PROTECTING YOUR COMPUTER

Protecting Your Computer

Computers that use at home are vulnerable to threats like viruses, worms, Trojan horses and hacking attacks. These could have various types of negative impact on the confidentiality of information on your computer or even impact the availability of the computer when you want to use it.

1.      Install Anti-Virus Software: Install an effective Anti-Virus Software and ensure that it is set to download updates automatically. This will ensure that the Anti-Virus Software will be able to protect your Computer as it will have the latest fixes to new viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Since most of us emails and often download attachments, we must ensure that the Anti-Virus program is set to scan e-mail and files as they are downloaded from internet. A number of free but effective Anti-Virus softwares are also available for individual use.

2.      Run virus scans periodically: it is good practise to run full disk anti-virus scans to detect malicious programs that may not have been picked up prior to an update on the antivirus system.

3.      Use a Firewall: A Firewall is a system designed to prevent unauthorised use of and access to your computer. A firewall can be either hardware or software. Most individual users prefer a software firewall. If you are using windows, you can use the built-in Windows firewall.

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