The casual computer user can afford to play with fire and risk catching a virus but the business user cannot afford to damage his or her business by being careless in this Live24Cams area.
I asked Danny, who sorts out computer problems on a daily basis, what advice he would give to people who are stressed out when their computer is put out of action by a virus or by some similar problem.
He was in a relaxed mood and replied jokingly at first and then got down to business:
“I have a method that will guarantee you never catch a virus or have any problems with your computer.”
I played along with this. “What is this amazing method?”
“ Don’t turn it on! “ Danny smiled triumphantly.
He continued: “Computers are inherently insecure and whatever you do, you will, sooner or later, run into problems.”
Danny always tells it like it is: “However, there are a number of things you can do on a daily or weekly basis that will considerably reduce your chances of running into trouble. Cut both your hands off or don’t pay your electricity bills.”
Having had his fun, Danny came up with the goods.
“Follow a two pronged approach to security. There is prevention and there is cure.
Prevention involves avoiding a number of risky actions:
Avoid sites like gambling and porn sites that might automatically download adware and other malicious code.
Avoid installing internet utilities like speed boosters, wallpaper changes and other utilities that put programs in the start bar or any other utilities such as toolbars that change internet explorer.
Avoid file swapping networks. If you want to download music, whilst we don’t condone it, you can use these networks for music files (like mp3) but DO NOT share program files (.exe etc) since you will get infected with a virus that way.
Many file share programs also include advertising mechanisms that will interfere with your system and secretly download all sorts of rubbish. Avoid porn sites that you have never heard of. Stick to household names.”