Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

10 Ways To Avoid Viruses and Spyware

Viruses,malware,trojans....every windows user is wary of them. One loathes to have one on his pc.
For a long time MS Windows has been the major target but not anymore,the mac is no longer safe as was thought to be. As a matter of fact no OS is. Windows is the main target because > 90 % of PC's run on the omnipresent OS.
Websites are also targets nowadys and as the bridge between mobiles n PC's is shortened so will they.
Here are 10 tips that can help you stay safe though :
1: Install quality antivirus
2: Install real-time anti-spyware protection
3: Keep anti-malware applications current
4: Perform daily scans
5: Disable autorun
6: Disable image previews in Outlook
7: Don't click on email links or attachments
8: Surf smart
9: Use a hardware-based firewall
10: Deploy DNS protection

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