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The Quickest Way I Know To Secure Your PC-Safety In 7 Easy Steps

by: rogel dias

The Quickest Way I Know To Secure Your PC-Safety In 7
Easy Steps And Only Using Free Software While Not Missing The
One Critical Piece Of Free Software That's Been Overlooked By
Many.

Can You Prevent Spyware, Worms, Trojans, Viruses,
... To Work When You Switch Your Pc On ?
I Can And I Do It On A Pro-active Basis.

Surfing Means More And More To Stay Invisible, To Be Clean From
The Inside And To Prevent Installment Of Malicious Software
(So Preventing Unwanted Communication From Inside To Outside
And From Outside To Inside).

How do you stay invisible while surfing? Of course
by installing a firewall. How do I get one free?
That's the easy point.

You like to stay invisible. But are you? And how do you know?
You could do a test from someone out there trying to get in.
But who can you trust?

Suppose you are doing a test. Do you obtain objective and
reliable information about your PC-vulnerability (for free)?

Now even if you stay invisible, you will visit websites
leaving cookies in your PC and you will download software.
By doing so you will get spyware, viruses, ...

How can you detect them and delete them? That's also
the easy point: you have to install an anti-virus program
and anti-spyware programs. Research on the internet makes
it clear that you need 2 anti-spyware programs. Why 2?
Because a great fish may be caught by the net but a small fish
can swim through the holes. Using 2 makes the holes smaller.
What are those 2 free programs you have to download?

Can you prevent spyware to install on your PC? Maybe,
maybe not. There is one free software that might prevent it
(but not with 100% guarantee).

And even then you need an additional freeware program to
prevent a piranha to install itself on your PC (just enabling
itself to start up whenever you switch your PC on).
This freeware program is overlooked by many and gives you
an additional feeling of relief and security. It gives you
also a hint whether some new downloaded software is good or bad
(and thus giving you the chance to delete it anyway before it
becomes too malicious).

Now you owe it to yourself to maximize the safety of your PC
for surfing. You need a firewall,an anti-virus software,
2 anti-spyware programs, one spyware preventing program,
a trusty guard preventing installment in your startup files
and even 3 musketeers. And last but not least do a safe test
to get an objective idea about the vulnerability of your PC.

Everything is free. It only needs your attention.
So look after the fully simple and logical steps in:

http://startwithoutadime.blogspot.com/2005/02/first-things-first-pc-safety_13.html
http://startwithoutadime.blogspot.com/2005/02/first-things-first-pc-safety-ii.html

After all, preventing a disease is better than curing it !!

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Top 10 Ways To Protect Yourself From Computer Viruses
by: Jim Faller

As more and more people are becoming comfortable using their computers at school, home or in the office it�s only a matter of time before they encounter a computer virus. Here are our top 10 steps to protect you from computer viruses.

Use a high quality anti-virus program. There are many different anti-virus computers programs on the market some of them are better than others. Look to reputable computer magazines or websites for ratings to help you find the one that matches your needs.

Always use your anti-virus software. Make sure your anti-virus software is always turned on and scanning, incoming and outgoing email messages, and any software programs you run.

Keep your antivirus programs up to date. Most programs come with a yearly subscription make sure you take advantage of the updates. More advanced programs allow you to schedule updates or full system scans for �off hours� like 2AM when you aren�t likely to be using your computer.

Keep your computer up to date. From time to time operating systems fall victim to security holes or issue updates. Make sure you check periodically to make sure you are running stable up to date versions of your software.

Backup your data regularly. Most windows computer users keep their documents in the �My documents� folder. This makes it easy to back up all of your important documents. Make weekly or monthly copies to CD or USB drives.

If you use floppy disks or USB drives on public computers like your school computer lab, Kinko�s, or even digital photo printing store make sure you scan them for viruses. Public computers are notorious for not being up to date and properly protected.

Be wary of email attachments. Treat any email attachment as potentially dangerous. Never open attachments from people you weren�t expecting. Also be careful of attachments from people you know but weren�t expecting. Many computer viruses replicate themselves by reading the contacts from an infected computer.

Use text email if possible. While HTML email is prettier and allows you more control over formatting it also can carry computer viruses. If you use text based email the only way to get a virus is by opening an attachment.

Use downloaded freeware and shareware files or software with caution. Try to download them from popular reputable sources that scan the programs before they are uploaded. To make sure you are safe scan the program before you install it on your computer.

Be wary of links in IM or instant messaging software. Don�t accept invitations from people you don�t know and never click a link from someone you don�t trust, they can easily redirect you to another website that will try to install a virus on your computer system.

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