Internet Is Big Threat To Children

Internet today has become a world that is able to attract all children. All kinds of information can be found on the Internet, ranging from good to very dangerous. Eset's top technology to develop its software in order to answer this

Content is information that is not worth the potential harm to the world as well as the Internet becomes a source of information is dangerous if used improperly and without direct supervision from parents. Content that is inappropriate for children include content that is pornographic, violent, drugs, gambling, and others.

"Ease of getting information on the Internet should always be followed by security, especially for children because the Internet provides all the information is good and bad. Using a computer security program on the device used to surf will be very helpful, but the important thing is to approach the parents to the children, "said Yudhi ESET Strong of Indonesia, in his official statement on Thursday (01/09/2011).

From the results of research conducted there is one of seven children aged between 10 to 17 years who experience sexual harassment in the form of an invitation for sex online. harassment is usually through the medium of chat. While it only by doing a simple search using the searching engine, was able to open 200 million porn pages on the internet.

Top it doen't then involve the parents as a source of data to determine the potential of Internet dangers to children. The end result of the concern is the parental control feature on ativirus ESET software.

According to the findings obtained Brand Online Security Tracker, a research institute involved in conducting joint research projects with InSites Consulting (April - May 2011), which ESET is also involved in it, found that more than half of Internet users, or approximately 53.7 percent rate that the vulnerability children's exposure to inappropriate content is a big threat. While 25.9 percent of them regard as the greatest threat, and 14.6 percent regarded it as a huge threat and 13.2 percent regarded it as a considerable threat

Antivirus ESET ThreatSense technology with the latest development results will be more rapid and accurate in performing proactive detection. Use a small memory in it also makes it light with a performance that remains reliable.

Here are 5 essential tips from Eset to parents:

- Create a separate account and username for your children: Children should have their own account on the PC, and has its own username. This is the only efficient way to keep an eye on what activities are done on the internet and the parents who become the system administrator.

- Update. Antivirus software and parental control must remain updated

- Keep an eye on the websites visited by children browsing history. If it is found that erased history, could be early signs if there is a secret. Discuss with them about it.

- Keep an eye web camera on the computer. Make sure the camera is the webcam is not connected to the Internet if the camera is not being used.

- Check the configuration of your child's social networking accounts: Wall facebook is the place to share in the public domain, there is absolutely no restriction, so that raises potential safety risks for children.