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Archive for November, 2011

Many of us love online banking. Indeed, the Internet provides us with ways to manage our money conveniently – and find the best rates on a number of deposit products. However, having so much information out there can also make you vulnerable in some ways.

Here have some simple tips that you can follow to make for a safe online banking experience.

-Confirm that you are dealing with a legitimate banking organization. Read the “about us” section in their website to know well about the institution.

-Read the privacy policies to find out exactly who has access to your personal information.

-Look for the FDIC symbol. All legitimate banks are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

-Keep your computer and access to it secure.

-Look for the secure padlock in the bottom right hand of your browser to make sure your information is encrypted.

-Never send any account details or pin numbers through email.

-Reject any emails that ask you for your financial information especially account, PIN and Social Security numbers. Legitimate financial institutions will never ask you for that information via email or by phone.

-Thieves can be experts at copying names, URLs and web pages of legitimate institutions. So beware of fraudulent and sites that imitate others.

-Make sure you log out of your accounts each time you leave them, especially when you are using public computers.

-Cancel any credit cards that have been used deceptively.

-Never use the “remember my password” option on shopping and banking websites.

-Change your password regularly and consider using password management software.

-Keep your antivirus scanner current.

-Good idea to also use a firewall.

It is imperative to protect financial data while conducting online transactions. Coming up with hard-to-crack passwords is very essential. Choose passwords that would be difficult for someone to guess, including symbols like pound or dollar signs or numbers in the middle of the password.

It’s easy to forget that having a life online also means that countless numbers of people have access to your personal information at any given time.

Whether you are writing a blog post or posting an update on Facebook, it is easy to overlook breaches to your electronic privacy. As prying eyes are able to access your personal data in various ways, it is critical that you constantly work to keep your personal information private. Here are some suggestions.

●Keep you very personal information such as passwords, account numbers, social security number ect to yourself.

●Even in trusted hands of a friend or relative this information can be used in places you would rather it not. The use of secure trusted web pages when purchasing items in a must. Checking with the better business bureau when ordering from catalogs and online business is a great idea.

●When using wireless internet make sure you have your network secured and a firewall up if you do not wish to purchase anti-virus.

●Open emails from unknown sources with caution. I suggest not opening them at all but if you feel you must remember the risks involved.

●Shredding important documents after they are no longer of any value to you is a great solution. Knowing where your important informational documents are is also a plus. Keep them safe and away from the view of others. Even house guests can be deadly.

●When moving to a new location make sure you inform your creditors personaly of your address change. The post office change of address won’t always stop your mail from going to your old residence.

●Watch your credit score and your assets carefully.weekly web-banking or inquary at your bank yourself is a good way to keep after your accounts and other investments.

●Don’t forget to not give out your phone number and SS number! As well as giving your fingerprint willingly to any establishment in the name of security and safety.

●Make sure there’s a privacy setting. Let no one know your password.

Hope these suggestions can help you a lot.

Privacy Protection is fake anti-malware program that simulates activity of legitimate programs capable to solve your computer’s protection issues.

Privacy protection will grow in importance as people use more and more online applications for banking, e-commerce, and e-governance everywhere, including in India.

Therefore, what you should do is as follows:

1)      Do not reveal personal information inadvertently.

2)      Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries.

3)      Keep a “clean” e-mail address.

4)      Don’t reveal personal details to strangers or just-met “friends”.

5)      Realize you may be monitored at work, avoid sending highly

6)      personal e-mail to mailing lists, and keep sensitive files on your home computer.

7)      Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information or other personal details

8)      Do not reply to spammers, for any reason.

9)      Examine privacy policies and seals.

10)  Remember that YOU decide what information about yourself to reveal, when, why, and to whom.

11)  Use encryption

Hope the advice can help you a lot.

Firstly, I want to ask you a question: Why should you care about making Windows secure and private? Perhaps many people cannot answer it in detail. Well, here is my advice.

 Once young “hackers” tried to breach Windows security for thrills. But today    penetrating Windows computers yields big money. All intend to make  money  off you  – or anyone else who does not know how to secure Windows.  Security threats are  increasing exponentially.

This tells you how to defend yourself against those trying to steal your  passwords, personal data, and financial information, such as your photos,  emails, passwords and some other secret things.

Here are some simple and useful tips for you to guard your privacy.

1. Use as less applications as possible at one time

2. Make sure your system is free of privacy data

3. Log out when you are leaving

4. Protect your computer disk files with strange and special characters.

5. Don’t save surfing history

6. Don’t remember any password in your computer

Hope these tips will  help you a lot.