| A lot of people are actually still afraid of | | | | pages. |
| using computers due to the fact that they can | | | | |
| have viruses and people can manipulate them | | | | That's why I would like to add one piece of |
| in order to serve their purposes. | | | | advice to all users that you should always |
| | | | see where the link is taking you by seeing |
| This argument actually holds true but there | | | | the tool tip and then if it takes you to your |
| are actually different types of | | | | usual Paypal address, follow the link. |
| "manipulations" that people can do. This is | | | | |
| where anti-viruses and viruses come into play | | | | Now in order to avoid this e-mail to ever |
| and one of the most recent developments is | | | | land in your inbox you need to use a phishing |
| creating phishing filters. | | | | filter. One of the most common ones at the |
| | | | moment is the Bayesian Filter that allows you |
| Phishing is the act of "fishing" information | | | | to blacklist or whitelist certain |
| via the internet, there are a lot of ways to | | | | individuals. It also easily integrates to |
| do this from emails to spywares, and people | | | | popular email clients such as MS outlook. |
| can access your computer and steal your | | | | |
| information without you knowing it. | | | | By using this filter 90% of these types of |
| | | | messages will not arrive in your inbox, thus |
| Normally the accounts that people try to | | | | greatly increasing your phishing protection |
| phish are financial accounts that cannot be | | | | and it saves you a lot of time. |
| subjected to information trace - especially | | | | |
| if they can keep you locked out long enough | | | | The next thing you need to use is |
| to get the money into a bank and run away | | | | anti-spyware software. One good program |
| with it. | | | | available in the market is called ad-aware by |
| | | | lavasoft. It is always updated and it is |
| The most common ones in the internet are | | | | extremely simple to use. It runs through your |
| Paypal and Ebay Accounts. Apart from the | | | | computer like a virus scan - except that it |
| usual spyware tools, scammers are using | | | | only looks for spyware, which most of the |
| simple emails targeted at unsuspecting users. | | | | time is not recognized by your virus scan as |
| These emails come with subject lines like: | | | | a threat to your system. |
| "Last Warning", "Password Change Required" or | | | | |
| "Your account is suspended" and a whole lot | | | | Just download it and run it at least once a |
| more. | | | | week and it will prevent any kind of phishing |
| | | | spywares to enter your system. |
| These e-mails would appear to have come from | | | | |
| eBay or PayPal and provide a link to their | | | | Now, all you need to do is just to keep these |
| own phishing page. Now these pages are | | | | programs updated to protect your information |
| designed just like the original pages and the | | | | and continuous awareness over phishing issues |
| unsuspecting user ends up providing his/her | | | | will also help you to be ahead of the curve |
| sensitive information like username/password | | | | and keep the scammers at bay. |
| or Credit Card Information to these duplicate | | | | |