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Security question - doesn't really belong in the other threads
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Do you know that your details were 'stolen' whilst online and not cloned in a shop/elsewhere?
Nope, have no idea where they were nicked from - all I know is that the chip and pin wasn't compromised and I'm normally quite careful with my cards being taken from my line of sight.From the security you say you have, it looks like you need common sense rather than splashing cash I'm afraid.
I fully admit that I know very little about computers other than what I've picked up by osmosis - every person on here seems to have a different opinion as to what constitutes "complete" protection and I thought I had enough with antivirus, firewall and spyware protection (I also have AVG rootkit software that I neglected to mention above). This is the reason I decided to pay for the software - it takes the thought process away from me as I obviously don't realise where the holes are. All my software is kept up to date and windows updates are on. I had Comodo Firewall previously but didn't like it as it seemed to suck processing power and kept blocking stuff going out even when placed on the safe list!
I am careful with what I click through and tend to only buy from reputable sites - I certainly don't remember using this card anywhere dodgy. I did, however, make purchases using IE during December just before the holes were publicised so maybe that's where the damage was done.
Thanks for the advice folks, all taken gratefully!Life in this world is, as it were, a sojourn in a cave. What can we know of reality? For all we can see of the true nature of existence is, shall we say, no more than bewildering and amusing shadows cast upon the inner wall of the cave by the unseen blinding light of absolute truth, from which we may or may not deduce some glimmer of veracity, and we as troglodyte seekers of wisdom can only lift our voices to the unseen and say humbly "Go on, do deformed rabbit again.....it's my favourite". © Terry Pratchett in "Small Gods"
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Sounds like you've got your security pretty well wrapped up mate. There's no way of ever being completely protected, you may just have been unlucky. It happens.0
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If you should get spyware on your computer, without a firewall it will have free reign to send as much information out as possible (a SERIOUS security risk to me, especially if you use it for online banking)
Also, theres no such thing as 'complete' protection. EVERYTHING can be hacked. All you can do is protect yourself depending on how you use the computer.:idea:0
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