Phone Users Beware! Of Voip & Broadband Phones

Thousands of families have switched to Voice and IP Broadband phone service. Many are unaware of the hidden dangers.

The dangers are from cyber criminals who have corrupt Ideas. Your Voip or Broadbank phone service adds more value to a computer when criminals find it. Our computers are open opportunities for bad guys.

Cybercriminal's are looking for computers they can use, without noticed to plan and conduct their criminal activity. Their main intent is to steal data and money from their target anyway possible.

Voip and Broadband phone service is becoming a bigger target more and more. Slowly but surely these cyber criminals are learning how to make money off of breaking into computers with Voip services.

Once they Have Control of your computer. . . .

Just what can a cyber criminal do with Voip service . . . .

They could connect to expensive pay-per-access numbers leaving the computer owner with expensive charges;

They could listen to your phone conversations learning private information about you and thoe on the call;

they could break into a phone line and route calls throught the lines. This could save the criminal a lot of money while racking up fees for the computer owner.

On a more radical note, the cyber criminal could use the computer's Voip phone service to call his companions and plan criminal activity. There are plenty more ways for the bad guys to use a computer's Voip phone services. Enought to scare most normal people half to death.

Here are a few things you can do to protect yourself and your family if you have a Voip or broadBand phone services or are planning on making a switch:

If you use Microsoft Windows make sure you keep up with the latest most up to date patches;

Use an industrial grade bi-diretional firewall. Unfortunately, most over the counter and products offered by Internet services don't offer this quality technology.

Make sure your anti-virus and anti - spyware are up-to-date. Use industrial grade products if at all possible.

Stay away from sites that may have spyware. Uncertain sites that feature gambling and pornography are good examples.

The old saying, "knowledge is Power" could be changed in this case to, "Knowledge is Security" when it comes to Voip and Broadband phone service.

Beware of the dangers of Voip and Broadband phone service and make sure you don't become a victim of a cybercriminal.