Dark Web Monitoring helps you check whether your monitored information has been exposed in a data breach. Quick Heal Total Security lets you monitor information such as your email address and phone number so you can review potential exposure and take appropriate steps to protect your accounts.
Personal information can be exposed when an online service, website, or account is compromised. Dark Web Monitoring helps you identify potential exposure by checking your monitored information against available breach and exposure data.
About Dark Web Monitoring
Dark Web Monitoring checks the information you choose to monitor against available breach and exposure data. The results help you understand whether your monitored information has been associated with a known data leak.
An exposure result does not necessarily mean that your account has been accessed or misused. It indicates that your monitored information has been associated with available breach or exposure data.
Accessing Dark Web Monitoring
To access Dark Web Monitoring, follow these steps:
- Open Quick Heal Total Security.
- Select Email Security.
- Select Dark Web Monitoring.
The Dark Web Monitoring screen displays the latest available results for your monitored information.
Understanding the Dark Web Monitoring Screen
The Dark Web Monitoring screen displays your monitoring status, the latest update time, and the available results for your monitored information.
Monitoring Status
The screen displays the number of detected data leaks and the number of types of information associated with those leaks. Review this status to understand whether your monitored information has been found in available breach data.
Last Updated and Refresh
Last updated displays when the monitoring results were last updated. Select Refresh to check for the latest available results.
View Leaks
If data leaks are detected, select View leaks to review the available details about the detected leaks.
Edit Monitoring Info
Select Edit monitoring info to add or update the information you want to monitor. Review the details carefully before saving your changes.
Results with Your Info
This section shows data leaks found for the information you are monitoring, such as your email address or phone number. Each monitored information type displays the number of detected leaks.
Results with Other Info
This section shows other information found along with your monitored information in a data leak. Review the available details to understand what additional information may be associated with the exposure.
What Information Can You Monitor?
Dark Web Monitoring lets you choose the personal information you want to monitor. You can monitor the following information:
- Primary email address: Monitor your primary email address.
- Additional email addresses: Add up to four additional email addresses for monitoring.
- Phone numbers: Add up to two phone numbers for monitoring.
You can update or remove monitored information as required. Make sure the details you enter are correct so the results relate to the information you want to monitor.
Adding or Updating Monitoring Information
Use Edit monitoring info to manage the information you want Dark Web Monitoring to check.
- Open Quick Heal Total Security and navigate to Email Security > Dark Web Monitoring.
- Select Edit monitoring info.
- Add or update the information you want to monitor.
- Review the entered details to make sure they are correct.
- Save or submit your changes using the available on-screen option.
Accurate information helps ensure that the monitoring results relate to the details you intended to check.
Understanding Monitoring Results
The results are grouped into two sections to help you distinguish between leaks involving your monitored information and other information associated with those leaks.
- Results with your info: Shows data leaks found for your monitored information.
- Results with other info: Shows other information found along with your monitored information in a data leak.
The number of detected leaks is displayed for each type of information. Review the available details to determine whether an account or service may require additional security measures.
When Your Information Is Found in a Data Leak
If your monitored information is found in available breach data, review the details provided in the results. Depending on the available information, the results may include other details associated with the exposure.
Sensitive information may be partially hidden to help protect your privacy while allowing you to identify the information involved.
A detected leak does not automatically mean that an account has been accessed or misused. Review the available information and take appropriate precautions.
What to Do If Your Information Is Exposed
If the results indicate that your information may have been exposed, consider taking the following steps where applicable:
- Review the available leak details and identify the affected account or service, where possible.
- Change the password for the affected account.
- If you have reused the same password on other websites or services, change those passwords as well.
- Use a strong, unique password for each account.
- Enable two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication if the service supports it.
- Review recent account activity for anything unusual.
- Be alert for suspicious emails, messages, calls, or websites that may use the exposed information.
What If No Exposure Is Found?
If no exposure is reported for your monitored information, no immediate action is required based on the available results. However, the absence of an exposure result does not guarantee that your information has never been exposed or will not be exposed in the future.
Continue to use strong, unique passwords, enable additional authentication methods where available, keep your software updated, and remain cautious when responding to unexpected messages or links.
Refreshing Monitoring Results
Dark Web Monitoring results are refreshed when you launch Quick Heal Total Security for Mac. You can also select Refresh to check for the latest available results.
Note: Dark Web Monitoring does not send notifications in Quick Heal Total Security for Mac.
Security Best Practices
Follow these practices to help protect your accounts and personal information:
- Use strong, unique passwords for your accounts.
- Avoid reusing passwords across multiple websites and services.
- Enable two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication wherever available.
- Keep your operating system and applications updated.
- Avoid opening unexpected attachments or clicking suspicious links.
- Verify the sender before responding to messages requesting personal information.
- Review important accounts regularly for unusual activity.
Important Information
- Dark Web Monitoring checks the information you choose to monitor against available breach and exposure data.
- Monitoring results depend on the breach and exposure information available to the monitoring service.
- An exposure result does not by itself confirm that an account has been accessed or that the information has been misused.
- The absence of an exposure result does not guarantee that your information has never been exposed.
- Dark Web Monitoring does not send notifications in Quick Heal Total Security for Mac.