Question on site encryption

2 Jan 2009 2:23 PM

gecko

I am running XP PRO SP2
I use both Firefox and Explorer to access internet.
I do some banking on line.
I used to see a neat little padlock at the bottom of web windows
that gave me the confidence (?) that the given bank-site-accesses were
encrypted. Now I no longer see that.
Hence I am concerned my info may be going out in the clear.
That, of course, would be terrible.

Can someone advise me on this?

Thanks
-GECKO

2 Jan 2009 3:30 PM

Malke

gecko wrote:

> I am running XP PRO SP2
> I use both Firefox and Explorer to access internet.
> I do some banking on line.
> I used to see a neat little padlock at the bottom of web windows
> that gave me the confidence (?) that the given bank-site-accesses were
> encrypted. Now I no longer see that.
> Hence I am concerned my info may be going out in the clear.
> That, of course, would be terrible.

You need to solve your problems in one place instead of making a lot of
threads. The problems are connected.

What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean,
what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Once again, if you can't do the work yourself you need to take the machine
to a qualified computer tech.

Malke

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4 Jan 2009 9:25 PM

gecko

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:30:16 -0800, Malke <malke@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

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>You need to solve your problems in one place instead of making a lot of
>threads. The problems are connected.
>
>What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean,
>what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?
>
>Be sure the computer is clean:
>http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>
>Once again, if you can't do the work yourself you need to take the machine
>to a qualified computer tech.
>
>Malke

I should have googled the subject.

What I found follows. Problem solved.

Thanks

-GECKO

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t9185-firefox-and-secure-padlock.html

>The padlock appears in the bottom left hand corner - on mt bank and credit
>card sites ..... not tried my regular shopping sites though .... sure
>they'll be the same come the checkout pages!
>
>"Reg Mouatt" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> For what it's worth having the 'secure site padlock' visible at the
>> bottom of IE; I have noticed when entering my bank site with FF this
>> padlock does not show. Can anyone tell me if that is by design or what
>> other way does FF use to demonstrate the type of site one is into? I
>> do use 'Spoofstick' but wondered about the missing padlock.
>> Reg

Thanks for that Seany,
The padlock is where you said it was - I had the horizontal
position of my display a bit too far across to the left. Glad it was
as simple as that.
Reg