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what's going on guys it's ravage consumer and today we've got to talk about hacking now I feel like we got to do this every once in a while because everyone usually feels safe on the internet until they aren't and actually a few weeks ago the verge did a video about hackers accessing your information your webcams and even your microphones that went pretty viral and even Airi stumble across this video and got pretty freaked out she even went as far as putting a piece of tape on her webcam which is a solution not the best one but it's a start so for today's video we're gonna talk about the best ways to defend yourself and huge shout outs a bit defended for sponsoring today's video and providing us a bunch of information on cyber security and if you haven't heard of them they make some killer cyber protection software so here are a few tips I want you guys to take away from this you can do a quick fix we throw up some tape on your webcam just like re or even Mark Zuckerberg when you're browsing any web site just make sure it has that HTTPS at the front of the URL especially if you're going to put in any secure information and kind of related to the last one you don't want to access any websites that contain your personal information if you're on an open network so that means no accessing your bank account or making any crazy purchases when you're on Starbucks Wi-Fi or even the airport Wi-Fi another good step to take is to change your router name if you're using something like a linked sis or a net gear router you might as well change the name so that you can give any potential hackers just an extra step don't make it easy for them by any means and this one may seem obvious but you'd be surprised by how many people don't actually do it and that is to keep your apps and all of your software updated a lot of times apps get these security patches to help them be a bit more secure and people tend to skip those over but you got to make sure that everything is covered now all the things that we mentioned so far our good starting points but one they're not 100% foolproof and two you don't always want to actively think about doing all of those things whenever you're shopping or browsing online and that's where BitDefender comes in you get great software protection and it helps to keep you protected without you actively having to think about it check this out guys a survey of 1,000 Americans by KRC research company found that 95% of Americans engaged in risky behavior within the past year online and about 35% of them have been a victim of a cyberattack or know someone who has and what's crazy is that only 1% of them we're able to say that they actually currently invest in some kind of antivirus software and what's great is that they offer protection for PCs Macs and even your phones with total security 2018 both your PC and your Macs are protected from webcam attacks so you don't have to run and pull out that tape the software actually detects if an app is trying to access your webcam and if it is it'll block it and let you know that it's trying to access it and you can give it permission if you want and after downloading myself it was pretty cool to see it in action I actually downloaded an app so that I can be able to YouTube stream from it and it tried to access my webcam and it didn't work at first and that was because BitDefender was protecting me and once I gave him permission it all went through just fine it was actually kind of close to coming to play because I wasn't even testing it or trying to make it work but it popped up on its own and sadly there's growing popularity and something called ransomware where hackers will target your important files like your photos and videos where they'll pretty much hold them ransom unless you pay it the money to get them back and BitDefender automatically protects against that using their safe files program this way your important files are protected from those trying to use them to exploit you and the software takes it a bit further when it comes to those public and open networks it does an analysis in real time to let you know whether or not the network you want to access is secure whether it's public or private so whenever you're trying to connect to a network you'll know just how safe it is and if you tend to do a ton of online banking and shopping then you might like they're safe pay feature which is pretty much their own secure browser so that you can access your banking information shopping information and this is pretty much what they recommend if you plan on doing any of that kind of stuff so you don't risk your financial information and they also offer some other things like password managers where it'll store your passwords credit card information as well as other personal information so that you don't ever have to go ahead and input anything it auto fills it for you so that it does exactly what you're looking for whenever you need to put it in all the while keeping it secure and one part of the suite that helps me to feel really comfortable is the advanced threat defense and this identifies suspicious activity and actively works to protect your device against even the most advanced malware and the last feature I want to mention is the pair advisor which i think is pretty good to have on hand because we all know kids think this much about security whenever they're online so it's nice to have something in place so you don't have to worry about the kids going into territory online that you know you don't want them in but overall guys but defend they're super easy to use it's won a ton of awards for its design and security and honestly I just think it's smart to have these on your devices if big companies like Yahoo Equifax and all those other giant corporations can get hacked you know we can too so definitely be sure to click the link down below in the description if you want to get your hands on BitDefender 2018 and you can even save yourself 35% off if you click the link whether it's on their site or even on Amazon but that about wraps it up for this video guys hopefully you enjoyed it if you have any other cool tips on how to be more secure whenever you're browsing the Internet be sure to leave a comment down below share with the community but I'll catch you guys in the next one till then is your average consumer peace