Some rule/tricks for Security at Cyber Cafes

AS we know every good thing comes with some bad thing,same case with internet it helped to make life easy but as well as it helped some criminal to do crime by using internet
Computer and communications costs and casual use of Internet makes the growth of Cyber cafes in India and become are very popular.Due to increased Cyber attacks, the Cyber Cafe Users should follow some rules to become safe Internet user:-
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Rule1: Never pass or tell the Cyber Cafe Owner or anyone else in Cyber Cafe about your email and password to check your mail. This may sound little bit odd but the surveys saying that small kids or many old aged persons have no idea about the risks of information theft. Username and passwords always be entered by their owners and at most you may request for guidelines to reach login page.

Rule 2: Most of the job seekers practices by bringing USB drive for uploading resumes and the same USB drives may transfer the viruses of Cyber cafe machines to home computer or any third party computer. Always you have to scan with latest updated Antivirus Software.  Some Cyber cafes may not allow any external devices like USB drives, CDROMs so that the users may download their resume in to Cyber Cafe Computer for editing. But they may forget to delete the same which might be exposed the personal privacy to other users. So please delete personal documents after r work at Internet Centre.   

Rule 3: When surfing the Internet, Users always should take about the browser security to avoid risks of exposing personal information such as disabling the option “Remember my ID on this computer”. User ID or Username also should be secured along with password to avoid trail passwords by next user.

Rule 4: Always use virtual key boards for financial transactions to avoid key loggers. A keylogger is basically spyware and logs or records your keystrokes so that your username and password are made available to Cyber cafe owner or any Attacker. These records may types into directly into Hacker’s machine or collected afterwards through a file transfer. Some of Cyber Cafes may use Hardware key loggers so that you check that there is an intermediate device between your keyboard and CPU.

Rule 5: Avoid face-to-face meetings with online friends, because people in real life can be very different from how they are online. But in case if you feel it is required, you should bring it to the notice of your parents. Let your parents join you or let meeting be arranged in public place.

Rule 6: Restrict chatting for limited requirements and necessary things with known persons. Never entertain uncomfortable messages and inform the concern authorities like family members or Cyber crime investigation members. Also never download any files through Instant Message software from known or unknown persons.

Rule 7: Publish limited information in Social Networking sites to avoid risks towards your family and take care about usernames and passwords of social networking sites. If you think that your social networking account details have been compromised or stolen, report your suspicions to the site's support team immediately. Change your password frequently, and avoid clicking links that purport to send you back to the social network site. Instead, type the site's address directly into your browser (or follow a bookmark you've previously saved) to get back to your account. Do not post anything which harm to your family credibility.
Most of the Social Networking web sites enabling users to set privacy controls for who has the ability to view the information. So try to use such facilities and also never post photographs and any other sensitive information to unknown persons in Social network site.

Rule 8: Cyber Cafe computers are public computers and shared computers. Your data or communication may be exposed to all users at the same time. So be aware that sensitive information like personal details like credit card information, passwords etc. should be posted through secured web sites

Rule 9: Whenever you go to Cyber Cafe, you ensure that it has most up to date Anti Virus and Anti spam software. These may help to stop some of the key loggers, Trojans and other malware.

Rule 10: Finally, Always make sure to logout properly when you leave Cyber cafe