Secure Your Computer System

Undeniably, Computer is the most essential and the most important tool nowadays. We used it in almost everything, chatting, emailing, shopping, investing and banking. But the more we use our Computers, the more we are exposed to potential attackers and hackers who are always ready to steal our most important information in our Computers.

Below are some simple and easy steps to make our Computer secure.

1. Always make backups of your most important information and store in a safe place separate from your computer.

2. Install a firewall. I recommend Zone Alarm. Without a good firewall, viruses, worms, Trojans, malware and adware can all easily access your computer from the Internet.

3. Update your operating system, web browser and software frequently. I recommend FireFox, it’s a safe Browser. Internet Explorer is the favorite browser of the hackers.

4. Review your browser and email settings for optimum security. Why should you do this? Active-X and JavaScript are often used by hackers to plant malicious programs into your computers. While cookies are relatively harmless in terms of security concerns, they do still track your movements on the Internet to build a profile of you. At a minimum set your security setting for the “internet zone” to High, and your “trusted sites zone” to Medium Low.

5. Install antivirus software and set for automatic updates so that you receive the most current versions.

6. Do not open unknown email and email attachments. Delete it at once.

7. Do not download any programs from unknown websites, most of them have spyware and malware that will stole your information.

8. Disable hidden filename extensions. By default, the Windows operating system is set to “hide file extensions for known file types”. Disable this option so that file extensions display in Windows.

9. Disconnect your computer from the network when not using it. A hacker cannot attack your computer when you are disconnected from the Internet

10. Make a boot disk on a floppy disk in case your computer is compromised by a malicious program.