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Have you or have you not installed a reliable firewall software on your system? It has been proven that stand-alone operating system is not optimized to prevent against organized network attacks.

Although major operating systems now have integrated firewalls, but they are often not secure enough or lack advanced features.

One should not delay installing and configuring firewall correctly. You may think that your computer has nothing valuable worth getting into, but your computer services and resources may be asset in themselves.

Sometimes hackers do not attack their targets directly, they do that from another persons’ computers to avoid detection.

Computer users are advised to use firewall produced by leading firewall software vendors. They are usually more secure and powerful than OS-integrated firewalls, not to mention frequently updated and improved. Read the rest of this entry →

When the discussion comes to securing your computer from viruses and malware, the obvious choice that comes to our mind is surely using any “anti-virus” and keeping it up-to-date.

However if you consider your options and weigh them, then no wonder you would realize that there are other stuff that you can really do…

These are rather more effective than just installing an effective up-to-date anti-virus, so let’s see all the options one by one…

• Anti-Virus

Firstly when you say the word Anti-virus, it is basically a software designed to protect your computer against known viruses, but with one or the other new virus emerging on a daily basis, anti-virus programs need regular updates. Read the rest of this entry →

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The toughest to fight in any computer is a virus that has already gotten into your system, snooped into your files and multiplied to the point that it hogs your hard disk space and slowly eats at your system. Let’s admit it, we’re scared of these viruses and we want to get rid of them. Here are very useful tips for protecting your PC:

Making use of the firewall

Windows operating system has the firewall for a reason. For those who are connected to the Internet 24/7, the firewall is the basic way to protect your PC. Check if your firewall is on by going to the control panel of your Windows PC. Firewalls keeps your computer away from malicious software (malware), worms, and Trojan viruses. Also, it prevents other people from snooping in your files and applications.

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