Computer Phishing

Phishing

 

What is a phishing?

Phishing is an act of sending the fake e-mails or set up a fake web site to trick you into disclosing your user name and password.

Sometimes this also called fishing because others are fishing private account information.

Once they gain your access, they can use your own personal information to charge your credit cards, empty your bank accounts, read your email, and lock you out of your online account by changing your password.

 

How do you receive phishing?

It usually starts from fake e-mail and fake web site.

Once, you check or visit those, they would receive your personal information.

 

How to stop them?

To stop them, you need to download a program such as anti-virus to get rid of phishing. 

 

safety

To be safe, first, do not put password in the e-mail account.

Second, do not go to the link that you do not know.

Lastly, if the mail or site is suspicious, do not do with anything.

Work sited

Phishing

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“Yahoo! Security Center: What is phishing?.”2 Dec 2008 http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?aid=2006111501.

 

 

 

 

 

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