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One thing I do is I don't store financial passwords on the computer. Any sensitive data is also off the computer. Regarding brokerage they have a double password system where the 2nd password changes with each log in (it can't be breached from the user end). I don't put anything on FaceBook except my picture and my name. For online banking after logging in I immediately check my data to see if the website has been replaced with a fake. If the data is fake and they have the password I call and they lock the account down immediately. I generally don't answer emails I don't expect. I check URL links to make sure they point where they should. My image backups are offline. I create them while off-line. If they fail I reinstall with the operating system on original DVD. Every time I have done that I document the whole process step by step to ensure I can do it again much faster. I once called to have my credit card number changed because I gave the number out to a company I later decided I should not have. I had a long talk with the credit card agent. She said the banks have security in place that makes if very hard to use someone else's credit card (especially people like me who follow the same boring habits...lol...). I believe it because someone got my Ex's CC number and the bank called her immediately to verify the charge they made against it.

About the only thing I worry about is ransomware and its ability to compress all drives on the network. However I could recover from that as well with the offline images taken just after installation of my new drive. I certainly would not be paying them anything.

I had a virus create 4 days of work for me once (I reinstalled everything and returned my data). It wasn't the end of the world. I am much better prepared now but the savings is time.

I would highly recommend these precautions to everyone. Putting too much info on Facebook is probably your greatest threat. I say this because I watched a program recently on how the crooks who want to assume your identity gather the info and many people have way too much info on Facebook.

I can see companies having special concern. In many cases (maybe most) they can't do what I do (keep all their financial and sensitive data off the computer). Come to think of it I probably should worry more about my data stored on computers outside my home.