Wi-Fi Hotspots and Computer Security

Are you safe when you use the wireless network at your local coffee shop or airport? Maybe. Maybe not.

Are you accidentally sharing your files on your computer? Is your computer “trusting” connection attempts from the other computers at the hostspot?

The bad news is that many people with personal notebooks make three critical mistakes:

1. they have not read (or have not followed) my Wireless Networking pages for wireless security tips
2. they don’t have a third-party firewall program (Do Not Rely on the Windows Firewall!)
3. they have not changed their default “workgroup” name

A few even make a 4th — they don’t even run any firewall.

Read more in my article Wi-Fi Hotspots and Computer Security