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All Just just about Computer VirusProtection for your computer system - Painless and free !
by:
John Roberts
Painless (and FREE) P.C. Protection
Viruses, Bugs, Worms, Dataminers, Spybots, and Trojan horses. The Computer network is a veritable tract of things that can invade your PC and affect it’s Safety and Performance.
You can do thing
just about it and you can do it FREE, exploitation several or all of the following programs and tips.
Anti-Virus protection.
One of the better Free programs for this is AntiVir Personal Edition Anti-Virus software. Transfer
it from:
http://www.free-av.com
Install on your PC and leave it running to block any incoming bugs or viruses! It can besides be used to scan your system for any previous invasions, but be patient, this takes just about 15 minutes to complete. Worth running periodically, to check all is ok.
FireWalls and Broadband.
If you are on Broadband, consider exploitation Firewall software. Most nice ISP’s now supply free. (eg AOL). If yours doesn’t, you can get a reasonably nice Free personal firewall system from ‘ZoneAlarm’ at http://www.zonelabs.com .
Tip – DON’T leave your PC connected to the Computer network once
you are not exploitation it! Reduce the chance of thing
loading piece you are not observation things !
SpyBot finders and Ad blockers.
Various programs accessible on the web, several ‘Paid’ and ‘Free’. You can get nice results from exploitation 2 Free packages that are available. These are ‘SpyBot Search & Destroy’ and ‘Ad-Aware’. Downloads accessible at
http://www.lavasoft.de for AD-Aware
http://www.safer-networking.org for SpyBot
Using several of these packages ensures that, you get with one, any ‘bots’ that the another one misses.
Suspect you have a virus ?
If you think you already have a virus, a nice Free tool for checking and killing them is McAfee Stinger. Free transfer
at:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger
Some General Tips
Get in the habit of , every time you disconnect from the web, deleting ALL files from the following folders:
C:/WINDOWS/Cookies
C:/WINDOWS/Temporary Computer network
Beware ‘Boys Toys’ and ‘Freebies’! Think, if person wants to spread a bug, get trailing software system onto your PC etc, the better place for them to do it is places wherever
you go to get ‘freebies’ to download! The above sites are usually ‘ad free’, but be aware that if you transfer
porn, free music, free games, free software, there is often a ‘price’ to pay. Always use the above programs after visiting ANY of these sorts of sites!
Just just about the author:
John Roberts ia a freelance Training Adviser and Director of JayrConsulting Ltd http://www.jayrconsulting.co.ukJohn is an active member of TrainerBase at http://www.trainerbase.co.uk and is always open to discuss any training related issues
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