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2. Protecting your AOL Account

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   For example, if you sign on to a website and obtain a username and password, the cookies remember that information for you. To get rid of unwanted cookies, clear the cookies in your web browser. Safeguard important files and communications. Always keep your information secure and private. • Never use family names or birth dates as passwords.

3. 7 ways to protect yourself from getting hacked - AOL

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   What hackers can do. The biggest risk associated with hacking is stolen data. If a hacker gains unauthorized access to sensitive files, he could copy those files onto his own machine and then sell ...

4. 7 ways to protect yourself from getting hacked - AOL

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   Find out what the term 'hacking' actually means — and what you can do to protect yourself from being hacked online.

5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail , if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail , if it's an important account email.

6. How AOL uses SSL to protect your account

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   It helps protect your account from hackers and insures the security of private data sent over the Internet, like credit cards and passwords. How to tell if SSL is being used Look for the "s" in the start of the Web address:

7. Watering hole attack - Wikipedia

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   CCleaner is a popular tool used to clean potentially unwanted files from Windows computers, widely used by security-minded users. The distributed installer binaries were signed with the developer's certificate making it likely that an attacker compromised the development or build environment and used this to insert malware.