It is well known that the Internet is a dangerous place, not only does it risk to happen in sites with bad taste material but above all because, some sites carry viruses and malware that enter the computer causing the most varied problems. The reason why some sites have insecure code is attributable to the collection of information to know identities, to violate privacy and for market research and advertising of products, very often related to sex, bets or unlawful activities.
In other articles on PC security, we saw how to protect yourself from these threats, we had also compiled a list of dangerous sites with the advice to block access from browsers with further advice to access online banks without risking being stolen data.
Prevention is the best weapon to counter Internet threats and to decrease the risk of having your PC hacked by strangers.
To surf the websites it is therefore advisable to have a program that checks the reliability and safety of a site and you can use one of these programs:
1) The best program for not surfing on insecure sites and receiving immediate reports of dangerous web pages is " Web of Trust " ( WOT ) and is a plugin that integrates into browsers, available for Firefox, for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, Safari and other browsers.
This is probably one of the best add-ons that you can use to make sure you visit a trusted site and use a credit card on a protected site because it is based on the opinion of trust and reputation of the same users that is shared through a vote .
Therefore, if a site is deemed unsafe, it is certainly not recommended to visit it.
The marks appear in Google searches with dots that can be green for reliable sites, orange if doubtful or unsatisfactory, and red if they have a bad reputation.
2) Windows Defender Extension for Chrome, which blocks any dangerous site before visiting it.
3) Application Guard, the armored and protected browser of Windows 10, with which you can open any dangerous site without any security risk.
4) BitDefender Trafficlight for browser protection and safe internet browsing
5) Another tool that can be used as an alternative and that works for all sites in the world, is the Avira Browser Safety program that allows you to block downloads of potentially harmful software, those called PUPs.
6) Norton Safeweb is very similar to Web of Trust, which checks websites and reports them, before clicking on them, as dangerous if they see infections or the dangers of receiving malware and spam.
7) Much like Web Of Trust is UrlVoid is a site controller that shows a reputation rating for every internet address.
8) A different approach to protect yourself from happening in dangerous or not convenient sites for the family is to change DNS setting the secure ones of Norton or OpenDNS.
In particular, with the DNS Angel program you can automatically change primary and secondary DNS and filter sites on Windows so that inconvenient ones are not opened.
10) Without special programs, acting on the hosts file and preventing the browser from browsing dangerous or virus-infected sites .
In other articles on PC security, we saw how to protect yourself from these threats, we had also compiled a list of dangerous sites with the advice to block access from browsers with further advice to access online banks without risking being stolen data.
Prevention is the best weapon to counter Internet threats and to decrease the risk of having your PC hacked by strangers.
To surf the websites it is therefore advisable to have a program that checks the reliability and safety of a site and you can use one of these programs:
1) The best program for not surfing on insecure sites and receiving immediate reports of dangerous web pages is " Web of Trust " ( WOT ) and is a plugin that integrates into browsers, available for Firefox, for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, Safari and other browsers.
This is probably one of the best add-ons that you can use to make sure you visit a trusted site and use a credit card on a protected site because it is based on the opinion of trust and reputation of the same users that is shared through a vote .
Therefore, if a site is deemed unsafe, it is certainly not recommended to visit it.
The marks appear in Google searches with dots that can be green for reliable sites, orange if doubtful or unsatisfactory, and red if they have a bad reputation.
2) Windows Defender Extension for Chrome, which blocks any dangerous site before visiting it.
3) Application Guard, the armored and protected browser of Windows 10, with which you can open any dangerous site without any security risk.
4) BitDefender Trafficlight for browser protection and safe internet browsing
5) Another tool that can be used as an alternative and that works for all sites in the world, is the Avira Browser Safety program that allows you to block downloads of potentially harmful software, those called PUPs.
6) Norton Safeweb is very similar to Web of Trust, which checks websites and reports them, before clicking on them, as dangerous if they see infections or the dangers of receiving malware and spam.
7) Much like Web Of Trust is UrlVoid is a site controller that shows a reputation rating for every internet address.
8) A different approach to protect yourself from happening in dangerous or not convenient sites for the family is to change DNS setting the secure ones of Norton or OpenDNS.
In particular, with the DNS Angel program you can automatically change primary and secondary DNS and filter sites on Windows so that inconvenient ones are not opened.
10) Without special programs, acting on the hosts file and preventing the browser from browsing dangerous or virus-infected sites .
