Only a little post today, call it a Public Information Film web-style...
If you are not using the latest versions of internet browser, you’re putting yourself at risk. Most banks, PayPal, gmail and most other web-based email providers all support the next generation of web browsers. These have anti-phishing technologies built in. The new generation of browsers make it easier to spot web forgery of sites id's (“phishing”) and alert or block you from entering personal information that could lead to identify theft.
Firefox 3 upwards, Google Chrome and the latest versions of Internet Explorer (version 8+) have built-in features that alert you when you're on a fraudulent site. This means if you accidently click on a fraudulent email, or mis-type a site address you'll be alerted and warned before the page opens.
To check whether you are using the latest version of Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer click the browser's 'Help' button and select 'About'. It should be Firefox version 3.x or above or Internet Explorer version 8 and above.
If not, you are ready for an upgrade, you should download a latest browser technology...
Since I use Firefox and think it eats Internet Explorer for breakfast... here's a link to that download.
There's nothing wrong with Chrome either (only I didn't really like the first generation version I tried out so a link is not here!). Feel free to google that and download if you want to. Just do something and update!
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