Online Banking
Online banking is safe and convenient as long as you take a number of simple precautions. Please make sure you follow the advice given below:
A. Ignore any e-mail asking for your password or PIN and inform your bank of the same for them to investigate. Neither the police nor your bank will ever contact you to ask you to reveal your online banking or payment card PINs, or your password information.
B. Do not use cyber cafés / shared PCs to access your internet banking site.
C. Use the latest anti-virus and spy ware software regularly. You may install security programmes to protect against hackers, virus attacks or malicious ‘Trojan Horse’ programmes. A suitable firewall installed in a computer to protect your PC and its contents from outsiders on the internet is recommended.
D. Disable the ‘File and Printing Sharing’ feature on your operating system.
E. Log off your PC when not in use.
F. Do not store your ID / PIN in the Internet Explorer Browser.
G. Check your account and transaction history regularly.
Lost files / information - Back up
You should back up your files especially when running a business, you don't wont business information or work being lost. you can use online backing with sites like Mozy. These sites allow you to back up and protect your information and files.
Viruses and Trojans
To minimise the chance of catching one of these nasty programs you should install a good antivirus such as Nortan and regularly update to receive the latest virus definitions. You should also be aware of how you can receive them. You should be careful when reading emails and be cautious about attachments and links on web sites. Remember if something seems too good to be true it probably is!
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