Monday, May 10, 2010

The dark side of the web

Luckily i haven't had too many problems with malware or spyware - I keep my internet security up to date, don't open any e-mails from people i don't know and don't use any of the downloading sites, e.g. Limewire any longer as it is not worth the risk.

Recently my bank has informed customers of scammers using fake e-mails to customers trying to gather bank details - as they said banks would never ask customers to reveal their details in this manner. This is a problem with this technology unfortunately there are some people in community, those new to internet, elderly etc who are not aware of scams & are easily taken advantage of.

1 comment:

pls@slnsw said...

Great to hear you already very savvy about your online security.

Ellen