Before you register for a free e-gold account,pls read the following:
e-gold security :
First, is your local machine security. If you are running a Windows operating system, which I’m guessing 99% of you are, then please make sure you have a good strong anti-virus (NOT Norton or McAfee! I recommend something like Panda Antivirus or NOD32, you can google both of these). You also need to do daily scans for spyware. Some newer software offer on-the-fly protection, meaning it detects ‘greyware’ as soon as the code is executed on your system. I personally recommend running AdAware every night, and stay away from Microsoft’s spyware utility! Next is a firewall. NEVER mistake the dinky router that you are behind for a high-grade NAT/stateful packet inspection device. It is most likely cheap, and will fail if not configured correctly. If you don’t know how/what to buy, then use a good, solid SOFTWARE firewall..there are many to choose from, the most popular for Windows operating systems being ZoneAlarm.
Second, and this is very important in my opinion….is use a DIFFERENT browser for ONLY your e-gold transactions. In the next steps you’ll be instructed to select an option in your e-gold settings that will notify you when someone is using a different browser that the one you previously used. If you use IE (DONT!) or Firefox as your main browser, I HIGHLY recommend you download Opera 8.0 from Opera.com and install it, and use it ONLY for e-gold use. If someone miraculously manages to crack your account with a different, more popular web browser, they’re screwed unless they have access to your e-mail account!!
Next is your e-mail account. When you are being notified of changes (IP, browser, etc.) from e-gold, it’s sent to you via your supplied e-mail address….keep this account SECURE. I recommend creating a LONG password, mix numbers, letters and symbols, and ONLY use this password for THIS ACCOUNT, nothing else.
The follwing steps address you e-gold settings:
First, if you use a Windows operating system, use roboform OR the onscreen keyboard supplied by e-gold to enter in your password.
Login to your account and make your password LONG, mix numbers, letters and symbols, and again, make this one UNIQUE, do NOT use it anywhere else! I know a 24-character password seems hard to remember, but make it a sentence, using the first letter of every word to fabricate the password, throw in capital-letters, numbers and signs! This is VERY IMPORTANT!
Finally, the AccSent Settings:
When you login, click the ‘Account Info’ button, and then click on ‘AccSent’.
In the Browser Access section, select ‘High’ for ‘IP Address change sensitivity’ (this will require you to input a PIN sent to your e-mail address if the IP address you are surfing from changes in any way), select ‘Enabled’ for ‘Detect Browser Change’ (this will require to you input a PIN sent to your e-mail address if someone doesn’t use the secondary browser like I mentioned above), and select ‘Disabled’ for ‘Home and work mode’ (In my opinion, this is an unecessary option and it is safer to leave it off).
Block ‘Automation Access’ and ‘Phone Access’ in the next two sections.
In my opinion, if you have setup like this, you’ll be SAFE. I know it seems a bit unorthodox, even crazy, but when you have a lot of funds in your e-gold account, you’ll be happy knowing its secure because you took the extra time to make it so…..good luck all, hope this helps a little while dealing with e-gold.












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