{"id":91978,"date":"2018-10-13T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/?p=91978"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:26:02","slug":"smarter-clicks-5-tips-to-help-your-family-avoid-risky-cyber-search-traps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/smarter-clicks-5-tips-to-help-your-family-avoid-risky-cyber-search-traps\/","title":{"rendered":"Smarter Clicks: 5 Tips to Help Your Family Avoid Risky Cyber Search Traps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Searching the internet has become as much a part of daily life as pouring that first cup of coffee each morning. We rely on it, we expect it to deliver, and often, we do it without much thought. McAfee&#8217;s annual Most Dangerous Celebrity list gives us a chance to hit pause on our habits and think about smart search habits.<\/p>\n<h2>MDC: Ruby Rose<\/h2>\n<p>This year, it&#8217;s &#8220;Orange is the New Black&#8221; and &#8220;Batwoman&#8221; actress Ruby Rose, who gets to don the digital crown of Most Dangerous Celebrity. That means cyber crooks and hackers are on to the public&#8217;s love of Ruby Rose and are exploiting those innocent searches for news, photos, and videos on this top actor. Other top\u00a0dangerous searches include the list on the right graphic. (Sitcom and television actors \u2014 Kristin Cavallari, Debra Messing,\u00a0Kourtney Kardashian \u2014 surprisingly outranked musicians this year by the way, so the click trend\u00a0is weighted toward TV fans; if you are one, beware)!<\/p>\n<p>This MDC reveal, coupled with October&#8217;s National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is a perfect time to sit down with your family and discuss safe clicking practices.<\/p>\n<h2>Smart Clicking<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Beware of third party movie\/music downloads.<\/strong>\u00a0Some kids (and adults) search\u00a0the internet for bootleg movies and music to download.\u00a0Talk to your kids about this unsafe (and illegal) practice and the consequences of doing this. The safest thing to do? Advise your kids to wait for the official release instead of visiting a third-party website that could contain malware. This also applies to MP3 music searches.\u00a0If you search the phrase \u201cfree MP3\u201d results would include some risky websites, so be aware of this cyber trap and search carefully. If a site looks suspect, keep moving. Teach kids that very few things that are legitimate are also free online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Update ASAP to stay safe!<\/strong> When you get a notification to update your phone, tablet, or PC, do it right away to make sure you have the latest, most secure version \u2014 which includes security updates and bug fixes \u2014 of your software. Updating timely is a critical way to block hackers and stop malware.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examine links. <\/strong>We aren&#8217;t about to stop searching right? So, the solution is to search smarter.Like it or not, we&#8217;ve got to become security pros to some degree. Teach your family members to slow down and examine sites in order to spot sketchy third-party links. Look for flaws. Refuse to click on that third-party link that could get you in trouble \u2014 it\u2019s simply not worth it!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protect devices. <\/strong>We are going to search; not much can stop that. So, search\u00a0with\u00a0an extra layer of security protection such as\u00a0McAfee Total Protection. This comprehensive security solution keeps your family devices protected against malware, phishing attacks, and other threats. It includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/en-us\/safe-browser\/mcafee-webadvisor.html\" rel=\"noopener\">McAfee WebAdvisor<\/a>\u00a0which can stop your kids from going to malicious websites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Think about parental control software.<\/strong>\u00a0Kids are big fans of whomever and whatever is on trend and love to search, scroll, and consume information on celebrities. Helping kids balance online time with daily responsibilities and relationships can take up a big chunk of our time as parents. Consider setting limits on screen time and use <a href=\"https:\/\/family.mcafee.com\/\">software that filters<\/a> inappropriate content and protects against malicious sites.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Toni\u00a0Birdsong is a\u00a0Family Safety Evangelist\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/consumer\/en-us\/store\/m0\/index.html\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>McAfee<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>. You can find her onTwitter\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McAfee_Family\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>@McAfee_Family<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>. (Disclosures)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching the internet has become as much a part of daily life as pouring that first cup of coffee each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":208738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10670,12],"tags":[5617,5620,5626,5623,5622,5615,5614,180,5625,5619,5618,5191,5616],"coauthors":[5613,5612,3359],"class_list":["post-91978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-family-safety","tag-digital-addiction","tag-digital-dares","tag-digital-rejection","tag-ghost","tag-ghosting","tag-harmful-content","tag-kids-and-smartphones","tag-malware","tag-online-ghosting","tag-peer-pressure","tag-peer-pressure-online","tag-safe-search","tag-web-filtering"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smart Search Habits: 5 Tips to Help Your Family Avoid Risky Cyber Traps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We aren&#039;t about to stop searching online for the information we need, so our job is to search smart and teach our kids to do the same. 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