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PC Magazine Gives Good Advice On Surfing Safely In Hot Spot Areas

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

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Wifi and Hot Spot surfing is a hit these days not only among CEO’s  and young professionals but even among students.   The question of security is thus an important issue that PC Magazine tackled in its latest article.

PC Magazine cautioned surfers on the security (or lack of it) involved when surfing in public places where just about anyone smart enough with the Internet can get access to whatever you are typing or the sites you are visiting.

While a VPN can assure you of safe surfing as it makes use of encryption, not all surfers are however lucky and privileged enough to have this.  To make sure you are safe, you have suite up which means you should have anti-spyware, anti-virus and a two-way firewall.  PC Magazine also advices you to wise up and make sure that your security software is regualrly updated.  And last but not least, make sure you check for Verisign.