Is my computer (PC) sufficiently secure to make payments online?
Regardless of whether or not you use your computer (PC) for online payments, you should take the steps below to ensure its security. These measures are especially important if you use it for making payments online or if have have confidential information stored on it. • Keep your software up to date. Occasionally publishers discovers vulnerabilities in their products and issue ‘patches’ to protect against any security threats. It is important that you keep your operating system (eg Windows XP) and browser (eg Internet Explorer) up to date. Some operating systems (eg Windows XP) can be configured to allow automatic updates. • Use anti-virus software and keep it up-to-date. • Use up-to-date anti-spyware software to protect against programmes that fraudsters can use to collect information from your computer. Some (but not all) anti-virus programmes have anti-spyware incorporated in them. • Use a firewall to get protection from unauthorised access to your computer when you are connected to
