Trusteer

Trusteer works with hundreds of leading banks around the world to keep your online bank account safe from online fraudsters. Trusteer Rapport has been downloaded by tens of millions of customers. It picks up where anti-virus and firewalls leave off, preventing new, sophisticated attacks that anti-virus and firewalls are not always updated to protect you from. To download Rapport now, click here

What’s at Stake?

Criminals are after your money and identity. Inevitably, your online bank account has access to both. If criminals manage to access your online bank account, they can not only access your private information but also transfer money out of your account. Although banks take various measures to protect you against this threat, one of the biggest risks is actually the computer used to bank with. Here are two sophisticated attacks that criminals use to access your online bank account using your computer:

• Malicious software (or malware) - automatically and silently downloaded onto the computer when browsing the Internet, malware silently captures login information and transfers it to criminals while users log-in to their bank’s website. It is also capable of silently changing the transactions executed as directed by criminals
• Phishing - criminals build fake websites that look very similar to the bank’s website. They do this to lure users into visiting these fake websites and submitting their online banking log-in information. This data is later used to access their online bank account

 
Why Your Current Computer Security is Not Enough

Anti-virus, firewalls and other security software are important but unfortunately not enough. Various studies and recent incidents show that these tools are not always effective in preventing criminals from taking money from your account. As criminals become more sophisticated, your bank strongly recommends additional layers of protection on your computer to enable safe online banking.

Trusteer Rapport - Dedicated Online Banking Security

Trusteer Rapport takes a unique approach that adds real value on top of your current security software. When you connect to your bank online, Rapport does three main things in the background to make it extremely difficult for criminals to target you:

• Rapport verifies that you are really connected to the bank’s genuine website as opposed to a fake website created by criminals. Although this sounds trivial, it’s not obvious that you reach a genuine website when you type your bank’s address into your web browser
• Once verification is complete, Rapport locks down communication between your computer and the bank’s website. This prevents criminals from hijacking your online connection with the bank
• Rapport protects your computer and internet connection by creating a tunnel for safe communication with your bank, preventing criminals from using malware to steal your log-in data and tamper with transactions

Rapport takes several additional steps in the background to further improve security. If you are interested in reading about them, click here. For a complete FAQ about Rapport, please click here.

To download Rapport now, click here.