Saturday, February 20, 2016

COMPUTER SECURITY TIPS TO PROTECT YOUR SYSTEM INFORMATION

We hear a lots and lots of concerning cases of hacking, softwares, malwares, viruses, etc, Here are some Computer Security tips to safeguard your PC/laptop against hacker intrusions, malware and different viruses that exploits your PC or Laptops.

                                                  


                                                             

6 COMPUTER SECURITY TIPS



1) USE A FIREWALL
A firewall is a software system that will handle outgoing and incoming Internet connections of your computer. You’ll be able to clearly use the one engineered into Windows by default, however this can be by no means the foremost Efficient. i will like to recommend Comodo Firewall which is free and straightforward to use. Using Firewall is just one of Computer Security tip that i want to mention

2) USE ANTIVIRUS

There are obvious reasons to use Anti virus Programs, but there are People that don’t have any antivirus or those who have, they have not upgraded thier antivirus since their permit has lapsed.. However there are quite powerful free antivirus Available. One must Install Antivirus to Protect and Keep thier Computer Secure

3) UPDATING SOFTWARE SYSTEM:

New vulnerabilities are found in software system or operative systems like Windows each day. So one must always updates thier software system. Keeping your installed Softwares upto date is Important, as it will Keep hackers away from breaking into your System and its Said that any upto date program Works smooth without any glitch.

4) USE COMPLICATED PASSWORDS

Users like you and me use too weak  passwords that are very simple to detect for hackers, there are so many software which will try all Possible Combinations to Crack your Password, this is known as Bruteforce technique .  If your secret word(password) Consists of just 4 or 5 characters, it will easily discover it.
Your Password becomes harder to crack if it consists of 8 or 9 characters which also includes numbers, letters and special characters.To check the strength of your Password, there are plenty tools over internet. This is an important Computer Security tip that everyone must Consider.

5) USE TOTALLY DIFFERENT PASSWORDS

Most common mistake people make is that they use same password everywhere over internet. Yes, its very hard to remember passwords for all accounts but its highly advisible to have different passwords for different accounts.

6) ALWAYS BEWARE:

  • Finally, Abstain from getting hacked,  Always beware while Browsing Internet, don’t transfer and install everything and anything on your PC or Laptop.
  • Always check the sources of software system and websites that you just use to download programs.
  • Don’t be silly and amateur hackers won’t be able to do  anything to you (while serious and skilled hackers will not have any interest to hack you)

#Vishal Jadhav

Saturday, February 13, 2016

How to Secure Google Account from Hackers Using Google Authenticator App





Secure Your Google Account by generating 2 step verification codes from Google Authenticator App in your smartphone




Google is a very giant network and today we all are using its lots of services in our daily life like its search engine, Gmail services, Play store services of android and lots more. And there are so many other service too that you might know. Now to login into our google account we use our username and password to sign in and if you had set the two step verification then you need a additional Code that you can get on your registered mobile number. But sometime this service irritates when the code is received after minutes. So here we have a cool alternative for this by which you can secure your Google account from hackers using a cool Google Authentication App. And to set this up just follow up the complete guide discussed below to proceed.

How to Secure Google Account from Hackers Using Google Authenticator App

Here you will be setting up the authentication for your account that you will managing them using the Google Authenticator app that will help to authenticate devices for your account. So follow up the below steps to proceed.

Features Of Google Authenticator App:

* Generates codes even in airplane mode!
* Support for multiple accounts
* Support for multiple languages
* Support for Android Wear

Steps To Use Google Authenticator App In Your Smartphone:

1. First of you need to have 2 step verification activated for your google account and if you still not had done that then you can follow our guide
2. Now after activating this two step verification, download and install the app Google Authenticator in your smartphone.
3. Now launch the app and it will ask you to download and install the app QR Code Scanner and you will prompted to the Play Store to download the app.
4. Now in your PC you have to go to the link accounts.google.com/SmsAuthConfig with your google account logged in.

5. Now there click on Switch to App there.Google Authenticator
6. Now select the device that you want to get authenticated for it.Google Authenticator 2
7. Now you will get the Bar code sign on your screen that you want to scan on your device.Google Authenticator 3
8. In your smartphone launch the app and then select Get Started.Google Authenticator 4
9. On the next screen you will scan the Bar code and then get the 6 digit number that you have to confirm on your PC.Google Authenticator 5
10. Thats it you are done, now the app authentication will get activated and you can now generate the Authentication code directly from your app in your device.
So above is all about How to Secure Google Account from Hackers Using Google Authenticator App. With this method you can easily secure your account from hackers by this way of securing the app using Google Account. So try this out and stay secure in the cyber world.

#Vishal Jadhav