Increase your security online
1. All customers should keep their operating system up to date by ensuring that automatic updates are switched on and any updates are installed when they become available.
Go to Microsoft Windows OR Apple Mac
2. As a minimum, NAB recommends that all customers have regularly updated software with anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and firewall capabilities installed on their computers
- Install anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software on your computer.
- Ensure that this software is kept up to date and install any updates immediately.
- Allow a regular scan of your computer using anti-virus and anti-spyware software – to do this follow the instructions from your software provider.
- Consider using a SPAM filtering product which will help block fake or virus-related emails.
- Ensure your computer has the latest security updates applied. Vendors regularly release these updates as ‘patches’.
You can usually download these for free from the vendor’s website.
This will help protect your computer from viruses, worms and trojans. These are malicious programs, often carried in something that looks harmless such as an email or game, but in fact can contain a program that allows an intruder to access your computer without your knowledge.
NAB recommends that you do not access Internet Banking if you are concerned that your computer may be infected with a virus, worm or trojan.
For more specific information about how to protect your computer, please visit the Microsoft® Security & Privacy site or the Apple® Product Security site.
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