Info about Anonymous Web Surfing
The K7 Secure Web: Search Sites Informed About Their Security Status and With a Hardened Protection Product
The K7 Secure Web costs users $29.95 USD a year. It is specifically aimed at protecting users’ online transactions. It provides security against password stealing attacks when browsing.
The K7 Secure Web is too restricted for the everyday activity of web surfing and therefore does not replace users’ browsers. It also does not take the place of users’ existing security software. It works with the software already possessed by the user, it makes sure that if a threat gets past a users’ standard protection the threat will not be able to cause any harm to the system. The K7 Secure Web was designed to mainly protect its users from having their money stolen directly or indirectly by malwares. It protects all of the important and private information transmitted during secure online transactions. For this reason K7 Secure Web researched all the possible ways that malicious software could steal this information as listed below:
• Key logging, this is when keystrokes that could comprise certain passwords or any other personal information is recorded.
• Form Grabbing, this is when data that has been entered using a Web form is stolen.
• Content Injection, is when data entry fields are added to Web forms for the purpose of capturing information such as a social security number.
• Screen Scraping, is when information is captured through the snapping of screenshots.
• Data Interception is when information that is traveling between a secure website and your computer is sniffed out.
When activated the K7 Secure Web prevents the keystrokes that users type from being logged if typed inside its browser window and it prevents the capturing of a users screen which is brought on by programs. It provides security within the network connection at a variety of different levels and it also protects the process of DNS resolution. The K7 Secure Web only provides users with access to a few add-ons like Flash or AJAK.
The installation of the K7 Secure Web takes very little time but does require individuals to reboot their computer to complete the download. When users get ready to visit sensitive site K7 Secure Web displays a window offering to open the site for you in a much more secure way. A useful feature of this product is its Site Band which informs users if the site they are trying to visit is a secure or non-secure site.
The K7 Secure Web is a useful product to have in order to prevent theft and computer viruses.