As regards the amount of people using computers at school, at home, or a collage of office is not long before receiving a computer virus. Here are the top steps to protect yourself from viruses.
-use good quality anti-virus. There are many different anti-virus software for the PC market is better than others. Look to reputable computer magazines or websites ratings to help you find what fits your needs.
-always use anti-virus software. Make sure the anti-virus software and scan always starts, incoming and outgoing e-mails and all the programs running.
-Save the anti-virus programs up to date. Most programs come with an annual subscription to make sure that you can benefit from the updates. More advanced programs allow you to schedule updates or full system scans at more convenient times, when it is not possible to use your computer (ie, in the middle of the night).
-Keep your computer updated. From time to time operating systems fall victim to security holes or issue updates. Be sure to check occasionally to make sure that you run a constant updates of your software.
-if you use floppy disks or USB drives on public computers, such as computers collage, Kinko of, Cyber Cafe, and even digital photo printing store make sure to scan the forviruses. Public computers spotted is updated and protected and maintained.
-backing up your data regularly. Most windows computer users keep the documents of “My Documents”. This makes it easy to back up all important documents. Make weekly or monthly copies on CD-ROM, or USB.
-was wary of e-mail. Treat any email attachment as potentially dangerous. Never open attachments from people who do not wait. Also be wary of attachments from people you know but do not wait. Many viruses replicate themselves by reading the contacts of infected computers.
-use the freeware and shareware download files or software with caution. Try taking them from reputable sources that scan the programs before the downloaded. To make sure that you are sure to scan the program before you install on your computer.
-use e-mail, if the text is possible. While HTML-e-mail is nice and allows you more control of design, but also can carry viruses. If you use text based email the only way to be a virus by opening an attachment.
-was wary of the links, IM or instant messaging software. Do not accept invitations from people who do not know and you do not click on a link from someone you do not trust, you can easily refer to another site you are trying to install a virus on your system.
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