Identity thieves employ a variety of methods to gain access to your personal information. They may get information from businesses or other institutions by stealing it; by bribing an employee who has access to records; hacking into records; or conning information out of employees.

Popularity: 16% [?]

A mass-mailing worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform. Messages sent by this worm will have the subject chosen randomly from a list including titles such as: Notice of account limitation, Email Account Suspension, Security measures, Members Support, Important Notification.

Popularity: 7% [?]

The benefits of IMs are many. With this tool you can chat and communicate with anybody anywhere for free. Some Internet messengers even give you the option to call, if you have a microphone and speaker, or see the person you are calling or chatting with real-time, if you have a web cam.

Popularity: 9% [?]

However, as people become more dependent on this new tool, unscrupulous groups and individuals are also starting to gain Internet and computer expertise to find new ways to defraud and make money online.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Thus, you have to make sure that the website you’re visiting has a privacy policy; otherwise, you need to send a note to the webmaster. It is very important for you and for other users as well that your privacy is well protected. It should be assured by the website itself.

Popularity: 4% [?]