How to protect your computer
Absolutely every user wonders, how to protect your computer from viruses or from the acquisition of information by others. In this article we will talk about installing various software with security features, as well as the importance of setting a password.
To protect your computer from viruses that most often get to the machine when viewing dubious Web resources, It is necessary to install software with the function of the so-called "wall". The working principle of such programs isTracking the content of incoming and outgoing packets while using the Internet or a local network. Such applications are called "firewalls" or "firewalls", among which one can distinguish AGAVA Firewall and Comodo Firewall. They are free, and distributions of these programs can be easily found on the World Wide Web.
Recently, the popular program is Comodo Firewall, as it perfectly copes with protection against Internet attacks and buffer overflows. At the same time, it is not demanding and does not heavily burden the system. The program is not cross-platform and works only under the operating system Windows versions of XP, 7 and Vista.
Also, to protect the computer, you must install an antivirus on it. Today there are a lot of such software. Among free applications, special attention is paid to avast anti-virus, which, according to the official websiteprogram, enjoys more than 161 million users. There is also a version of this antivirus for Android-devices, which indicates its wide functionality.
As for paid antiviruses, the following are very popular among users of the CIS countries: Antivirus Kapersky, NOD32, Dr.Web and many others. Remember that whatever anti-virus software you use, you will need to regularly update its database. All modern antiviruses have a built-in function to automatically update their databases via the Internet.
If you decide to install a paid program, we recommend read information about each antivirus: on the effectiveness of the work, as well as on howthe work of such applications affects the functioning of the computer as a whole. Find out how often the virus databases of these programs are updated. Otherwise, you risk wasting money.
It's worth telling about a paid antivirus Symantec, in which the "wall" function forprotect your computer by using network packet filtering. Thus, it is sufficient to install on the computer only one program that performs two functions.
In order to protect your computer, it also follows install only those applications that are downloaded from trusted sources, and not from questionable sites.
Separately it is necessary to talk about setting a password on the computer, as it will protect the machine from useher other persons who may cause harm. It is desirable to think up a password more complicated, for this it is recommended to use alternating letters of both upper and lower case, in addition, you can use numbers. In this case, the work of programs that select a password will become much more complicated.
Finally it is worth saying that protecting the computer is quite simple. The main thing - immediately after the installation of the operating system take care of installing special software and come up with a strong password to log into the system.
