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Install Antivirus Programs
One and probably the most common part is using Anti-virus. Most
anti-virus programs work much the same way. AV look at the contents
of each file, particularly executable one's such as .bat, .exe, .pif,
.scr and .vbs, searching for specific patterns that match a profile
called a virus signature. This signature selects and matches the
files that are harmful to your computer. It's up to you if you want
to delete, quarantine or leave the file alone. Patterns needs to be
updated regularly to give you more protection to new and upcoming
viruses.
Install Firewalls
It doesn't require a computer wiz to be able to install and run a
Firewall. Mostly available firewalls are set to be user friendly or
"Plug and Play". It was designed to allow traffic commonly used by
an ordinary users such as HTTP, POP3, SMTP, FTP, Ping and so on.
This way, any ports or point of entry that may be used by an
intruder will be blocked.
Keep your Operating System and Software Updated
Software vendors provide patches and security updates to fixed the
flaw and vulnerabilities in their software. As mentioned earlier,
software are not created perfectly. It may take some patched and
updating before the software will be fully secured.
Beware of E-mail Attachment
Unsolicited e-mails containing unfamiliar return addresses are
common now. Most of these mail uses social engineering to tell you
of a contest that you may have won or the details of a product that
you might like. The sender is trying to encourage you to open the
letter, and execute whatever attached to it. Beware of the viruses
bonded to these attached files. As much as possible, delete this
emails as soon as possible. Email viruses and worms are fairly
common. If you’ve not received one, chances are you will.
Use Strong Password Characters
Intruders most common method of password of password cracking is to
use trial-and-error, or technically called "brute-force". By
bombarding a login scheme with all the words in a dictionary, they
may “discover” the password that unlocks it. If they know something
about you, such as your spouse’s name, birthdate, plate numbers
etc... clever intruders can narrow the range of possible passwords
you have used.
Clever intruders can be prevented by clever users. It is advisable
not to use any information related to you as mentioned above,
instead use a password not found in dictionary of words, or better
mixed it with some characters. The longer the password, the hard it
is to brute-forced. Experts advise to use passwords more than 12
characters.
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