It can happen with you in a moment. You're in a café working on your own laptop, minding your own business. However, you take your eye off for a second from your and all of a sudden it is gone.
Sure, your first reaction will be of course upset and panic regarding the lost hardware. Definitely it is most valuable possession. But reaction of the most people will be that mu life is on that laptop. All my info, documents, photos, software, important projects was stored on that. It is very difficult to lose various assorted precious things stored on a laptop. Furthermore, it can be very tedious as well as time-consuming for gaining back all those. It is nearly impossible.
Nowadays, wide array of software security options is available for all laptop users. Numerous options for preventing people snooping while you are utilizing a public wireless network and locking your laptop against intruders can be utilized. In addition, lots of techniques for wiping or retrieving your data remotely or tracking it down from a particular distance are now available.
- A strong password formed with at least eight characters and including a combination of lower and upper case letters and numbers or symbols. Remember it must not involve a complete word or your name. Regularly change the password. Do not share the password till the emergency occurs.
- Protect your laptop from 'walk-by' information theft. Do not let your interfering colleagues to have a crafty peek whilst you go away from your laptop in the boardroom for the meeting break. In XP you can select Start, Log Off for returning to the password prompt and in Vista, select the Start button and after this lock symbol.
- If your workplace has a VPN (virtual private network), then you can make use of this for sending encrypted data safely over the internet. In the control panel of XP, you can select appropriate network and Internet Connections.
- Make sure that you have a software firewall in place. Rise up the security level at a public Wi-Fi spot. Select Start then Control Panel and after this Windows Firewall. Then you have to click Change Settings. Here, tick 'Block all incoming connections'. Then install a second firewall. This is really a smart way.
- When you connect with any un-familiar Wi-Fi network, make sure that it's harmless. Remember corrupt hackers can develop fake Wi-Fi connections in airports or hotels in order to fool people and join them. These ad-hoc networks are capable to captivate information that is sent over the web.
- Turn off file-sharing and wireless card when not in use.
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