Another Day With My PC

More and more people are getting hooked on Internet Relay Chats (IRC) and Instant Messengers (IM). The reason is not that surprising. Many find the Internet as a very convenient tool for communication and socialization. Some chat with friends that they’ve already known for a long time, while others browse through the list in search for new acquaintances.

While there’s nothing wrong in making new friends on the Internet, the danger involved in getting to know somebody in cyberspace is a bit higher than meeting somebody in person. The physical dangers may be absent in e-dates or e-meetings, but the peril is still as grave and as real when done virtually.

Part of the problem in getting to know somebody from the Internet is that you have no way of knowing whether what the person is saying about himself are actually true. You can’t entirely trust a person that you haven’t seen. Who knows, he might be misrepresenting himself the whole time.

Be very careful in giving personal details to persons that you’ve only met in chat. Double your guard when he’s sending you questionable files. It’s possible that such file might be a phishing tool or something that might corrupt your Windows registry or other important system components.