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Here are some tip for safe net banking.

• Avoid accessing your Internet Banking account from a cyber cafe or a shared computer. However, if you happen to do so change your passwords from your own computer.
• Every time you complete your online banking session, log off from site. Do not just close your browser.
• If your log-in IDs or passwords appear automatically on the sign-in page of a secure website, you should disable the “Auto Complete” function to increase the security of your information.
  To disable the “Auto Complete” function:
  
• Change your Internet Banking passwords (both log-in password and transaction password) after your first log-in, and thereafter regularly (at least once in a month).
• Your password should be complex and difficult for others to guess. Use letters, numbers and special characters [such as !,@, #,$, %, ^, &,* (, )] in your passwords. You can also read my article on creating secure password.
• For additional security to financial transactions through Internet Banking, create and maintain different passwords for log-in and for transactions.
• Never share your Internet Banking passwords with others, even family members. Do not reveal them to anybody, not even to an  Bank employee.
• Always check the last log-in to your Internet Banking account. Log in to bank site  and see the  page to view the date and time of your last log-in.
• Move to secure web browser like FireFox3, Opera, etc.
• Install Anti virus and Anti spyware and update it regularly.

Beware of the threat from hacked websites

This year, there has been a large increase in the number of legitimate websites infected by a so-called “iframe” threat – a type of malicious script.

Several prominent websites have come under attack from hackers who have modified the underlying code so that malware can be distributed to unsuspecting users who visit the site. When a user visits an infected site, an invisible connection is established to a remote server, which can then attempt to install malware on the user’s computer. The intention could be to generate spam, or possibly something more sinister, such as stealing personal information e.g. bank account or credit card details.

In 2008, several high-profile websites were targeted, including USA Today, ABC News, Target and Wal-Mart and simply visiting one of these infected websites could have resulted in the user’s computer being infected. More recently, a number of websites have been detected by avast! as being infected by a malicious script called “HTML:Iframe-inf”. Among the websites affected are a number of Government sites in the US, including the United States Forest Service, the US International Trade Commission and the websites of several embassies around the world. Many popular travel and recreational websites have also been compromised.

To minimize the risk of falling victim to such an attack from this, and other similar threats, it is essential that your antivirus software is kept up-to-date.

Recommanded Anti Virus :  avast (FREE VERSION)

Source : http://www.avast.com/