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One of the biggest problems of the internet nowadays is security. Computer virus*, spyware, spam, trojan horses, malware, adware and course hacking are the main problems. The largest part by all internet users are unaware of most of this things and will never know their passwords and charge card info might become visible for others. Nothing can buoy give you 100% security, but applying a few at ease things will improve online security greatly. Here are a few things everyone should do:

Install a virus scanner and firewall

A good virus scanner and firewall are a obligation these days. Do not trust the firewall by your ISP, modem and especially not Microsoft's firewall. Computer virus scanners are never already installed on a modem or something, so you have to install one yourself. At that place are countless virus scanners and firewalls available, but the best ones are McAfee, Norton, AVG and ZoneAlarm. The last two have a great advantage over the 1st two because they are totally free. I recommend applying AVG's virus scanner and ZoneAlarm's firewall.

Use a placeholder

A proxy server is a server that is entailed to hide someone's IP. Your IP (Internet Protocol) is a number that is unique for every computer and it is static so you cannot change it as you messed things up. If a hacker ascertains your IP he or she can get all your info if you are unlucky. This means that it's very important to hide this number. A placeholder works like this: normally when you click on an link or a button, the browser sends the fact to the web server. With a proxy the fact will be sent to the proxy server first, and so to the web server. If the web host retrieves your IP, it will retrieve the IP by the proxy server, not yours. This also works by the web server to your computer. A counterpart by these proxies is that the owner of the placeholder server can see all data (including passwords and charge card info for example), so install a proxy by someone you trust.

How to set up a placeholder

It is easy to set up a proxy, just follow the following steps very accurate, because a bit fault can resolve into an unsafe proxy, or a error.

Step one: finding a good, anonymous proxy

The first thing you need to do is to ascertain a good proxy. There are free and paid placeholders scattered all over the net. Paid proxies are ameliorate most of the time (more anonymity), but there is good free ones also. Search for the best and most anonymous proxy that's out there. To help you a little, here is a list of free placeholders. This list is updated every day. Transparent proxies is unsafe, don't use them. The best proxies are the ones with high anonymity. Choose one that you alike.

Step two: install the proxy

After you found your proxy, write the IP and the port of the proxy on a piece of paper. The process by installing a proxy varies from browser to browser, and so I will explain the installation process for Internet adventurer only. After you have opened Internet Explorer, attend Internet Options and then click on the Connections check. Select the LAN Settings button if you have an LAN or DSL connection, or if you have an dial-up connection, choose your connection and click the backgrounds button. From there, enable use a proxy server and type the proxy IP and port in the accost and port fields. Click OK twice and you're acted.

Step three: monitor the proxy

This step is a great deal forgotten by a lot of people. Proxies, especially absolve ones, tend to disappear, quit working or become cobwebby. Of course you don't want this to happen, and so check your proxy every now and then (I advocate to check at least every month) no doubt you will stay anonymous.