Stay Secure on the Web 0 comments

The Web is a great place, but sometimes you’ll encounter bad people. Firefox keeps you safe from spyware, hackers, scammers and spammers, using the power of a vigilant and passionate community to protect you 24/7.

Phishing Protection:



Phishing Protection takes Firefox’s security to a new level, helping to safeguard your financial information and protect you from identity theft. When you encounter a Web site that is a suspected forgery (known as a “phishing” site) Firefox will warn you and offer to take you to a search page so you can find the real Web site you were looking for.

Open Source, More Secure:

At the heart of Firefox is an open source development process driven by thousands of passionate, experienced developers and security experts spread all over the world.

Automated Update:

Firefox’s update system always checks to see if you’re running the latest version, and notifies you when a security update is available. These security updates are small (usually 200KB - 700KB), giving you only what you need and making the security update quick to download and install.


Protection from Spyware:

Firefox will not allow a Web site to download, install, or run programs on your computer without your explicit agreement. Period. You will be notified whenever downloading or installing software, and Firefox will always tell you what’s happening so that you can stay in control of your computer.

Clear Private Data:
Firefox offers the ability to clear all your private Web browsing data with just one click with the “Clear Private Data” tool.

Tips for Phishing Attacks & Password Security 0 comments

Its all about your sensitive information, your information is stolen or phishing. Be aware!

Recently you must have listen about reports of phishing attacks on several Banks' websites. In this cases the customer is led to believe that the emails are sent from an authentic website which resembles the Banks' website.

Phishing is a technique employed by scamsters to illegally procure personal information of customers like an account numbers, debit card numbers, Internet banking user ids and passwords, etc. There are too many tricks to botain this information but the most frequently used method is to send a spam email to a large database of email ids say, all of gmail ids or all yahoo ids etc. The spam email is designed in such a way as to look exactly like an email sent by the targeted bank or a company.

I would also like to inform you that if any bank change his name( for exp. UTI change to AXIS BANK LTD), in case someone receive any e-mail or a phone call claiming or appearing to be from the bank, requiring to provide your personal sensitive informations pertaining to about your bank account (account number, debit card number, internet banking login ID & password), I request you to ignore the same.

DO NOT PROVIDE ANY SENSITIVE INFORMATION. PLEASE ALSO REPORT THE DETAILS OF SUCH SUSPICIOUS E-MAIL TO THE NEAREST. The more bank have a policy not to seek or send such information through email OR phone call.

Some Tips for User ID & Password security: 0 comments

Always use different login and transaction passwords.

Always access Internet Banking only by visiting bank's website

Change your passwords at frequent intervals.

Never disclose your passwords to anyone, including family, friends and people claiming to be bank employees.

If you forget your password or stolen, immediately report to the nearest branch or call phone banking unit.

How to avoid fake Security Warnings or pop-up? 0 comments

When you are browsing the internet and suddenly a window pop up with different messages for example" free update for your computer ","scan your computer with free antivirus". May be some pop-ups messages helpful for you but you should read first in detail before clicking it. Pop-ups basically an advertiser message or unwanted program and website that might be disturb your computer performance.

If you are working with Internet Explorer and want to block the pop-ups windows and unwanted messages. Open the Internet Explorer and click on Tools menu and go to Pop-up Blocker option, here you can Turn Off Pop-up Blocker to block pop-up from all websites. But you have option to allow some websites for pop-up. For this purpose open the Pop-up Blocker Setting. Here you can add some specific websites name to allow for pop-up and click Add. If you feel any problem to block any pop-up message due to some problem, simply click on the X at the right top of the pop-up windows.