Creating Web Logins

A Web Login is the URL (Web address) and identifying information you must provide in order to access an online account or other secure site.

You can  create Web Logins from your browser or from within ANTIfraud. If you are unable to create a login that works, you may need to configure additional Advanced settings.

 

The creators of Web sites take many precautions to prevent unauthorized access or access by machine for malicious purposes. In certain cases, a completely automated login is not an option.

Web Login Categories

The default Web Login categories are General, Web Mail, Shopping and Banking. You can create subcategories (child categories to the parent categories) or new categories. For example, a new category, Research, could be used for accounts to universities, specialized libraries or other resources that require  logins. A subcategory under Shopping might be Department Stores. Once you create a Web login, you can use it to access a Web site and log in without typing a password or user ID.

 

 

There are two ways to create a Web Login: within your browser and within  ANTIfraud.

To create a Web Login from your browser:

 

It is assumed that you have enabled the Smart Tag feature.

 

  1. When you visit a secure Web site and type in your user ID and password and click Sign On (or Sign In, Register, etc.)  ANTIfraud will prompt you to create a login.

 

  1. If you click Yes, ANTIfraud will create a Web Login and display the information in the Edit Web Login dialog. If you click No, ANTIfraud will not create a Web Login. However, each time you go to this site and login manually, you will be prompted to create a Web Login.

  2. If you click Never for this site, ANTIfraud not create a Web Login and will not prompt you to create a Web Login when you visit this site in the future..

  1. If you would like ANTIfraud to fill out the form without actually logging you in to the Web site, enable (check) the box labeled Do not automatically log me into this Web site. Just fill out the form instead.

  2. Click OK to save login information. Or, click Cancel to discard these settings.

  3. The next time you wish to go to this site, you can log in from ANTIfraud's System Tray Icon or you can login from the Main window.

Advanced Settings for Web Logins

This section is for advanced users only, and detailed configuration could require a knowledge of HTML.

 

When creating a Web Login from your browser, the Advanced... command button on the Edit Web Login dialog enables you to configure the Form Filler to populate input fields other than user ID and password on a Web Login page, where required

 

Some Web site logins require you to choose activities or provide information other than user ID and password. For example, at the American Express Web site shown below, the user needs to select an activity from a number of options before login can complete. In cases such as this, you could set up your Web Login to include the action as well as the user ID and  password. Further, if you use this Web site for multiple purposes, such as paying your credit card bill, doing banking and administering your 401K, you could set up three different Web Logins. Each Web Login would log you into a specific landing page.

 

 

To configure information in the Web Login Advanced Settings dialog:

  1. Click Advanced... in the Edit Web Login dialog. The system displays the Web Login Advanced Settings dialog. This dialog displays information that it has read from the specific site for which you are attempting to automate the login process.

  2. The Type combo box, as shown below enables you to select the additional parameter required by the Web site. In this example, the American Express Web site, the user must select an activity (value) from a drop-down list in order to submit the login form successfully. Other options in the combo box, which could apply to other Web sites are Text and Password.

  1. The Identify by combo box enables you to select a value by inspection of the HTML code.  Options are Name, ID and Description. To do this, right-click anywhere on the Web login page and select View Source. The system will display the HTML code for this page. Search for the value (option) within the code if you are familiar with HTML. For example:

  1. The Identifier field is a static value. You cannot change it.

  2. The Value combo box enables you to select from the options that the software recognizes from the Type combo box. In this case, the values available have been read from a drop-down list.

  3. Select (check) or clear the box labeled Enable in order to apply this configuration to your login. The default setting is selected (checked).

  4. Click Add at a later time for each additional field required on the login form if not automatically configured.

  5. Click Remove to clear a selected a line that you have added, if desired.

  6. Click Remove All to clear all additional settings, if desired.

  7. Use the Method: drop-down list only if when you double-click on the appropriate icon within the ANTIfraud application and login does not complete successfully. This parameter gives yu additional fine-grained control. Options are:

  8. Auto: Select to automatically login.

  9. Simulate clicking on a link:Select this if additional click on link is required. When this option is selected, ANTIfraud presents additional combo boxes with which to indicate the type of link it is. In the case of the login form below, ANTIfraud enables you to type in the words Sign In rather than Forgot Password? to login.

  1. Simulate pressing ENTER key: Select If this action is required to login

  2. Invoke form submission: Select to invoke form submission.

  3. Click OK to save your configurations. Or, click Cancel to discard configurations.

 

To create a Web Login from ANTIfraud:

  1. Click the Web Logins module bar in the lower left pane of the ANTIfraud Main window,

  2. From the default SafeCard categories in the navigation pane of the ANTIfraud Main window, double-click the appropriate category. ANTIfraud displays an Edit Web Login Entry dialog.

  3. Use the drop-down list to select a category or create a new one. Type in the title of this login. Use a name that you will be able to identify easily. For example, Snow Bank Checking Account.

  4. Type in the URL of the login page for this account. An easy way to do this, in this case, is to go to the Bank's login page. At the top of the browser window, the Address field displays the URL of the bank's login page. Place your mouse pointer over the address and right-click. From the menu, select Copy. Now, place your mouse pointer over the URL field in the Edit Web Entry Login dialog. Right-click and select Paste. The bank login page URL will be transferred  to this field.

  5. Type in the User Name you wish to associate with this login.

  6. Type in the password you use for this login. For validation, type the same password into the Retype Password field. The password you type will not be displayed in the fields. Instead, a string of asterisks characters will appear. This is a security feature. If you wish to see the passwords you have typed, click Show.

  7. To use ANTIfraud's Strong Password Generator, do not type in a password, click Generate instead. ANTIfraud will display the Password Generator. In the Password Length box, select the length of the password. Logins sometimes specify requirements for passwords, such as the number of characters, the kinds of characters you can use, etc.

  8. Use the check boxes to select other parameters for your password and click Generate. Your new password is displayed as a string of asterisks (*****). If you wish to see the actual password, select the check box labeled Show. If you look at the password, you will notice that it is not anything that thieves can figure out. To hide the password again, click Mask.

  9. If you so choose, click the Icon button to select an icon that will represent this new Web Login. For example, you could select the mailbox icon to identify your Web Mail, or the musical note to identify your music download site.

 

These icons are strictly for esthetics and convenience. They are not necessary to create Web Logins.

  1. In the Title field, type in a description of the Web Login. For example, if the login is for an electronics supply Web site, Joe could type in Joe's ABC Electronics Login - Personal Use.

  2. When you select a category from the Web Login Categories pane, the Category field already displays the SafeCard category you have chosen. You can click the arrow to the right of this field to enable a list of categories if you want to change the category.

  3. To create a new Web Login and associate it with a category or subcategory, select the category or subcategory from the directory pane of the navigation bar. In the toolbar, click New. Fill in the Edit Web Login Entry form as described above.

  4. To log in to a site, click the Go command button. The first time you log in, ANTIfraud will prompt you to  log in with the information on this SafeCard always. Click Yes. Or, if you wish to log into this Web site with other credentials, click No. For example, you might have two accounts associated with one login page. ANTIfraud gives you the option to select the credentials you wish to use for each.

  5. On subsequent visits to this site, you need only to double-click on the icon in the detail pane of the Web Login window to go to the site.

 

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