Viruses nowadays are spreading like wildfire, causing concern for people all around the Globe. Truly human knowledge and innovation improve as technology continues to spread throughout the world. The spread of technology gives programmers a chance to increase their income through dishonest means, by deceiving other people and spreading their own viruses into your system; depriving you of your beloved computer.
Virus, also called computer virus, is a computer program that can copy itself in your computer system, corrupt files and crash your computer by filling up the system’s hard drive. They could duplicate themselves without the help of a human resource spreading similarly as a biological virus. They have different methods of infection by which they could spread continuously namely:
· By using data storage devices, such as USBs, floppy disk and others infecting each computer plugged with it
· Through E-mail attachments, which is very popular and almost a necessity to daily life, viruses spread around the world. They deceive the owner of the e-mail ad into downloading the attachment included in the e-mail, not knowing that it could make the computer crash in matter of seconds.
· And lastly viruses could spread, by using the internet. Websites in the internet often contain viruses. They activate and install into your computer with a simple click of a link.
Preventing these viruses from entering and damaging your computer is a must for every citizen. And now, here are some tips to avoid getting infected by a virus.
Having an effective anti-virus program installed on your computer is the initial step to keeping your computer clean. The program will better improve its security by updating it regularly, keeping you away from malicious programs attempting to infect your system.
Never open any e-mail attachments unless you know exactly who sent the email. Sometimes though, e-mail attachments from your friends also contain a virus. To get the data in the attachments and keep your computer safe, you need to scan the attachment first before downloading it. Anti-Virus software that includes in them e-mail scanning is a useful tool to stop the spreading of viruses.
Have another browser installed in your computer. By doing this, you could switch quickly after knowing that your old browser has security holes wherein a virus could sneak through.
And lastly, never download anything from a website that you cannot trust. Websites all over the internet contain most of the harmful viruses that are prevalent today. Downloading from pirate websites and torrent downloads are illegal and most, if not all, of them contain viruses. If really needed, you could always have your anti-virus program check your files before downloading to avoid getting infected.
A regular scan of your computer throughout the week is also recommended. Doing this will always keep your computer clean and save it from being infected. A 30-min scan wouldn’t hurt as much as a hundred dollar repair fee.
Obeying these tips will surely help you keep your computer virus-free, malware-free and utterly free to be used, for you to enjoy and keep you company throughout your days.
