Internet is not a safe world and your webcam is vulnerable. It can be remotely activated wihout any notice.
Also, most hackers take control of your webcam and make videos and take pictures of you without your knowledge.
The best suggestion is disable the webcam when it is not used.
The WebCam On-Off tool allow you to easily manage your webcam, in fact in just one click you are able to enabled or disable when you have to use it or not.
The WebCam On-Off is a free portable program with only few basic functions :
- Enable the webcam
- Disable the webcam
- Capture an image from a webcam
PS: This is the IT way to block your webcam, in any case a basic protection could be also cover the webcam with a piece of paper ...
Supported operating systems: Windows Xp , Vista , Windows 7 , 8 , 8.1 – (x86 & x64)
License : freeware
Link : http://www.sordum.org/8585/webcam-on-off-v1-2/