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Most people use this trick to to prevent robots from scraping their email address, yourname[at]yourdomain[dot]com on the web.
They just replace the ‘@’ with [at] and the ‘.’ with [dot].
That technique is very common. But if you want to make a little bit different, you may use something like this,
or custom domain like this,
Want to know how? Just go to Nexodyne website and create your email icon for free.
If you owned a website, it is better to have a SSL certificate installed for it. By having SSL, you can force your website visitors to connect to your website using HTTPS instead of HTTP.
When they connect to your website using HTTPS, all communication between the website and the visitors will be encrypted. No one can intercept and read the data in between. That is why, most online shopping websites, or online banking portals are using HTTPS connection to protect their customers login credentials and information.
SSL certificate cost you money and you need to renew it every year. The price can range as low as $8USD and can be up to more than $200USD a year.
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In some cases, you might want to protect your web files or folders with password. Especially if it contains your website login page.
By making it password protected, you will have another extra of security layer where you need to enter a valid username and password before you can enter the login page.
If you are using cPanel, it is very easy. In your cPanel, go to Directory Privacy and select which folders you want to password protect (ie: Administrator folder). Create username and password, and…done!
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If you are concern on your online privacy when using internet especially public wifi, you better equipped yourself with a VPN.
VPN (or Virtual Private Network) is like a special tunnel which protects your connection from being read by unwanted people. Especially when you want to login into sensitive websites.
I have been using VPN since 2015. My first VPN was VPN Unlimited and I still have the account since I bought the lifetime license. Until recently when I read about the review on VPN Unlimited, it makes me want to look for another VPN provider.
And…I found Surfshark.
Continue reading…My computer was infected by a virus called, Live Security Platinum. After boot into Windows, suddenly a window that looks like an “antivirus” appeared at the center of the screen.
I’m not sure how and when did this “antivirus” get into my computer, but it is clearly not an antivirus.
Here is the screenshot of the virus window.