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Nowadays performing online banking transaction is very easy. It can be accessed anytime and anywhere. However there is also more security issue when performing this transaction. Below 10 points to remember when performing online banking.

1. Always access Bank's Internet banking by typing in the correct URL:
Never click on a link in an email to take you to a website and enter personal details either in the email or website

2. Password and PIN security:
You should always be wary if you receive unsolicited emails or calls asking you to disclose any personal details or card numbers. This information should be kept secret at all times. Be cautious about disclosing personal information to individuals you do not know. Please remember that Standard Chartered Bank would never contact you directly to ask you to disclose your PIN or all your password information.

3. If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is:
Don't be conned by convincing emails offering you the chance to make some easy money. As with most things if it looks too good to be true, it probably is! Be cautious of unsolicited emails from overseas - it is much harder to prove legitimacy of the organisations behind the emails.

OpenDNS is a free DNS resolution service. It provides the following two recursive nameserver addresses for public use, mapped to the nearest operational server location by Anycast routing:
- 208.67.222.222 (resolver1.opendns.com)
- 208.67.220.220 (resolver2.opendns.com)

OpenDNS offers DNS resolution for consumers and businesses as an alternative to using their Internet service provider's DNS servers. By placing company servers in strategic locations and employing a large cache of the domain names, DNS queries are usually processed much more quickly, thereby increasing page retrieval speed. DNS query results are sometimes cached by the local operating system and/or applications, so this speed increase may not be noticeable with every request, but only with requests that are not stored in a local cache.

McAfee FreeScan helps you detect thousands of viruses on your computer. Based on the award-winning McAfee VirusScan engine, FreeScan searches for viruses, including the latest known "in the wild" viruses, and displays a detailed list of any infected files. Should viruses be found, FreeScan even provides links to more information about the viruses and what you can do to clean your system.

Since McAfee FreeScan is a complete virus scan, the download is substantial. If you are on a dialup modem, it could take over an hour for the test to download. Dialup users please use the PC Pitstop Virus Scan instead. If you have a broadband connection, it may take 30 to 90 seconds for the ActiveX certificate to appear. Once it appears, just click Yes, and you're on your way.

Click here to scan

VirusScan is a quick no-registration virus scanner that lets you upload and thoroughly check files for viruses and trojans online. Virus Scan checks file against 20 well-known virus databases (Panda, AVG etc.) and gives you a summary report from each of them. So what you have here is a one virus checker that combines all of the others. Upload and check files for viruses, trojans and other malware online.

URL: VirusScan

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The Password Chart is a secure online password creator that lets you easily generate strong passwords and quickly access them later using the provided password chart. It may sound a bit complicated, but trust me it isn’t.

Here is how it works:
1. First generate the password chart using some random keyword (mypasswords, logins, makeuseof, email etc.). Make sure that you can easily remember the keyword later as you will need it to access your password chart.
2. Once the chart is ready you can start creating strong passwords. Say you want to create a password for your Gmail account in that case just type in the gmail and let the Password Chart generate the password. Done.
3. If you need to lookup your password later or create a new one then simply go to your password chart.