Knowing how to prevent the obtaining of a computer virus is more important than any antiviru software, you can find. Remember, knowledge is power. That being said, here are our top 5 tips on how to avoid contracting a computer virus.
1. Never open an attachment in your email if you do not know what it is, or who it is. Today most of the viruses are spread through e-mail. These can come without the knowledge of friends who are innocently transmit the virus along and virus writers to send emails with a short-line ("check out this attachment"), then, for example, an .exe attachment (click here to see a list of extensions of virus can hide in). An additional step to take is that if you are a Windows user you can set the "hide file extension" option so that it is marked as "not conceal" file extension.
2. Include yourself your own address book. The main reason for this step is so that if your computer is infected and sends copies of itself to everyone in your address book then you will receive this email and be alerted to the problem.
3 Set ActiveX and cookies to prompt you before running. It is an important step in the prevention of infections by the virus on your computer. When ActiveX appears in an email it is almost always a virus.
4 Purchase or download a programme antiviru highly recommended and internationally known that frequent updates. We recommend Norton, McAfee or Kaspersky. If your company antiviru rarely updates its programs then there is not much to protect your computer.
5 Download suspicious programs or attachments... even of curiosity. This free screensaver that you think that you need may be accompanied by his friend of computer virus to download.
Nothing, not even the best antivirus program on the market will protect you 100% of contracting a computer virus. The best defense is to stay updated on events in the world of computer viruses and attention to the performance of your computer.
Mark Allen provides the knowledge that you need to protect yourself against computer viruses, spyware and fraud via the Internet at: http://SaferEmails.com