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Zappos, an Amazon retailer that sells shoes, announced recently that hackers breached their website and stole confidential client information. The stolen information included email addresses, the last four digits of credit card numbers, phone numbers, encrypted passwords and physical addresses. Using this information, the hackers might be able to determine a client’s other passwords. For many people, their email password is also the password they use for many other websites. This dangerous practice can compromise your Internet security.

Internet security is a vital issue in this age of online-everything. When we have online banking, important private emails, online shopping, and other important private information kept online, it is essential to know that your information is safe.

It is very important to make sure that your online banking passwords, email passwords, and passwords for other websites that contain sensitive information are not passwords you use for less important websites. If remembering passwords is an issue, do not hesitate to make use of the forgotten password feature of most websites or set up a master password. Your Internet security may depend on the difficulty and variety of passwords that you use. As the lesson of Zappos should teach you, low Internet security could mean hackers get your information or even plant malware and viruses on your computer.

If malware or a virus does infect your computer, you may need a professional virus removal service. Professional computer support specialists, such as those at Rescuecom, will be able to help you with the process of virus removal and data recovery when necessary.

Despite a good Internet security program that protects your computer, if hackers acquire your information, your email and online banking accounts may be at risk. If someone gains access to your accounts, the very first thing you need to do is change your password. It is even a good idea to get a new email account and switch everything over.

Make sure you are using different passwords for each site you have an account with, but more importantly, do not use your personal or work email addresses for online transactions. Set up a different email account to give out to websites that ask for your email address so that you can know your private address is safe from this kind of breach of information. Be careful to whom you give your information, as not all companies are trustworthy or have good security to protect the information you have entrusted to them.

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