Attempted internet bank details theft

debjacks_2

Thanks for that, dad runs a pretty tight operation on his computer and uses so many spyware, adaware and every kind of removal tool for junk on ur machine he can get his hands on. He uses Panda anti virus. infact reading your list i think he has them all as i have a fair proportion of them too. it is just so frustraiting to see this happen to someone so close but having now searched through have found several people at different banks with similar experiences.
thanks again

Browntoa

most people have the software, not everyone uses it on a regular basis, some never update the software .

I set my antivirus to scan each morning in background and do a daily run of one of the bits of antispyware while I'm surfing...

I've also set Internet Explorer to delete temporary internet files and secure pages when I close it dwon

and yes I do use internet banking myself

gromituk

Browntoa wrote:

I've also set Internet Explorer to delete temporary internet files and secure pages when I close it dwon

Why not use a better and more secure browser than IE - Firefox for instance. As it's free, I can't understand why people still use IE.

Browntoa

as I prefer it to Firefox (and Firefox has problems with some secure sites)

better ???? :- personal choice

more secure ??

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

moneysavingobsessive

I have been gettin halifax phising emails for months (which I have forwarded onto Halifax). I recently changed to A&L and worryingly, within days I received a phising email for them. How do the scammers know who I bank with?!!

Browntoa

nah.....I get them from all of them, but bank with none of them

they ssem to come in phases...Barclays, then A+L then Halifax , Natwest etc, always the same text..

gromituk

moneysavingobsessive wrote:

How do the scammers know who I bank with?!!

They don't. They are merely casting their sticky nets as widely as possible.

-=Mr-J=-

Browntoa wrote:

as I prefer it to Firefox (and Firefox has problems with some secure sites)

better ???? :- personal choice

As you say, its mainly down to personal choice.

However, Firefox (and Opera) do not have problems with some secure sites, its just that the sites have been written using non-standard Microsoft IE html, script and Active-X - thus rendering them inopperable to FF & Opera. In other words, the browsers do not need modifying, the sites do - though this will not happen fast, so we are stuck with IE (& derivatives) in such cases.

But,

more secure ??

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

Your having a laugh, are you not;

The linked page refers to previous version fixed vulnerabilities, and as such you are referencing out of context.

For a more unbiased opinion, take into account the current Secunia Vulnerabilities Reports.
Current Ratings are:

• Internet Explorer 6.x: Highly Critical (92 Secunia Advisories) Reference Link
• Firefox 1.x: Less Critical (27 Secunia Advisories) Reference Link
• Opera 8.x: not listed (13 Secunia Advisories) Reference Link
• Opera 7.x: not listed (39 Secunia Advisories) Reference Link

Whilst Secunia state that direct comparision of Vulnerabilities Reports should not be held as to the assessment security level afforded by any single product due to the variability of such vulnerabilities, IMHO, the difference in the number vulnerabilities speaks for itself.

Yes, there are most likely to be more attacks on IE, given its greater distribution and 'attractiveness', but IMO, this is somewhat irrelevant, as the number of attacks is still physically higher, raising with it the associated risk.

Also, you need to consider the response time to fixes, FF & Opera tend to be patched within days of known problems, whilst MS IE can often go weeks. Lest us forget the incident last year, when MS were advising people not to use IE, due to the (as then) security risk.

debjacks_2

Thanks for all your help on here. Dad does run all his progs on shutdown, every day unlike me weekly now gonna start doing them daily. Also a bonus Aliance and Leicester has paid back the £2000 that was taken from my mums account while they investigate what happened. Dad had also had a panic because he uses firefox and thought it wasn't safe. Shown him what had been written on here and now he is alot happier. Thanks

gromituk

Browntoa wrote:

as I prefer it to Firefox (and Firefox has problems with some secure sites)

As Mr-J so eloquently put it, that is the sites' problem. And site owners are finally realising that the Web was designed to operate using open standards instead of to Microsoft's business model. A case in point (and I've mentioned it before) is Abel and Cole - looks the same as it always did, but now works perfectly with Firefox, Konqueror, etc.

better ???? :- personal choice

It's simply a more advanced browser than IE, which was why MS hastily updated IE (after years leaving it idle) with a popup blocker and is racing to catch up with Firefox etc with tabbed browsing and RSS - still in beta! You can have those now with the other browsers. Do you see how competition benefits the consumer? And once you've tried some of the gorgeous extensions like Adblock you'll wonder why you didn't switch earlier.