these are NOT checked in browser.


2. Enable Cookies in browser

(Only on trusted sites: but who can one trust nowadays?)


3. Click the links inside pop-ups that appear from "out-of-the-blue".



Do's

1. Check for frequent (daily?) updates/patches to OS.


2. Use Firewall/Virus and Spyware Scanner.


3. Right-click pop-ups to close them.


4. Use tabbed browsing


5. Close tabs when site loads half-way and gets stuck

(i.e. Maybe trying to load some stuff and can't.)


6. Reset NIC hardware frequently, to close/reset all connections (TCP,

UDP, etc)



HAND


Tecra