| Today, there are many more threats out there that the ordinary virus. You've probably come across the term spyware as well, however, authors of malicious codes and dangerous websites are very innovative, and new kinds of threats emerge quite often, the vast majority of those on the Internet. Some of the most common: Exploit is a malicious code that takes advantage of a flaw or vulnerability in an operating system, Internet browser, or other essential program. Social engineering is a common term for the various techniques used to trick people into providing personal information (passwords, bank details, credit card numbers, etc.). A typical example of social engineering is phishing? an attempt to acquire sensitive personal information by pretending to reliable and well-known organization. Usually, potential victims are contacted by e-mail asking them to mass update information such as your bank account. To do this, they are encouraged to follow the link provided, which then leads to a fake website of the bank. Scam can also be considered as a kind of social engineering, which includes the work wrong, or abusers of workers engaged in illegal activities, summons to withdraw a large sum of money, fraudulent lotteries, etc.. Hoax is a bulk e-mail containing dangerous, alarming or just bothering and useless. Many of these threats use hoax e-mail messages to spread. Finally, malicious websites are ones that deliberately install malicious software on your computer, and still not hacked sites that are legitimate sites that have been compromised to infect visitors. AVG LinkScanner is created for you and for other users to protect against these online threats. AVG LinkScanner is up and running immediately from the moment of installation. All the basic parameters have been pre-set by the manufacturer, so most of the time you will not have to worry about anything? just let AVG work in the background and protect you without any effort on your part. However, there may be situations where it is necessary to adjust the parameters of the program, or decide what to do with a virus-infected file, the help system is there to provide detailed information and help you with any task. |
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