The only sure way to shop safe on the Internet

Written by William Milham


After all my years as an Internet Professional, I can't begin to countrepparttar number of phone calls and emails I've gotten regarding safe shopping onrepparttar 119008 Internet. When you really think about it, there's aboutrepparttar 119009 same amount of risk shopping in a regular walk-in store (remember those?) as there is shopping onrepparttar 119010 Internet. Actually, there's less risk onrepparttar 119011 Internet. If you're robbed in a regular store, you're life could be in danger. If you pay attention to what you're buying onrepparttar 119012 Internet and what type of site you're on,repparttar 119013 worst that will happen isrepparttar 119014 occasional impulse buy.

Of course, if you're really concerned about your credit information: Your best defense when it comes to keeping your credit card information safe onrepparttar 119015 Internet is not to use your credit card onrepparttar 119016 Internet. However, shopping onrepparttar 119017 Internet - on secure sites - is perfectly safe and a great way to shop (Granted,repparttar 119018 "great" part is only my opinion, butrepparttar 119019 ease of point and click shopping beatsrepparttar 119020 great googly-moogly out of a crowded mall....).

When you shop onrepparttar 119021 Internet, remember, your common sense is your best weapon. If a site looks a little goofy inrepparttar 119022 security department & your gut tells you not to enter in your personal information... DON'T!

You can pretty much always trust established businesses such as amazon.com, macys.com, andrepparttar 119023 like, to have secure servers for credit card and check transactions. If you're unsure aboutrepparttar 119024 site, you can see if they're secure or not by looking forrepparttar 119025 little "secure" icon in your browser. When on a secure page in Internet Explorer, there will be a little padlock icon onrepparttar 119026 lower right-hand corner ofrepparttar 119027 browser window. Netscape has a similar icon. Secure pages also haverepparttar 119028 "https://www.domainnamehere.com/secure.htm" distinction in their address as opposed to a non-secure site, which would read "http://www.domainnamehere.com".

Who's Watching You? Protecting Your Privacy On The Internet

Written by William Milham


It might be surprising to learn, but more often than not, someone is watching what you're doing on-line. I'm not talking about your kids (or parents) looking over your shoulder as you surf; I'm talking about good old Corporate America. Not only are you being "tracked" onrepparttar Web, you're also giving out personal information, probably without even knowing it.

Do you really want anyone to know where you're going on-line & what types of websites you frequent? Are you real big on giving companies you've never heard of your name, address, e-mail and a boatload of other information? I didn't think so. Here's what you do about it:

There are two parts to this topic. 1. Keeping yourself from being tracked onrepparttar 119007 Internet, and 2. Keeping your computer from giving out information when you don't want it to.

Part One

Onrepparttar 119008 Internet, companies use little files called cookies (stored inrepparttar 119009 "Temporary Internet Files" folder) to track your web activity. They also have access to your "History" folder, which keeps a log of allrepparttar 119010 sites you've visited. To keep yourself anonymous onrepparttar 119011 web you should regularly cleanrepparttar 119012 "History" and "Temporary Internet Files" folders.

To delete files from your "History" folder, you will need to dorepparttar 119013 following: Open your web browser (this only works with MSIE 4+). Onrepparttar 119014 top toolbar, selectrepparttar 119015 "history" icon. A screen should appear onrepparttar 119016 left hand side ofrepparttar 119017 browser. Once inside that screen, you can delete any items you find. That's it. Now, step two...

To delete files/cookies from your "Temporary Internet Files" folder, you will need to dorepparttar 119018 following:

Open "Windows Explorer". Onrepparttar 119019 left hand side ofrepparttar 119020 screen, select c:/ then "Windows", then (inrepparttar 119021 windows folder) find "Temporary Internet Files". Double-clickrepparttar 119022 "Temporary Internet Files" folder to open it inrepparttar 119023 right-hand side ofrepparttar 119024 screen. Oncerepparttar 119025 folder opens, you can go ahead and delete what you find there except for a file called "index.dat" (you need that one. everything else is garbage). But onlyrepparttar 119026 files inrepparttar 119027 "Temporary Internet Files" folder. DO NOT Delete any other files or folders. You may seriously harm your computer. Done? Good. Your Internet trail is gone.

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