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Avoiding Identity Theft

If you’re thinking that malware such as viruses, worms, and trojans only corrupt data files or jam up networks, you’re not yet seeing the entire picture.  Certain forms of malware are also able to collect personal data from your computer and send them to a remote computer.  The data can be your passwords, your bank account information, your contact list, your databases, and so on.  Malware designed for this kind of theft can do it easily, especially if your computer is unprotected with antivirus firewall software that can detect malicious software activities.

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Password Security: Preventing Identity Theft in a Password Protected Lifestyle ? Hackers Beware!

In a day and age when even a refrigerator requires a password, there are a million different things to remember. Which begs the question: How does an ecommerce company combine ease of use with Alcatraz-like security?

Here are a few things to keep in mind, whether you are an ecommerce business, a developer or a customer…

1When creating a User name and password, the more diversity, the better. A user name/password should contain capital and small letters, should be easy for you to remember, and should always be case sensitive. It has been

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Homemade Remedy for Download Theft

It’s not for the geeks.

Many online sellers aren’t bothered so much by copyright infringement as they are of losing money by theft of their online products. Most popular among these is the e-book. Guess we already know why those who are selling e-books are considered high risk merchants: the sole fact that the e-book they are selling can be easily downloaded for free (without being dubbed “freeware” or “shareware”) makes them vulnerable to frauds and chargebacks in the long run.

Now, some first time e-book sellers

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