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Review bank and credit card statements regularly
The impact of identity theft and online crimes can be greatly reduced if you
can catch it shortly after your data is stolen or when the first use of your
information is attempted. One of the easiest ways to get the tip-off that
something has gone wrong is by reviewing the monthly statements
provided by your bank and credit card companies for anything out of the
ordinary.
Additionally, many banks and services use fraud prevention systems that
call out unusual purchasing behavior (i.e. if you live in Texas and all of the
sudden start buying refrigerators in Budapest). In order to confirm these
out of the ordinary purchases, they might call you and ask you to confirm
them. Don't take these calls lightly; this is your hint that something bad
may have happened and you should take necessary action.
Protect your computer with Windows security tools
Windows provides a variety of protection applications.
Windows Action Center
Windows provides a central area from where you can control the security
settings of your computer, helping you to protect it from Internet attacks
and ensuring that the latest security updates have been downloaded and
installed on your computer.
To open the
Action Center
, click on
Start
>
Control Panel
>
System
and Security
>
Action Center
.
