There’s a wide range of dangers that can affect kids online:
Contact with undesirable people, including:
- Being approached by pedophiles – for example, in Internet chat rooms
- Being targeted by online bullies
- Being tricked into disclosing personal information – about your child or about you
Inappropriate content, such as:
- Sexually explicit content
- Downloads of pirated materials – including music or video files
Computer security issues:
- Drive-by downloads – whereby simply visiting a website can result in malicious programs being automatically installed on your child’s computer
- Malware infections from peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs – can give other people access to your child’s computer
- Unwanted advertising, pop-ups, and adware programs – that are often automatically installed when freeware or shareware programs are downloaded
via Keeping Kids Safe Online | Internet Security Information | Kaspersky Lab US.