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Thread ID: 58076	2005-05-20 22:01:00	banking security / clearing files	mark c (247)	Press F1

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357068	2005-05-20 22:01:00	After doing any internet banking I have always deleted history, Temp. files, cookies and the address field of any evidence as a security feature but I wonder if this actually does anything? I also don't keep the sites in bookmarks but type them in anew. How is any malware / hacker going tro make use of a cookie to bust open your bank account? Or the URLs, or the temp files or the cache? Unless you've got a keylogger on your machine in which case it wouldn't make any difference? I"m sure I read this in PCWprld ages ago so have always practiced it but I wonder how it works. So some snoop gets into your machine and finds you bank at X bank, so what? Just wondering. A friend asked why I did and couldn't really convince him, or myself. What do you do? TIA........m	mark c (247)
357069	2005-05-20 23:09:00	Your password is the key to internet banking security, without it your account can't be accessed. Make sure you are accessing a secure site as indicated by the locked padlock in your browser. Make sure you don't save passwords in your web browser and when finished with your banking session always logout of internet banking. Close you web browser when finished as banking pages may be able to be viewed by selecting the back button on your browser even when logged out of internet banking. Cookies can't be used as a means of gaining access to your account. What you you are doing is probably not necessary provided you logout of your banking session but it does no harm to be extra cautious.	Safari (3993)
357070	2005-05-20 23:28:00	......... but it does no harm to be extra cautious. Kind of what I figured Safari thanks. I don't keep any passwords in the browser or anywhere else and always log out and clear everything. Was wondering also what others do. :cool:	mark c (247)
357071	2005-05-21 03:27:00	I have always deleted history, Temp. files, cookies and the address field of any evidence So some snoop gets into your machine and finds you bank at X bank, so what? What do you do? I clear out everything too. Also recently opened docs and all that too. But its more because I hate clutter, even on the PC. And if someone snooped in my machine and found I bank at ASB, its not the info I'd care about but the fact that someone snooped on my PC!! Its like having someone rummage through your drawers and cupboards.	pctek (84)
357072	2005-05-21 04:24:00	Watching your bank account is probably the best protection. Use something like MS Money - unfortunately this program is rarely used by those who should, but an experience of mine should perhaps make you think. I had a debit of about $19 which I couldn't account for. I didnt bother checking up what it was - but a couple of months later I realized it had happened again - each month I was docked $19 for something. I asked my bank to check - they did - my money was returned and the bank told me it had nothing to do with anything I had done. Now just think if somebody can extract a small amount of money from lots of people who just don't check because it is so small, they are going to be well off. I was shocked when I related the experience to the local computer club - we asked how many members checked their statements properly - none did. They were all open to this type of fraud. Don't let it happen to you - or has it already? Tom	Thomas01 (317)
357073	2005-05-21 05:10:00	Watching your bank account is probably the best protection. Use something like MS Money Tom Paper, bank statement, invoices, check book butts and a calculator. Simple. :-)	pctek (84)
357074	2005-05-21 07:54:00	Well, thanks for all that. I keep a very close eye on my accounts and have never had any problems. I guess I'm cautious bordering on paranoid but I"d rather be like that than let some ratbag pinch me pennies. Cheers.........m :thumbs:	mark c (247)
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