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Protect you PC from viruses, spyware and worms

By: Amarjot Singh

You all are aware how difficult it is to safeguard your computer from the dangers of the internet. With the number of viruses, spyware and other threats on the internet today, no computer should be set up without the proper protection. As soon as your machine is connected to the internet it is prone to attack from these malicious items. The following 5 items are what you need to setup in order to have reliable protected PC, it won't be completely immune to problems, but 99% of the time the threat will pass you by, looking for the easy mark.

1)Setup a Personal Firewall

This is software that basically makes your computer invisible to hackers, worms and other threats that can infect your computer over the internet. Setting up a firewall is the absolute first thing you should do if you're going to connect to the internet. Without a firewall, your computer could get infected in as little as one minute after connecting.

2)Turn on Windows Updates

It is crucial to have the latest security updates and patches if you are running a Microsoft Windows operating system.

3)Install/Update Antivirus Software

Most new computers come with antivirus software these days. You might have Norton, McAfee, PC-Cillin or another brand. No matter what program you have, you will need to update it when you get connected to the internet.

It doesn't matter how new your computer is - there will be new viruses, and new updates for the antivirus software, since it was loaded.

4)Antispyware software

Spyware also referred to as malware programs can cause a lot of problems with your computer, not to mention they can track your personal information and you never know where it's being sent.

Some new computers might include antispyware software, but most of them don't yet. There are quite a few anti-spyware programs available, some free and some not. The one I recommend is from Microsoft and is one of the free ones.

And last but not least...

5)Setup a free e-mail account

This last item is not as critical as the first four, but I would highly recommend you set up an email account with one of the free services like Hotmail or Gmail.

Once you're on the internet, you'll find a lot of useful information that you want that requires you to provide an email address. In some cases, these people will end up sending you a bunch of spam.

Signing up for a free e-mail account will allow you to sign up for anything you are not sure about without having to be spammed to your real e-mail account.


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