No matter how secure an electronic payment system ( e-gold, e-bullion, Liberty Reserve..etc ) might be or how tough and elaborate the security features of HYIP programs are, carelessness and the lack of knowledge in the user end can put everything in danger.
Here's a list of things a user should not to do.
- Clicking on links sent by unknown people. Reason : You may be directed to a phishing site, or harmful cookies can compromise your privacy in many ways.
- Filling out information fields in unknown websites. If you somehow end up in a website you do not know about, or you do not really trust, do not fill out information fields.
- Do not open email messages from strangers, never download the attachments from these emails. Some of the attachments might contain Trojan and other viruses which has the ability to steal your account information.
- Do not click yes to remember password option in your computer, specially in the shared PCs
- Do not share your usernames and passwords with others. ( for obvious reasons)
And Here's a list of things you should do
- Change your passwords frequently. That will make it harder to break in.
- Always check the address field of the browser before filling out information fields, because it is easy to make a scam website look like authentic website by mimicking the HTML code. You can get tricked into updating account information, thus giving it away to the scammers.
- Make sure that your computer has a firewall and Antivirus softwares installed. It is often not a good idea to put more than one antivirus or firewall in your system, it will decrease the effectiveness rather than increasing it, and will make your PC very slow.
