High Risk Places on the Internet and How to Avoid Them

The most dangerous places on the internet are on the places you don't expect the most.

Website that let you watch video instantly, well not Youtube off course because it is the most popular and highly respected site it, they are have an establish system that protect they users. I am talking about websites that ask you to download codec or a play to be able to watch their video. Don't be tempted specially if it is free, because if it is free they probably have a catch why they are doing it for free, it could be on the cost of your security. If you download anything ( a codec or and EXE file) you are giving them an opportunity to stage an attack to your computer. So beware most of these websites are very tempting because they are even offering the latest movies that are not even released on DVD and CD in short it could be a leaked copy.

Fake websites, these are copy cats of the original website. I cant think of any good intention why someone would fake another website. The least is they want to clinch on the popularity of  the original but most of the time they have a malicious intent. With the fake website they can lure people to log in with they password, hence capturing it for they own use. To detect this fake website is easy because it probably wont provide with the service of the original website but some it is already too late because you already punched in your user name and password. To re-secure your account, immediate go to the original site and change your password and if you could notify them that you suspect that you have been targeted then do so. To avoid fake website, bookmark the original website and open it through it.Do not log in to websites if they we're opened through links from e-mails, chat etc...

I'll just add some more, they are a little bit obvious but just so in case your not still aware. File sharing site like torrent and others a like. From here you can download movies, music and other files but since your just getting these files from untrusted sources you have no way of knowing if there are any malaware, virus and other threats that was injected on the file. Porn sites, if you still don't know and you have habit of watching it then your computer is at risk. Most porn site are not secured for what ever reason, I haven't done any research why so I can give any advise how avoid being attacked while going the porn sites. What I can say is just don't go there.


The final thing I can say is keep your security programs updated (anti-virus, anti-malware and firewall).