[HLUG] Avoid Windows Malware: Bank on a Live CD;

[Ann]

Just do not use Windows as George says..

On 15/01/15 18:41, Steve Bushell wrote:
> How about Mac? . . . . .
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> On 15/01/2015 18:39, "tim spivey" <tim.spivey at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Avoid windows full stop!
>> On 15 Jan 2015 18:38, "George DiceGeorge" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Avoid Windows Malware: Bank on a Live CD;
>>> in Washington Post Brian Krebs writes:
>>> I'm not the only one recommending commercial online banking customers
>>> consider accessing their accounts solely from non-Windows systems. The
>>> Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) - a
>>> industry group supported by some of the world's largest banks --
>>> recently
>>> issued guidelines urging businesses to carry out all online banking
>>> activities form "a stand-alone, hardened and completely locked down
>>> computer system from where regular e-mail and Web browsing is not
>>> possible."
>>>
>>> While there are multiple layers that of protection that businesses and
>>> banks could put in place, the cheapest and most foolproof solution is to
>>> use a read-only, bootable operating system, such as Knoppix, or Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/avoid_
>>> windows_malware_bank_on.html
>>>
>>> and how to do it is at:
>>> E-Banking on a Locked Down (Non-Microsoft) PC
>>> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/e-
>>> banking_on_a_locked_down_non.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
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