Why You Should Unplug Your Computer from the Electrical Outlet
Even an hour after leaving the authorized computer user’s accounts on Facebook, Gmail or Hotmail, your passwords can be stolen and even when the computer is closed.
As noted, more vulnerable than the Internet Explorer, evidenced by Firefox, and does not delete (zero-out) the passwords of users. In 56% of the tests, researchers were able to recover passwords from the memory of the computer 15 minutes and in 60 minutes, if a user has logged out and closed the unit. Most dangerous in this respect seems laptops-laptop and netbook which have a battery, and the time within which one can recover data depends on the type of RAM, but by external factors such as ambient temperature.
To retrieve items such as security codes do not require exceptional skill level hackers, but just advanced computer skills.
“Unplug the computer from the wall!”
Can the average computer user to protect himself from such events? “Only if it turns out the computer from the outlet when not in use. Thus, the benefit is twofold- it protects your confidential information and saves energy.
But what if computers sharing in places like internet cafes, where the user cannot disconnect the computer from the mains?
In this case a preinstalled security software is mandatory.
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