[lotuseclat79]

How much is your identity worth? (3 web pages).

How curious. Early this year my bank sent me a replacement credit card. I hadn't asked for one, and the bank did not elaborate except to refer vaguely to "security" issues.

Beat the cybercrooks

Online crime is not going to go away, but there is no reason to be a sitting target. Here's how you can stay one step ahead of the fraudsters:

* Use hard-to-guess passwords, not ones with obvious personal links, such as your birthday or the name of your street. Good passwords include a combination of upper and lower-case letters, numbers and other characters.
* Change your passwords often.
* Use an up-to-date browser, operating system and antivirus software. Turn your computer's firewall on and, if you are using Windows, set up your computer to automatically download new security patches from Microsoft.
* Never download email attachments from people you do not know or trust. Avoid attachments that you were not expecting, even if they are from a known source.

-- Tom

[blues_harp28]

Thanks for the link
Interesting to say the least.

[loveoflife2]

Tom,
I know this may be a stupid question but: what is "security patches from Microsoft?."

Thank

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by loveoflife2

Tom,
I know this may be a stupid question but: what is "security patches from Microsoft?."
Thank

Hi loveoflife2,

The phrase "security patches from Microsoft" is a setting on a Windows computer security component - like perhaps the firewall. I no longer use WinXP Pro SP2 and have no current idea which actual component it is that allows you to do that.

-- Tom

[loveoflife2]

thanxs