Lock Down Computer If Someone Try to Hack It

Most easy way to guess someone's password is trying different random key combinations(like birthdate, mob no...) and you must be worried if someone enter your computer by doing that, but here is way to secure your computer by locking it temporarily when wrong password entered couple of time.

To Secure your system ...

1 ) Open "Command Prompt" as Administrator
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2 ) Type "net accounts" in Command Prompt and press "Enter"
3 ) List of your Current Password Policy will apeer
4 ) Check default value of "Lockout threshold:", it must be "Never"
means your accout will naver lock even someone entered many key combinations.
5 ) To change "Lockout threshold:" Type "net account /lockutthreshold:xx"
where xx is the number of times you want to allow someone entered password before the account is locked.
i.e. if you want to lock down computer after five times you need to type "net account /lockutthreshold:5"
6 ) Press "Enter" to save setting, you will get "The command completed successfully." message
7 ) Check default value of "Lockout duration<minutes>:", it must be "30"
means if your computer will be lock down for 30minutes after selected incorrect attempt
8 ) If you want to change lockout duration, Type "net accounts /lockoutwindow:xxx"
where xxx is the minutes you want to lock down your computer after selected incorrect attempt
i.e. if i want to lock down computer for 1hour i need to type "net accounts /lockoutwindow:60"

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Five Steps to Secure Your Wireless/Wi-Fi Network.

Five Steps to Secure Your Wireless/Wi-Fi Network.

We are useing Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi) everywear today with the computer, portable player, mobile phones, video game and other wireless devices anywhere in the house and we dont need cables and all that. With old cable natwork its extremely difficult for anyone to steal your bandwidth, but with Wireless Network its too easy to acess your Wi-Fi router if it not secure.

So here is FIVE Steps to secure your Wireless/Wi-Fi Network...

To protect your Wi-Fi Network, you need to access your wireless router’s settings. You can do this by typing in “192.168.1.1” into your web browser in address box, and then enter the correct Username and Password for the router.(you can ask you internet service provider or check your router’s user manual.)

STEP1 Change Password and Name of your Network
Almost all routers have an administrator password that's needed to log into the device and modify any configuration settings. Most router's access point use a weak default password (like password, pass ext.) or don't have any password at all, your first step should be to change the default password to something else.
- You will found this setting under the "Administration settings" or "Security settings" of your router.
Wireless Router is usually pre-defined as "default" or is set as the brand name of the router

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Be careful if you are useing Cafe or Public computer.

Normally when you enter a username and password... Firefox will ask if you want Firefox to remember them, with "Remember", "Naver for This Site" and "Not Now" options. but hacker found a some trick by adding a small script there, if you are useing any public computer at office or cafe or any other place be careful if firefox on that computer hacked, its save your Username and Password silently without your permission even you click on "Naver for This Site" or "Not Now"।so if you are useing firefox on public computer just check if your Username and Password auto saved or not before left that computer.

Check and Delete if Username and Password if auto saved:
 
1 ) In Firefox open "Tools" menu and click on "Options".
2 ) Click the "Security Icon" from toolbar.
3 ) Click "Saved Passwords..." button, and the Password Manager will open.
4 ) You can see Particular website name and Username list there.
5 ) To be extra sure it's your id, Click on "Show Password" button.
5 ) If your ID and Password there in list, select them by click on it.
6 ) Click on "Remove" buttion to delete them.

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