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Wastage of Time

It is a wastage of time as with the excessive use of the Internet people get addicted to it and spend
lots of time on surfing.

Virus and Spam Attacks

Internet has also increased the cases of virus attacks. Users can lost their data and programs in
these virus attacks.

Loss of Personal Information

We share our personal information over the Internet that can be misused by cyber criminals to
harm you.

Let us now take a look at some of the unethical practices in the cyber world and some tips to
safeguard our personal data.

CYBER CRIMES

Cyber crimes are offences that are committed
using computers and smart devices connected
through the Internet. The victims of cyber crimes

can be organisations or individuals. Most of the
cyber criminals use e-mails, social media websites
or pirated software as a medium to trouble their
victims.
It is important to remember that data once shared

over the Internet is rarely deleted completely.
Cyber criminals use this data unethically to trouble their victims.

Let us discuss some of the most commonly used ways to commit cyber crimes.

E-mail Spoofing
When someone sends e-mails that appear

genuine from a trusted e-mail ID but in reality
they're not to be trusted.
For example, a user may receive an e-mail from
a portal or social media platform where spelling

of service provider or email ID has been slightly
changed.
For example,

mailto:customersupport@tridentportall.com.

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