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Monday, March 05, 2007

Avoiding getting hooked by "phishing"

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I went to Avoid getting hooked by phishing. What is "phishing"? As you can see the image of phishing from the picture above, phishing is a new scheme stealing other people's information illegally. This site teaches 12 tips that can make you avoid phishing. the know-how is useful for us who are living with computers. There are many ways to protect your information from phisher. Watch out for phishy emails! Never enter your personal information in a pop-up screen! Protect your computer with spam filters, anti-virus and anti-spyware software, and a firewall, and keep them up to date! Be suspicious if someone contacts you unexpectedly and asks for your personal informatiom! Like this, many ways from this site can help you avoid this crime.

I didn't know the word "phishing", so I tried to find the definition of phishing by using my dictionary. But I couldn't find it, so I was interested in this word. After reading the article, I could know about phishing. We should be careful of being hooked by phishers when we use computer. We should know the tips of avoiding phishing because someone who we don't know may take our important information. If you don't, you may lose your important information, your money, your fame, or even your job. And even now, the phishers are watching out for you as prey.

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