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How to Avoid Cyberbullying and Cyber Fraud | Antivirus

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How to Avoid Cyberbullying Cyberbullying warning: Teach children to react correctly to offensive words or actions of other users; Explain to children not to use the Web for bullying, gossip, or  threats; Try to monitor what your child is doing on the Internet, and also monitor his mood after using the Internet. Even with the most trusting relationships in the family, parents sometimes cannot notice the danger threatening their child in time and, moreover, do not always know how to prevent it. Parents should pay attention to a number of signs in the child's behavior that may indicate that the child has become a victim of cyberbullying: Restless behavior Even the most introverted student will worry about what is happening and will definitely give himself out with his behavior.  Depression and reluctance to go to school are the clearest signs that a child is being bullied. Internet dislike On very rare occasions, kids really get bored of spending time online.  However, in mo...

Seven Ways to Protect Yourself From Cyber Fraud

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According to the head of the Cypriot Financial Crimes Investigation Authority Ioannis Sotiriadis, the amount embezzled by cyber fraudsters to date has exceeded half a million euros.  In the past year alone, the agency has handled more than 30 cases of online fraud.  Criminals steal personal data and money using fake SMS and emails.  On September 10, the Limassol police received a statement from a 63-year-old businessman who claimed to be a victim of online fraud, having lost 33,000 euros.  In early August, he e-mailed an Italian company with which he had worked for many years, an order for new equipment worth 110,000 euros.  In response to the order, he received an e-mail, allegedly from an employee of the company, which contained a request not to transfer money to the bank account, which he usually used to send payments, but to transfer an advance of 33,000 euros to a certain Spanish account.  The entrepreneur transferred the deposit to the specified detai...