Online Security

Important Website Security Notice

As part of our ongoing effort to increase the security of our website, we will require all browsers accessing secure pages within our website to support 128-bit encryption, beginning Wednesday, August 20, 2003. To determine if your browser supports 128-bit encryption, click on "Help" in the toolbar of your Internet browser and click on "About [browser name]". A pop-up box or window will display. For Internet Explorer - Next to "Cipher strength" you should see "128-bit". For Netscape - the following text should appear: "This version supports high-grade (128-bit) security with RSA Public Key Cryptography".

If your browser does not support 128-bit encryption, you will need to upgrade to a browser that does in order to continue to access secure pages of the website. Recommended browsers include: Netscape Navigator 4.75, Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0, and AOL 6, 7 or 8, but other browsers that support 128-bit encryption may also work. For a list of recommended browsers, please contact the Member Service Center at hccu@heritageccu.com or 916.364.1700 or 800.233.6328.

Follow the instructions below to upgrade:

Internet Explorer

In Internet Explorer, click on Help and select About Internet Explorer. The window that pops up should say "Cipher strength: 128-bit". If it does not, clicking on "Update Information" will take you to the link below, which contains instructions for upgrading Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/128bit/default.asp

If you are running Windows 2000, you can access this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/encryption/download.asp

The upgrade is simple and fairly quick. You will be required to restart your computer.
PLEASE NOTE: AOL uses the Internet Explorer browser and is subject to the same conditions as Internet Explorer.

Netscape (versions earlier than 6)

Verify your cipher strength, as some versions of 4.7 do not support 128-bit encryption. If the version you are using does not support it, download an updated version by clicking on the following link and following the instructions: http://browser.netscape.com/ns8

You can also reference this link to archived Netscape product releases: http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive.html

Netscape (version 6 and higher)

Download the SmartUpdate Plugin by clicking on the following link and following the instructions: http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/su/intro.cgi