Anti-Virus & Firewall Protection

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Anti-Virus & Firewall Protection

If you plan to check credit reports online for anyone in your household, remember that there are safety precautions you must take. The last thing you want is for someone to sneak in through the Internet and steal valuable information.

Make sure that all of your anti-virus software is up-to-date and running before checking your credit report online. Also, make sure all of your security firewalls are active. This will help to prevent someone else gaining access to the information contained in your credit report without your knowledge or approval.

You should also remember to close the file once you are finished looking at it. Do not leave it open on your screen for someone to walk by your computer and see. The best thing to do is close it and use password protection on the file folder you store the credit report on your computer.

If the importance of checking your credit report is obvious, so should the importance of protecting that information from prying eyes.

   

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