Broadband providers ask for more parental engagement to protect child online
Government should tackle the issue of children accessing porn websites without introducing much complex ‘Opt-in’ web filtering system, top internet providers BT and Virgin Media said during a online discussion in The Telegraph.
TalkTalk advises wi-fi broadband hardware upgrades
—Many wi-fi users do not use optimum security levels and leave their connections open to hackers, shows the recent study. TalkTalk ISP says many users will need to upgrade their old wireless devices like routers to avoid risks.
Educational campaign to ensure child online safety
Online safety will become a part of school curriculum from 2011, it was reported.
UN publish guidelines for child online protection
UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has published guides for parents, guardians and educators to protect children from abuse over internet.
Parents should do more to keep children safe online : CEOP
Not many parents access online resources and information on how to protect their children from internet threats, says Jim Gamble, Chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP).
Ofcom publish guides to parental controls and children online safety
Ofcom report on child on-line safety reveals that majority of youngsters need some sort of guidance to face the online threats like abuse and online bullying. The UK telecom watchdog has also published two guides to parental controls for mobile phones and game consoles and media players.
Nine percent UK internet surfers do not use any security software
Internet security provider PC Tools’ recent survey shows that one out of every ten people go online without any security feature. Nearly one-thirds of surfers are too careless to update their internet security software like anti-spyware or anti-virus.
How to remove spyware and clean your PC?
spyware is sometimes adware, which is harmless. But often spyware is sent to steal personal data from the users. Spyware detection and removal needs a good antispyware. we also need to be careful when we make download from internet, as spyware often comes with the downloads and gets installed without ourknowledge.
Blocking spam emails
Spam or junk is unwanted stuff sent by spammers to an email address. Anti-spam software and spam prevention methods help us to protect our emails from spamming attacks.
Parental control software and Internet security
With parental control software, you can safeguard your children from online threats that come from spam, adult sites and gaming sites.