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Software For Internet And IP Address Identity Theft Protection
The practical steps (i.e. non-software) are covered in the second part of this article, Practical Steps For Internet & IP ID Theft Protection. At the bottom of the page, you'll find other articles covering the wider topic of identity theft and fraud. In this article, we'll be looking at software that can help prevent or warn us of potential identity theft situations. So, here's what we'll be covering...
1. IP Address Identity Theft... An ExplanationA computer's IP (Internet Protocol) address tells others where and how to find our computer online. Every Web site and PC connected to the Internet must possess a unique IP address -- no two devices can have the same address at the same time. If spammers or malicious hackers have our IP address, then they can assault our PCs with malware to steal our personal data -- almost always for Internet or IP address identity theft or fraud. So, it's important to guard privacy of our IP address as carefully as we would our full name and street address. Unfortunately, neither the browsers we use to surf the Net, nor Windows itself allows us to hide our IP address from the outside world. However, some third-party software will enable this privacy protection... 2. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... How To Hide Our IP AddressThere is software -- commonly called anonymizers or anonymous surfing -- that hides our IP address, allowing us to surf anonymously and protect us from IP address identity theft. These programs also encrypt any information we exchange with a web site, even if the site doesn't support SSL. This means that crackers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) -- or anyone-else -- cannot see or record where we are surfing and what we're downloading... extremely useful if we want to keep our surfing, transactions and downloads etc confidential. One penalty of software to hide our IP address is that it will slow down your speed of surfing I fully cover the hiding of our IP addresses with anonymizers in the article, A Review Of The Best Commercial International Anonymizers. But, if you want to skip going through it, here's a summary of the article's recommended software... I. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft Protection... GhostSurfTenebril's GhostSurf Platinum is one of two anonymizers that I use. It's a privacy suite that provides anonymous surfing and other protection against Internet or IP address identity theft. For instance, besides being able to control the degree of privacy and anonymity when surfing, GhostSurf Platinum also has...
If you don't want the add-ons, Tenebril also have GhostSurf, their standard anonymizer. You can give either version of GhostSurf a free trial for 30 days. Here are the links for more information and a direct download for the trial. PLEASE NOTE... The GhostSurftrials have a direct download, so when you click on the links below, you'll get a download box appear. Click the 'save to disk' button and save the download to your desktop or to a folder. Click on the saved program and follow the instructions for installation...
II. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft Protection... AnonymizerAnonymizer is the second program that I use and it also has protection from phishing, pharming or spyware Web sites. If we unknowingly visit one of these sites, a warning page will display to notify us of the hidden danger. You can get more information or try the program for FREE at Anonymizer's Anonymous Surfing Trial If you'd like to know more about how I rate the Anonymizer and GhostSurf anonymizers against each other, it's discussed at Anonymizer Versus GhostSurf Review III. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft Protection... StealthSurferStealthSurfer is a thumb-sized flash storage drive that plugs into the USB drive on your computer. It includes...
Each of the software programs above is automatically updated as a new version is released and this product has great Internet and IP address identity theft protection benefits. An added attraction here, of course, is that you can operate on different computers anonymously and without leaving any of your traces on the PC... whether your employer's, in your home or small office, Internet cafes or other public facilities. There is a 30 day money back guarantee with this powerful package and more information can be found at StealthSurfer Information IV. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft Protection... RoboFormNo, RoboForm doesn't hide our IP address, but it's part of the package that comes with StealthSurfer, that I've just been talking about. I'm mentioning it here because it is an extremely valuable tool for protecting against identity theft. It can be downloaded as an individual program, if you don't want the full StealthSurfer package. This snappy little program...
The program works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN and Firefox. You can download the FREE RoboForm from the
Roboform home page
Note that this free program allows you to store ten passwords. If you wish to store more, you can upgrade to the pay program, which also provides more features and is excellent value for money. 3. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... Detection Of Malicious Web SitesThere are various pieces of software -- mostly free -- which will alert us to whether a website we're intending to visit may be malicious... that is, one that is suspected of installing malware capable of stealing our information for Internet and IP address identity theft and fraud, or to damage our computers. Here are the programs I recommend you consider. The two I prefer and use are SiteHound and SiteAdvisor... I. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... SiteHoundSiteHound creates a toolbar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox to tell us whether the site we're visiting is the genuine site. It also warns us if a site we are visiting is a known scam, a phishing site, or potentially can load viruses or spyware on to our computers... all valuable Internet and IP address identity theft protection. More information and a FREE download can be found at
SiteHound
II. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... McAfee SiteAdvisorSiteAdvisor provides you with clearly visible safety ratings for websites when searching or browsing. The ratings appear next to search results from Google, Yahoo! and MSN. When surfing, SiteAdvisor's safety button changes color -- green, yellow and red -- depending on the safety of the site you visit. This is a very useful and visible, free tool and can be downloaded from... III. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... SpoofStickSpoofStick also tells us whether the web site we are visiting is genuine, or whether it is suspected of Internet or IP address identity theft. It works in both the Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers. Download it for FREE at SpoofStick IV. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... Earthlink ToolbarThe Earthlink toolbar -- also FREE -- has a feature called ScamBlocker. EarthLink keeps a database of known phishers, and it will alert you if you visit one of them. Personally, I find this software has too many false alerts. 4. Internet & IP Address Identity Theft... Spam And Spyware ProtectionThe Dangers Of SpamPhishing emails and other spam are sources of malware, such as viruses, worms, Trojans and spyware that can be capable of stealing our information for Internet or IP address identity theft. By viewing and deleting email at our mail server with a spam blocker like MailWasher Pro (free trial), we can read the phisher's and other spam email in complete safety... there is no risk of Internet or IP address identity theft from malware being triggered on our PCs. If you'd like to find out more about spam protection software, take a read of The Best Spam Slammers To Protect You From Spam Dangers The Dangers Of SpywareThe most dangerous malware contained within spam and phishing emails is spyware. Anti-spyware software can detect the types of programs, like keyloggers, that identity thieves use for Internet and IP address identity theft. For protection from Internet and IP address identity theft, it is a MUST to invest in spyware blocking software. There are more details about choosing the best spyware blockers at Spyware Remover Evaluation Of Popular AntiSpyware Programs. In summary, the findings are that we need a minimum of two programs, which can be chosen from the top four...
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