Please help us with a fraud situation

[irfansmith@gmail.com]

Please help us with a fraud situation

We had some identity thefts situations with our credit cards and Bank
accounts.
People using our credit cards and writing checks against our account.

How can I set up a really secure internet connection in my home ?

I use a Windows XP - wireless laptop to access the internet I have
in my home.
We use Comcast cable.
We have a WPA secure internet. We use a Netgear Rangemax MIMO
and the Comcast modem.

Somehow some people have managed to get both our credit card numbers
and bank account numbers and even driving license number.

I use this internet to access all our bank accounts etc.

Because of the fraud that occurred, we want to make sure that
we have a really secure internet connection.

What additional hardware, software etc do I need, if any ?
Since I am not a techie, pls help me with as much detail as possible.


Thanks in advance for your help,

Irfan Smith

 

[S. Pidgorny]

Do you really keep your drivers' license number on your computer? Chances
are the fraudsters got your information from somwhere else - like a credit
application where it got processed.

First, contact your financial institutions and arrange for your accounts
changed. Also change passwords for all online services you're using. If
you're using common pattern for your passwords, change that too.

You need to go through few state bureaucracies to secure your ID. Guidelines
for the US citizens are this:

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/websites/idtheft.html#whatifvictim

Governments of many other free countries provide similar information.

As for the computer cleanup - I suggest reformatting and restoring critical
data from a virus-checked backups.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

* http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *



<irfansmith@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cf7c0333-86ac-4512-be44-c918b859c244@x19g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Please help us with a fraud situation
>
> We had some identity thefts situations with our credit cards and Bank
> accounts.
> People using our credit cards and writing checks against our account.
>
> How can I set up a really secure internet connection in my home ?
>
> I use a Windows XP - wireless laptop to access the internet I have
> in my home.
> We use Comcast cable.
> We have a WPA secure internet. We use a Netgear Rangemax MIMO
> and the Comcast modem.
>
> Somehow some people have managed to get both our credit card numbers
> and bank account numbers and even driving license number.
>
> I use this internet to access all our bank accounts etc.
>
> Because of the fraud that occurred, we want to make sure that
> we have a really secure internet connection.
>
> What additional hardware, software etc do I need, if any ?
> Since I am not a techie, pls help me with as much detail as possible.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Irfan Smith