How safe are....(pc/net related)

[zidane1strife]

Those so called security measures employed by many a site?

I've been thinking of doing some transactions with credit cards or maybe even investing online(right now I only do money order with trusted sites), but I'm not entirely sure this stuff is safe with all the cr@p that's floating around.

So how safe are they?

Can I use a public terminal and log-on, make transactions without problems?

Can I use a regular net-surfing pc?

Or do I need some supah-firewall, highest security setting custom rigged pc?

That is how bad are the spyware/pharming/etc problems?

 

[silence]

/pharming/

i think you mean phising... and only way to know is to follow technical news sites and apply patches and recomendations.

latest BIG problem was for all browsers with IDN support (only IE doesnt have it)..... as far as i know, they disabled IDN in Firefox now due to that.


be careful.

 

[_xxx_]

For a beginner, try www.securityfocus.com

 

[zidane1strife]

/pharming/

i think you mean phising... and only way to know is to follow technical news sites and apply patches and recomendations.

latest BIG problem was for all browsers with IDN support (only IE doesnt have it)..... as far as i know, they disabled IDN in Firefox now due to that.


be careful.

No, it's pharming, and according to these guys it's something worse the phishing
http://msn-cnet.com.com/4520-3513_7-5670780-1.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=re_5670780-1

Oh and thanks for the link _xxx_