Measures to Protect Online Transactions

The emergence of internet has simply revolutionized our lives today. For the smallest of the things now we take the help of the cyberspace. It has become such an integral part of our lives that now we cannot simply do without it. From virtual communication to collecting some information to money transfer the internet is being used for various purposes today. Even people are now shopping online be it an e-commerce transaction, booking tickets or availing some other service. Even though online shopping has the advantages of saving time and convenience it has also led to data theft.

Today cyber space is lurking with malicious viruses, worms, spywares, Trojans and other malware that steals the sensitive data of the people like bank details, credit card numbers, login ids and passwords etc. This has led to the increasing cases of financial frauds and identity theft. People who are into any online transaction should take some precautions to avoid any loss of finance and theft of data.

A very effective solution to keep the system protected from malwares is by installing any of the best antivirus programs available today. Antivirus is basically a software that is designed to search for any infected files in the system and remove them. The software scans the hard drive, emails, downloaded files, etc. to detect any malware. Once any infected file is found either it is deleted or quarantined by the software. As the cyber criminals are becoming more sophisticated in their attacks, the antivirus developers are also coming up with more powerful products. Many of the antivirus suites these days also have firewall and anti spyware to ensure complete protection to the system.

 The cyber criminals are now very advanced so there should not be any security glitch.  It has been observed that outdated web browser and software programs in the system often lead malware entry. That is why it is always suggested to update the software and web browsers on a regular basis to avoid cyber threats.

When entering any important data into the web page like credit card number, internet banking id and password one should always check if the website is using proper encryption.  Encryption basically a security measure to protect data that are travelling on different networks in the internet.

Even if one is using a good antivirus or free malware removal software people should create very strong and sensitive id and passwords so that hackers cannot access their accounts. Often it has been seen that many use same password for online transactions and this makes high risk of getting hacked. That is why different passwords should be used for every transaction.

Apart from these security measures one should avoid using other people’s computer, especially the public ones for online transactions, and make the purchase from some genuine website. One should also ignore mails from banks or third party websites seeking sensitive data.

Precautionary measures, awareness and proper handling of the internet will ensure safe and secure online shopping. 

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