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Is it safe to do online banking with hackers out there? |
i want to just keep track of my statements online but i have had hackers access othere means of information. should i have just to check statements or will i be hacked again. not using for any trasactions If you're smart about it, it is fairly safe. Make sure the site is secure, never click a link to your bank from an email, don't access your account over public wireless networks. what browser are you running? what firewall? are you set up like this...get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience, install in SAFE mode with networking ( hit F-8 at boot time ), run them all in SAFE mode with networking as you'll need it for the updates all the programs below will need. Turn off RESTORE and the RECYLE BIN temporarily as virii can regenerate / reinfect even if you delete them with both services on. After all the scanning and cleaning after a 2nd reboot and one last scan do you turn both of them back on. ANTI VIRAL AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/ FIREWALL ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/co... WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox... EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderb... SPYWARE http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaw... http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index... and if you have a wireless router follow these tips, 1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP. 2. Make a passphrase that is upper & lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack. some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible. 3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on) 4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses. 5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do) 6. Change username/password of access unit front end 7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC. 8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :) one last tip control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger right clik on it stop the service then disable it save changes |
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