When a hacker decides to break into your PC, the first door he will try is your web browser. Because of how the Internet works, your web browser acts as a gateway for information. When you open the Internet, you’re actually sending a request for a web page like Yahoo.com. Your web browser shoots your request across the Internet and then translates the information (Yahoo.com’s website) that comes back. Hackers have become very sophisticated and have learned ways to break through this gate way.

Roughly 84% of people on the Internet today have Microsoft Internet Explorer installed as their primary web browser. With that many people using the same browser, Internet Explorer is usually the first place a hacker goes when trying to break into a system.

Maybe you think that a few pop ups are normal. Or that even though a few pop ups here and there are irritating, they don’t really pose such a big problem that you need to do anything about them. If this is what you think, you’re treading in dangerous waters because getting pop ups on your computer is usually indicative of a much bigger problem.

While pop up ads may be annoying, they are also symptoms that true danger lurks beneath! Constant Pop up ads are oftentimes signs that your computer could be infected with adware, spyware or worse.

There are many Internet Browsers on the market today, but surprisingly most people can only recall of one or two of them. But did you know that these Internet Browsers you trust are the very ones that hackers break into the most?

With ActiveX, a website can be interactive and allow you to use tools such as online mortgage calculators or online expense tracking tools. This technology has made the Internet much more exciting and robust, but unfortunately, in the wrong hands, ActiveX technology is easily exploitable.

Aside from being annoying, pop ups can also be extremely dangerous as they can act as portals for you to accidentally download hazardous software (like spyware or adware) onto your computer. And once installed on your PC, spyware quietly starts collecting all kinds of information about you. It logs what websites you visit and how long you stay on the Internet.

Is there anything a Hacker can’t do? Everyday we read more and more stories about hackers breaking into big businesses, stealing the average Joe’s identity and wreaking general havoc. It’s no wonder we’ve become wary of the Internet.