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Virus attack to our computer is a very common thing now days. They enter our computer and infect it in a way that many of the software’s and large amount of data stored into it installed get corrupted. There are many ways by which we can save our computer from these virus attacks. Some of Precautionary measures which should be taken care of are described as follow:
3. Double your protection (Firewalls): Using windows firewalls is also an effective way to protect your system from external attacks. It will intimate you whenever suspicious activity attempts to connect to your computer and doesn’t allow it to enter.
4. Increase Your Remembrance (Don’t use same password everywhere): You may have different account over the internet for different web sites, e-mail accounts, bank accounts etc. Don’t use same password and very common passwords for such accounts. Work your brain a little.
5. Back up your Data: One must kept an extra copy of critical data present in the system. Because it is hardware device anything can happened any time so it is good to have one extra copy of critical data. Now days there is also not a problem of space in order to kept data. You can place it on cloud and can access it any time you want.
6. Don’t trust anyone: Never open your accounts on public computers or any other friend’s computer because it is always risky. May be he have installed the software’s like key logger in his computer or may be his computer is already infected. So better use your accounts on your device always.
7. Keep Updated (Update your windows regularly): Regularly updating your windows also kept you away from the viruses attacks in the way that they are already configured with the self-protected program to stay safe from the already discovered viruses.
8. Use a pop-up blocker with your browser: Pop-up blocker also helps to restrict the unsafe web sites to get open. They are small pop-up may contain unsafe codes. It always asks for permission to open the sites which are not safe.
9. Check external devices before using : Always scan external devices before using on to your system because they may contain suspicious codes also. Disable the autorun option also because if it is enable then it will not ask you before opening the device.
10. Knowledge of viruses: If you are using computer you should have knowledge of the different viruses which may attack you system. By doing this you can easily take care that which sites are safely safe , which thing you can download and which not.
- Vaccination before having disease (Antivirus Software): One must have installed some anti-virus program in computer which defends your computer against viruses. Antivirus programs scan virus in your computer at regular interval or whenever your computer connected to any external devices or when you try to download something from net. It will detect the virus if any and will not let it enter to your system. Top antivirus in market are Avast, AVG, Norton etc.
3. Double your protection (Firewalls): Using windows firewalls is also an effective way to protect your system from external attacks. It will intimate you whenever suspicious activity attempts to connect to your computer and doesn’t allow it to enter.
4. Increase Your Remembrance (Don’t use same password everywhere): You may have different account over the internet for different web sites, e-mail accounts, bank accounts etc. Don’t use same password and very common passwords for such accounts. Work your brain a little.
5. Back up your Data: One must kept an extra copy of critical data present in the system. Because it is hardware device anything can happened any time so it is good to have one extra copy of critical data. Now days there is also not a problem of space in order to kept data. You can place it on cloud and can access it any time you want.
6. Don’t trust anyone: Never open your accounts on public computers or any other friend’s computer because it is always risky. May be he have installed the software’s like key logger in his computer or may be his computer is already infected. So better use your accounts on your device always.
7. Keep Updated (Update your windows regularly): Regularly updating your windows also kept you away from the viruses attacks in the way that they are already configured with the self-protected program to stay safe from the already discovered viruses.
8. Use a pop-up blocker with your browser: Pop-up blocker also helps to restrict the unsafe web sites to get open. They are small pop-up may contain unsafe codes. It always asks for permission to open the sites which are not safe.
9. Check external devices before using : Always scan external devices before using on to your system because they may contain suspicious codes also. Disable the autorun option also because if it is enable then it will not ask you before opening the device.
10. Knowledge of viruses: If you are using computer you should have knowledge of the different viruses which may attack you system. By doing this you can easily take care that which sites are safely safe , which thing you can download and which not.
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