Security in public Wi-Fi zones

Wi-Fi hotspots in cafes are everywhere, airports, restaurants and other public place. In fact, creating more and more cities, hotspots that blanket entire metropolitan areas.

But every time you connect to a hotspot, you get trouble. Hotspots are open networks, the non-load encryption that hackers use and snooping. In addition, when you click on a hotspot you are connected to the same network as your fellow hotspot users, they can potentially weasel theirWay onto your PC and inflict damage.
But do not be deter a connection. There is much you can do to ensure you comply with hotspots. Just follow these ten tips.

1. Disable Wi-Fi ad-hoc Wi-Fi mode runs in two modes: infrastructure mode, which you use when you connect to a network and ad-hoc mode when you connect directly to another PC . If you've enabled ad-hoc mode, there is a chance that someone in your area, an ad hoc connection can determine for you without your knowledge,and they then have a free hand on your PC. So, if you are in a hotspot, make sure that ad-hoc mode is turned off. To do it:

1. Right-click the wireless icon in the taskbar.

2. Select Status.

3. Click Properties

4. Select the Wireless Networks tab.

5. Choose your current network connection.

6. Click Properties, then click the Connections tab.

7. Uncheck the box next to "This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc).

8. Click OK, hold andClick OK until the dialog boxes disappear.

2. Use a wireless Virtual Private Network (VPN) If you are at a hotspot, can someone nearby with a sniffer all packets that you send and receive messages. That means they can store your passwords, user names, e-mail ... everything you see online. A great way to protect, is a wireless VPN that all information you send and receive encrypted when you are online so that you will be free from snoopers. My favorite is VPN Privacy.It is easy to set up and use, you do not need to download software, because it uses XP and Vista built-in VPN software.

3. Use an encrypted USB flash drive for maximum protection of your data, with a clean laptop that only has an operating system, applications that run on it, and put all the information you take with you on an encrypted USB stick. Many flash drives have encryption features. In this way, even if someone somehow comes into your PC, they will not be able to read or modifyYour data.

4. Use a personal firewall. A firewall will be attempted by someone to protect your PC break, and can also protect from spyware or Trojans on your PC to make outbound connections. The XP firewall is not only one-way protection, it does not stop outbound connections. So for maximum safety, do not rely, not on the XP firewall. There are many good firewalls exist, but for most purposes, the free version of ZoneAlarm is a good option.
7. Disable or remove yourWireless adapter when you are offline. Just because you're at a hotspot does not necessarily mean that you can connect to the Internet - you want to work offline. If this is the case, remove your wireless card. If instead of a wireless adapter in your laptop, disable it built. In XP, right-click the wireless icon and select Disable. If you use the adapter software to manage your connection, check on the laptop, as it off.

8. Use e-mail encryption. MuchE-mail encryption software includes features that encrypt messages and attachments. Also apply to e-mail encryption, if you have a hotspot. Select In Outlook 2003, you Options from the Tools menu, click the Security tab, and check the box next to "Encrypt contents and equipment for outgoing messages." Then click OK.

9. Looking over his shoulder. Sniffers and hacking techniques are not for someone to steal your user names and passwords required. Someone only needs to peer over the shoulderto watch what you are typing. So make sure nobody snoops out how the computer.

10. Leave your laptop not only too many latte and have to hit the rest room? Leave your laptop at home. Laptop thefts are becoming increasingly common at hotspots. In fact San Francisco has been the subject of a wave of crime hotspot type, with thieves even laptops attack people while they were using. Some hotspots are the inclusion of a port, you respond to the your laptop via a lockLaptop lock.
5. Turn off file sharing. It is easy to make, file sharing on your home network. But they make a public hotspot invites to all your near latte-drinkers to start slurping files from your system. To turn it off. Turn them out of it by using Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folders you normally shares the election Sharing and Security, and deselect the checkbox "Share this folder on the network."

6. Make sure that the hotspot is entitled One of the latestHotspot scam is for someone to set up a hotspot in a public place or in a café, and if you get in touch to steal your personal information or ask to type in sensitive information in order to log in. So before At a hotspot, ask someone at the counter of the cafe the name of the hotspot, because someone may have set up another, hoping to lure in the unwary.

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