A further important aspect of safe investing may be the vulnerability of your Internet browser to interception The following two precautions should be implemented.
1. Web browsers
A website should be accessible via all main web browsers and browsing devices. Most Windows based PCs are preinstalled with Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). Because of this, IE is the browser most attacked by viruses and spyware and is a threat to safe investing and doing your banking and other financial transactions via the Internet. .
We recommend that you use the most up-to-date version of your preferred browser, because they are more secure than older versions. If you use IE it is particularly important for safe investing to run a virus scanner regularly and keep it updated with the latest security patches from Microsoft.
2. Caching
Internet browsers have the ability to remember a page from a website - this is called caching. This makes Internet surfing quicker, but vulnerable to interception. Thus, for security, online banking pages are usually delivered with instructions to the browser not to cache (remember) the information. While most browsers obey these instructions IE ignores them and under certain circumstances a cached page of information may be viewed.
To prevent this make sure that IE has the following settings:
>Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Do not save encrypted pages
>Tools > Internet Options > General > [Browsing history] Settings > Automatically
>Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed
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