| I used to think taxi cabs or restaurants that use old | | | | This only works in older versions of IE. Newer |
| fashion carbon paper receipts for credit card | | | | versions if IE will warn you (hopefully). |
| transactions were the biggest source of credit card | | | | Shocking? |
| debt and fraud. | | | | There was a movement recently when some popular |
| I was told thieves would go to the dumpster and | | | | Norway websites showed banners to Internet |
| rummage through the garbage looking for these | | | | Explorer 6 (IE6) browser users advising them to |
| receipts. The impression on the carbon paper would | | | | upgrade their web browser to the latest version. |
| give the credit card number, and expiration date. This | | | | They also suggest seeking other alternative browsers |
| is one reason why they started using the 3 digit CVS | | | | and now the campaign is spreading across the world! |
| code on the back of credit cards. | | | | There are several good browsers to choose from. |
| However, recently my friend had a virus that sent out | | | | My preference is FireFox, with all your favorite |
| a SPAM email to everyone on his Gmail address | | | | extensions. As well, there is Google's Chrome, Apple's |
| book! | | | | Safari, the fast Opera or simply upgrade to Internet |
| That got me thinking... unlike Yahoo or Hotmail, Gmail | | | | Explorer 7 or even try the latest IE8 Beta. |
| uses Javascript to store your address book, and the | | | | Here's how to protect your data in Windows Clipboard |
| virus exploited that vulnerability. | | | | and Internet Explorer: |
| Sure, you think sending out a harmless email for a | | | | <ul> |
| penny stock, Viagra, or MLM offer is no big deal. | | | | <li>Open Internet Explorer. |
| People will recognize it and simply delete it. | | | | <li>Go to the menu, Tools > Internet Options > |
| Then I thought about other Javascript and ASP | | | | Security. |
| programming exploits? | | | | <li>Under the Security tab, click the Custom Level |
| I know a lot of people keep a special file on their | | | | button. |
| computer with all their passwords or credit card info. | | | | <li>In the Security Settings window, find the |
| These same people use the copy and paste | | | | message that is "Allow Paste Operations via Script". |
| command (CTRL-C and CTRL-V) to enter repetitive | | | | Under this message, select <strong>Disable < |
| strings of text, including credit cards. | | | | strong>and then click OK. |
| Sounds harmless? | | | | <li>In the Security Settings window, find the |
| The just for fun, type in notepad or wordpad some | | | | message that is "Programmatic clipboard access". |
| garbage text, highlight it, then copy it (using right click... | | | | Under this message, select <strong>Disable < |
| copy, simply the keyboard shortcut of CTRL-C). | | | | strong>and then click OK. |
| Or just select the sample text below, and copy it to | | | | </ul> |
| your clipboard: | | | | I hope the above message will shed some light on |
| My Credit Card number is 1234567890123 | | | | credit card fraud! |
| Then Go to: | | | | |