How to Manually Beat Phishing
There are several good practices that will help you avoid getting swindled by a phishing scam:
- Whenever you get an email that looks like it came from a bank, make sure to not click on the link in the email. Manually enter in the URL into the address bar. In this way you can avoid have false links redirecting you to phishing sites.
- Do not fill out forms in emails for anything important. Most banks and other legitimate websites do not use forms in emails because they are inherently insecure.
- When logging in to a bank website, check the lower right-hand corner of the browser for a lock icon. This icon will only appear when the site is using secure HTTP and is verified to be legitimate. Phishing sites will not display this icon.
- Use a spyware scanner with a hosts file analyzer to keep your hosts file clean and your computer spyware free.
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