You have learned to how to prevent your system to be infected in general and important ways; as the end of security topic of this Blog, there are going to be last tips and facts about security of your system.
- Update all of your applications even if they take time, it's much better than re-installing the operating system because of a malware problem.
- Get a legitimate Anti Virus + Anti spyware and Firewall program. [Windows fire wall is not as precise.]
- Don't fall for online ransom and scams, always ask is it too good to be free? Never click on ads say "your Computer is infected, run a free scan". When you run this program it will probably create random files on your computer and call them as harmful, whats next? you got it right! they ask for amount of money to remove them, after math? your computer is not functioning better but all of your personal information has been released by you accepting the terms of service. A good Example of a scam is My Clean PC which has been advertised in media. Here's link of its reviews.
- Scan your download, especially compressed folders such as .Rar and .Zip folders.
- Don't click on any links you see, this is especially stressed for E-mails and social networking sites, you don't want them to take control of your account.
- Do not make same password for everything, If a hacker finds it all of your online services is in their control. Click here for ways to make strong passwords.
- Do not download by peer to peer, i.e torrent, you never know whats on your host computer until you open or execute it. try to download them from local server
- The movies and songs that require you to execute a program are probably a malware, There is no .exe[ Executable ] extension for Mp3 and Mp4 files or any media extensions!
- Since there are many topics to cover about this post, it will be divided into two sections.
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