It is a potentially dangerous online world if you go online and PC security is not up to scratch or out of date. Some of the virus, trojan horse , malware creators are highly intelligent , some virtual geniuses its a pity there skills are not being employed in legitamate roles! . The effects of these viruses range from slowing the computer to destroying it and all the data on it. Trojan horses like the greek story hide themselves in legitamate seeming programs until they get active on the computer. A trojan will seek to gain control of the users computer , possibly logging the keystrokes that are made when entering passwords and banck account details then forwarding this info to the criminals who want that information. Malware is a bit of a generic term that covers any code that carries out actions you would not allow if you were aware of it, this could be checking your search phrases and popping up adverts related to them. Changing your home page when you open the browser from the origional to a site they wish you to go to Although total security is a myth its better than poor security! 1, Update windows regularly , have automatic updates turned on go to control panel system and security , click on review your computer status and turn on windows updates. This means that if microsoft learn of any weakness being exploited they will release code which will be update on your computer 2, Use an anti virus program there are many good free ones , for example AVG free anti virus 3 Use a anti spyware program such as spybot search and destroy or malware bytes also available free
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:14:15 +0000
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