Anyone who uses the internet for any use, even one as basic as email, shopping, or conducting a business, needs to utilize an effective and up to date anti virus and spyware monitoring system to protect their personal, business and financial data. Although credit card theft is the number one form of identity theft, computer theft crimes rank in the top five dangers of identity theft.
There are three main ways that identity theft can occur from your internet usage:
-Phishing. You receive an email from one of the more well known online services or your bank, warning you with the message that your bank or other account may have been compromised, then asking you to clink a link and 0log-in0 If you follow those instructions, you end up providing a third party with your account information and access. I have most often received this type of message from a group alleging to be 0PayPal,0 however I have also received it from an entity pretending to be a local credit union.
- Spyware: You may not even know that this is on your computer without a spyware detection system. This software is used to record keystrokes to obtain either personal and financial information […]

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