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How to Protect Yourself
Here are some of the steps you can take to protect yourself.
- Keep your device operating systems, software and apps up to date
- Set up a password and lock your device when not in use
- Do not install or run any app or program on your device unless it is from a trusted source
- If you use the ONB Mobile App and lose your mobile device, within Online Banking remove the phone number from update security options under my settings
- Use a personal firewall
- Set automatic updates
- Install anti-virus software that detects and blocks malware
- Use a trusted computer
- Avoid unsecured wireless networks
- Don’t use the same IDs or passwords for multiple systems
- Always log out when finished with Online & Mobile Banking
- Never store personal or financial information, including User IDs and Passwords, on your device or computer
- Install and keep anti-virus software up to date to detect and block malware
- Don’t click on links or attachments in unsolicited email
- Monitor your personal accounts and financial statements regularly for unexplained activity
- Don't confirm or provide personal information in response to an email or text
- Check your credit reports - for free - every year
- Sign up for automated alerts within Online Banking as a way to monitor when certain account transactions occur
- Don’t write your PIN on your card or keep it anywhere in your wallet or purse