How to make sure if a site is safe to browse? Nowadays, spyware, malware, Trojan horse, virus, etc, are really rampant in the net. I’m always careful in browsing the net especially if I do important and confidential transactions like using my credit card, paypal and stuff like that. I was glad to have free McAfee security suite from my ISP. It works really great! Today, there are many applications of e-commerce such as home banking, buying stocks, online stores and services using internet. We should be careful sending your personal information like your bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and social security number and password using any unknown site. One time, I was going to send money through online remittance like Xoom and moneygram but I was really meticulous to sign up because I have to give my social security no. for anti-money laundering purposes. I was skeptical about it so I did not pursue. I feel at peace and ease for not signing up and not giving out my detailed info to the sites that I mentioned earlier. Although, those site are secured but I am always meticulous and careful in giving out my info.

However, always use secure websites for this purpose because secure websites safe your private information from others using encryption and some authentication standards. What is Encryption? Encryption is the process of transforming and making information unreadable to unauthorized people. Decryption is the process of converting encrypted data back into its original form and make it readable. Internet Explorer and Firefox always display a small yellow lock icon on the task bar when we open any secure site and start domain name with https:// and padlock icon.