Your money is safe in online savings accounts

Your money is safe in online savings accounts

15 April 2008

Savings accounts these days will routinely offer online banking capability as a standard facility. Some people have concerns about the security of their information and funds in online savings accounts, but these fears are mostly misguided. The security of encrypted information sent over the Internet is extremely high, and the most likely security flaw will be a vulnerability of your own computer.

You still shouldn't worry, as straightforward measures are all that is necessary to ensure a reasonable level of security for your computer. You can easily make your computer resistant to passive threats, and the likelihood of being specifically targeted is low.

If you haven't already installed anti-virus software, then now would be an excellent time in order to guarantee the security of your online savings accounts. Keeping a firewall on is also an excellent security measure to take, as these can both minimise unauthorised access to your computer. One of the most threatening forms of malware to users of online savings accounts is the keystroke logger which can send your password information to another person, but frequent virus scans and cleans, especially before you use online banking, should keep fraud of this nature unlikely.

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