Virus- A word that arouses bad memories for a lot of computer users. Formatted drives, stolen passwords, brand new computer behaving like a Pentium-2 with 16 MB RAM- sounds familiar? I know. You are not alone. Almost every computer has fallen prey to these pesky little programs created to cause problems to us and fun to their creators. But you are not helpless. Infact you are very much in a safe position if you follow the rules and follow them properly.So, introducing to you, the rules:
Rule one:- Use a good antivirus. Hopefully everybody knows what an antivirus is and does. As the name suggests an antivirus is the in-house security against viruses. They are the main force which fights the viruses front on and stop them. This is a must whether you are connected to the Internet or not. It is recommended that you get an Internet connection though as that will help in keeping the program and virus database updated. Good free options include Avast anti-virus and AVG anti-virus. If you can afford and are willing to go professional we suggest you buy Kaspersky antivirus. And if you would like to keep faith in the tried and tested then you can still go for Norton AntiVirus 2009.
Rule two:- Use a firewall. Firewall is the type of software which acts as a barrier between the computer and the Internet. It protest outside intruders from accessing your computer and also malicious software residing in your computer to access to their hosts. That’s why the name firewall. Although Microsoft Windows has a default firewall, it is not very good at preventing attacks and is less customizable and user-friendly. That is why we recommend that you buy or at least use a free firewall available on the Internet. Good free options include Comodo firewall and Zonealarm Free Edition.
Rule three:- Don’t use pirated software. First of all, this is legally very wrong. And even if you don’t care about the legality, you must know that most of this pirated software are full of trojans, dialers and keyloggers which infect your computer, make the system go bizarre and steal confidential data like credit card numbers. And what did you think they do this for? Now you know the answer. And even if you can’t follow this tip at least make sure that you don’t use pirated anti-irus and firewall. If you don’t follow these, you’re bringing about your own downfall.
Rule four:- Be cautious when using external USB drives and the flash drives. And more so when they are from the office or a friend. Always do a thorough a scan of them by the anti-virus before using any files from them. Personally, I can tell you that I used to ignore this thing and as a result had to format my hard drive a couple of times. So, if you don’t want that, do follow this tip.
Rule five:- Make regular backups. Though this is not directly related to keeping a computer free from viruses, it is always better to do regular backups so that you don’t lose valuable information and data if somehow all the above methods fail to keep the viruses at bay. That way you’ll never have a chance of losing too much data and will be in a much easier position to recover. But that does not mean that you can ignore the above four steps. As they say ” prevention is better than cure”. And you cannot even totally cure in this case. Good luck and be safe.
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@Hilary
Very Right comment. But I knew nobody would follow that. Thats why I did not include it. But a worthy comment nevertheless.
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Some times feels frustrated from virus. Agree with your rules external USB drives and pirated software often causes virus problem for our computer some times also need to care when we surfing internet one thing i never doing is backup but now want to implement backup policy so it makes little bit smoother life.
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