1. Don’t respond to emails saying your security has been compromised. I received several emails saying my paypal account had been compromised. The email specifically asked for my user name and password. I called paypal rather than responding to the email and as it turns out the emails were not from paypal.

My suggestion is to contact the organizations directly by phone rather than online when dealing with concerns about security issues. Thanks for letting me play!

Darlene
Interview Guru
http://www.interviewchatter.com/

What I send you was something like this:

- knoppix (http://www.knoppix.com) with a pen drive where you can save all your settings and load this linux live-cd with
all your information, like a mobile operative system. Nobody can write into your live-cd. And you can even instal netcraft
toolbar in the firefox browser with knoppix.

- what yahoo has implemented in its email: a “sign-in seal” with a phrase of your choice, so everytime you want to access to
your email address you can see first your phrase, if not you could be a victim of pishing. I think that all websites should
implement this option to avoid pishing attacks.

- netcraft toolbar with firefox

- sandieboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com) if you use Windows o.s., it´s to protect your applications. Instead of writing files
to the normal location, the applications writes files to a sandbox, a temporary storage area.

- Virtual keyboard if it´s possible to avoid many trojans

- Not using windows if it´s possible, it´s better linux, bsd or mac.

- Of course if you use windows then antispyware, antivirus, antitrojan, antirootkit, etc..

- Password sent to your mobile phone

- use a Linux Live CD for every log in in a moeny account, rebootat every new login for a diffeent account (I use a PC without HD just to be very secure

- use a VPN account to encrypt most of your traffic for any potential wifi sniffer

- use a virtual keyboard everytime, some nice free program available on USB keys

- the Three rules : for digitl money you us often when investing, get 3 accounts, a risky one for unsafe transaction, a medium one for “safe” transactions, a private one for storing money unknown from anybody

- the above apply too for the email based account like PP or MB, multiply the email addresses used and never give the main one, switch the main email when you send money then switch back to the real main addy ;)

- use a prepaid credit card for your “verifications” and CC funded account, in worst case scenario, only that money will be stolen

- all your account are linked to an individual safe mail account, with thunderbird, it’s easy to manage all thos accounts.

- get hard password based on sentences to remember them, no copy nor online nor offline.

- change your passwords on a monthly basis for the main accounts, quarterly for the empt accounts

- even if it costs money, never keep for long money in digital money, store it in an offshore bank account.

- always type in you browser the account address, don’t trust your favorits or links in emails

- alays check the httpS before logging in for secrity

- cryptocards are a good way, but IMo too expensive if you already apply the above

- never use a public PC , and minimize other PC usage, prefer always your own PC you know to be safe

- probably ore thigs I do automatically but I don’t remember them now lol

Cheers,
GE

You can use two gold accounts, a big and a small one. The big one is accessed only with the Linux CD to send to the small one. This way, if your normal account is compromised, it will have less gold in it.