10 TIPS TO MAKE SAFE PURCHASES ON THE INTERNET

The Easter holidays are approaching, a time for walks but also for shopping, many purchases and more and more people prefer to shop online (Online Shopping), since for many it is much more practical, fast, and comfortable. find what we are looking for, find items and/or special offers that we would not find directly in stores, all from the comfort of our home.

However, making purchases over the Internet has its risks that are increased at this time since, just as there are more consumers worldwide every year, there are also more networks of cybercriminals creating more Banking Trojans, more Phishing sites and sending more Spam between other things…

So the following are a series of basic tips on measures to take to be able to make our purchases both this season and in general, in the safest way possible and thus avoid headaches later.

Always keep your operating system up-to-date and patched, as well as your web browser and the rest of the programs on your computer.

Use a trusted Antivirus program, updated and in its latest available version, since most modern Antiviruses include Antispyware modules in them that will avoid having to use two separate programs separately as it was done in the past to have greater protection. Also today there are very light and complete “Security Suites” that offer maximum protection with an all-in-one.

Use a Firewall (Firewall) as this can be an excellent ally of your Antivirus to prevent unwanted connections and help keep the computer safe. Win XP, Win Vista and Win 7 already include their own free Firewall which, although it has been improving in each version, is still limited for incoming traffic.

Make sure your computer is completely virus free.

Do not make purchases online from a foreign PC or from an open Wi-Fi network, much less from Internet cafes or the like, as you could be putting your financial information at risk. If you have no other alternative, try browsing with the “Private Browsing” option that most modern web browsers incorporate and clean cookies, passwords and temporary Internet once finished.

Make your purchases online, on secure, well-known and trusted websites such as eBay, Amazon, Mercado Libre, among others, or do a little research before buying to ensure that the store has a good reputation and is reliable. In general, the same product brands have their own online store or can recommend a trusted store where you can buy them. You can also use free web browser security plugins like WOT (Web of Trust) to find out the reputation of a site.

Be suspicious of emails with great offers and special discounts, even more so when you have never bought anything before in any of those stores or registered to request that type of promotion. As a general rule, the better the offer/promotion seems, the more suspicious it is. “Cheap is expensive!”

Before making the payment of your purchase, make sure that the site has SSL (Secure Sockets Laye) data encryption protection by showing us a padlock that may vary depending on the browser you use, but it is usually shown below on the right . Also that the web address begins with “https:” (note the letter “S” at the end) instead of “http:” in addition to the fact that depending on the site it uses different colors before the url, which indicates that the entire the information during the transaction will be encrypted.

Get advice from the COMÉDICA Credit Card Department and ask about the anti-fraud plans. As far as possible, use a single credit card for online purchases and that it has a credit limit that you can handle.

Check your account statements regularly and in case you find discrepancies in any purchase, immediately contact COMÉDICA Credit Card at 📞 Telephones:

2209-6857 / 2264-2490 🌞

2209-6837 (Not Business Hours)🌛

to stop that payment and change your credit card number.

Enjoy your Easter holidays without limits with your #COMÉDICACreditCard

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