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Posted by Wits End on August 27, 2007, 4:14 pm
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Mr. Arnold;3118943 Wrote:
> >
> > Thanks or the advice all. I had hoped for less dramatic action. Does
> > this mean that any banking etc could be compromised?
> >
> >
> >
>
> Don't those institutions ask you additional questions to verify your
> credentials that only you would know to conduct a transaction, even
> after
> you're able to logon to the site?
>
> Now, a key logger could be running on the machine that can gather
> information while you typed it --- no doubt.
>
> But on the other hand, if a user is taken in the manner you're
> concerned
> about, then the user was absolutely involved in his or her demise, like
> they
> were directed to a site and gave the information up, because he or she
> got
> an email requesting such information so that he or she could be taken,
> or
> other such trickery. That's usually how it's going to happen.
>
> But you can do some things to better protect yourself to reduce your
> attack
> vector as much as possible.
>
> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
> http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm
Thanks. I am careful not to get hit by those things - to the point
where I have argued with my bank when they legitimately ask for such
questions. However, I am holding off using any online payment until I
am certain.
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