5 steps to Avoiding Malware ghost that haunt in the Game Online

Gaming, or game play, one of the three major activities that use either a computer connected to the Internet or not. Online games recently showed significant improvement. With the support of the development of Internet network technology and creativity of the game makers make games more interesting and challenging to anyone who menggemarinya. As in the virtual world, play games onlinepun not escape the shadow of malware.

Malware is now feared that the online gamers. Let us see what are the types of attacks that often descend and malware that haunt the gaming world.

Threat anything that threatens the cyber-gamers?

• Phishing: fake games site, mode of proliferation of internet crime on the internet. Some of them appear with a face that has a resemblance to the original URL or web game. A gamer who is not alert not only chance of infection but can also be at risk of losing personal data, which again may result in financial losses.

• Social networks: As in the real world, we would have more trust in close friends. In the virtual world, facebook as a social networking site and friendship into the deployment of Internet crime. Many of the outstanding fake facebook account and made to commit a crime.

• Games that have been infected and pirated software: user or gamer potentially infected with a virus because it uses the computer game software counterfeit, or the crack. The game lovers are encouraged to be extra careful, especially for e-mail attachment submissions, and of course also removable media like USB flash drives.

• Malware: Lately malware that attack your computer online gamers and the most widely spread is Win32/PSW, malware of this type generally appears with keylogging and (sometimes) rootkit to gather information related to online games and player-owned data. Therefore, it is advisable for players in MMORPGs (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Games) like Lineage and World of Warcraft, to remain vigilant against the threat of potential attacks them.

"The loss occurred because online gamers malware infiltration Win32/PSW.OnLineGames usually in the form of loss recovery points that are played online games and since that point was important achievements of the gamer world. Therefore, preventive action is necessary before the point or value is missing, "remarked by Yudhi Strong, Technical Consultant of PT. Prosperita-ESET Indonesia.Tips Shielded Fixed Play Online Games

Here are 5 tips to keep in mind ESET by gamers:

1. Always use an updated antivirus regularly and computer security solutions featuring Antispyware and Firewall: 5 ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides Gamer Mode feature that can do the switching automatically to silent mode to to Conserve system resources, so that the user can better enjoy the game or concentrate on important tasks with a computer without being distracted distractions.2. Use passwords for different accounts and create passwords that difficult to guess, and do not make too simple.

3. Please type in the URL or website you want online games directly in your browser or use bookmarks in your browser - this way you will avoid the element of chance to click a link from a search engine online games that have been infected.

4. Protect data with a password protector either on computer or in the cloud.

5. Never use the software crack, because it could be a rogue software or malicious software.

"High performance and does not affect the quality of the games are played. Two things are important indicators in choosing antivirus software. As a professional e-sports, in my opinion any disruption can result in the loss of our own and that's why I believe ESET is able to provide maximum protection, "said Marcel 'k1llsen' Paul, an e-sports gamer who is currently ranked top in the top gaming leagues in Jerman.Marcell ESC is not the only gamer who entrust the safety and comfort gamingnya at ESET. Berdasaran survey ever published by the Steam Hardware & Software Survey, ESET become the first choice of gamers for a paid antivirus category.