Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Tips to Prevent PC from Virus and Spyware



Virus and spyware are definitely two of the most destructive elements for the personal computers that may affect or damage entire applications, programs, documents, software sets, and anything at any point of time. The best way to clear out all virus and spyware from system is to reinstall the operating system and immediately fix up some top class level anti spyware or anti virus program. Virus and spyware both are deliberately created to steal or damage all essential data from computers. Mostly all such virus sets and spyware arise from internet sites that are browsed and files that are transferred from emails.


Disconnecting from INTERNET will be one best way to avoid virus and spyware to enter the computers. Virus or spyware once affected in computers are really hard to tackle with. Precautions are to be taken in advance in the form of anti virus and spyware removal kits in order to avoid any kind of such malware to enter in to machines. Here are some very simple tips to avoid entry of virus and spyware in to the computers.



In order to protect your personal computer from virus as well as spyware it is essential for you to keep the machines updated time after time. All applications and programs in use are to be updated as per newer versions. If you keep automatic updates on, the machine will automatically search for all possible new software sets and updates from online sources and keep the machine new. Top class antivirus from a reputed, assured brand will let solve all virus problems and clear the memory. Scanning the applications, software, or any external device that you connect to the machines will remove all possible virus and spyware. Certain sites offer free downloadable files and documents. If you avoid such downloads, lots of virus and spyware can be avoided. The documents available for free download are to be scanned before downloading. Certain sites do offer some kind of cracks and hack, small patches or software files that can be downloaded. Avoid such downloads and use all online sites with certain downloading restrictions. If users avoid opening email accounts from any unknown sources, possibility of occurrence or virus and spyware can be avoided.



Spyware generally enters the computer hard drive with no notice to the users and deletes or destroys all essential data and passwords from computers. Updating the software in use and customizing the internet security setting will avoid lots of virus and spyware issues. Using firewalls all programs and applications can be well protected from entry of spyware. Built-in fire wall protection sets can be utilized to protect the documents. While downloading any essential data files, images, video clips or anything from the net, care is to be taken to compare and securely download files from trusted sites that are virus free. Downloading music and video files that are freely available can be bundled with viruses. Scanning such heavy files before downloading will take care of removal of virus from files. Virus scan to the personal computer, reinstallation or updates on applications and protective firewalls will destroy the virus and spyware.

Close all other applications while running a setup wizard If you have other applications running, it can cause the install to fail, or critical files to be corrupted… even making uninstallation impossible by normal means. Chris adds: This isn’t completely correct, however it is a good idea to quit other applications. Also, never run more than ONE installer at the same time. 

Only download from trusted sites Don’t trust a bunch of random people on YouTube, for instance. If something screams out “free!”, it is likely a scam. Do some research, know what you’re downloading and the site you’re getting it from. Get recommendations from trusted family and friends, and even via some of the excellent computer forums online.


Don’t download anything from “dirty” sites You may be sitting there giggling by now, but adult sites are about 90% of the way computers get infected. Most every one of those sites has malware embedded in them, and even more when you download something from them.


Be careful using P2P programs Ahh, here is the other 10% of the malware. Peer to Peer file sharing. Be smart when downloading anything this way. Check the file sizes, and the titles. Seriously guys. If a file on a Torrent site (for instance) claims to give you Vista for free or turn your PC into a “psp” machine to allow you to game… do you REALLY think it’s true?


Make sure the company you’re downloading from is really legit There are many sites and companies out there who pretend to be Apple, or Microsoft, or any other number of reputable companies. Never download something that claims to be from them from somewhere other than their site, without making sure you know it really did come from them. Also, make sure the site you are going to download from has permission from the content owner to host the file for download.

Do not use Keygens or Patches without checking with proper Anti Virus. Do not use any Keygen or patch immediately after downloading keep them compressed for more than 2 weeks after that check them with updated AntiVirus because if the Keygen or patch contains latest virus then your antivirus's database can't find it but after few days it can Identify it easily because in this period Anti Virus will be updated with latest database...

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