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AutoComplete Can Be Auto Fraud

Dec 16th, 2008 by David Kent Jones | 0

The AutoComplete option in Windows Explorer can lead to automatic fraud.  AutoComplete remembers login names, passwords and even credit card numbers.   This leaves your computer vulnerable to a number of problems:

1- Other computer users besides you can access your bank accounts or email.
2- Other computer users besides you can use your credit card number, including your children, to order drugs, weapons, or anything else.
3- Windows Explorer currently has a security flaw that allows this information to be hacked using virus code that exists on tens of thousands of websites.

Turn AutoComplete off.  Go to Tools > Internet Options > Content > AutoComplete to disable this feature.  AutoComplete is a bad idea in any browser.  If you have problems remembering your passwords, store them in a password protected location other than your browser.

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