| How to Choose Software to Defend Your PC |
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| Written by JohnEley | |
| Monday, 23 February 2009 | |
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There are many threats to your PC on the Internet. These include a range of malware, such as viruses, trojans and worms. Online criminals design threats for commercial gain, such as downloaders and spyware and sometimes for pure malice. To counter these threats you need software to defend your computer.
There are many threats to your PC on the Internet. These include a range of malware, such as viruses, trojans and worms. Online criminals design threats for commercial gain, such as downloaders and spyware and sometimes for pure malice. To counter these threats you need software to defend your computer. The two main types of product are 1/ a specialist anti-virus product. 2/ a general utilities product that contains an anti-virus product. The anti-virus software must be able to deal with all types of threats including trojans, worms and downloaders and spyware. Only use a recognised industry brand such as McAfee, Norton and AVG. It is always good to get a second opinion. This could involve using well known brand of maintenance software with an anti-virus capability and a second anti-virus product. Examples include Norton Utilities and McAfee Internet Security Suite. A second anti-virus option could be AVG or Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, which both have free versions and are excellent. The anti-virus software must be updated frequently. The online threats are changing all the time and so the defences have to constantly adapt to meet the challenge. One option is to use Norton Utilities, which includes a whole suite of maintenance software to keep a computer free of problems, as well as anti-virus protection. This includes such things as cleanup software to remove superfluous files, defragmentation, one button checkup, registry maintenance, file backup and other utilities which are very important in the fight against malware. Some software such as anti-virus and cleanup tools help avoid problems arising, while others such as backup and disk restore enable recovery after a problem has been removed. This could be backed up by a free version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware or AVG's anti-virus product. This software has to be always kept under review. If necessary use a paid version of anti-virus softare as a second opinion, but at the moment free versions are good at covering malware threats. Keep up the housekeeping of your computing by regularly defragmenting the disk drives, tidying up the registries and cleaning unwanted files. Make a backup every few days. These tasks can be done at night or whenever the computer is not being used for anything else. Set them to come on automatically to minimize labour. Do not forget to use your defences against the the constantly changing threats to your computer. Frequent application is essential, otherwise they are just an unused icon on your monitor screen. About the Author: How to strengthen your computer's defences to online threats. Lots of free information at pcfixproblem.com on anti-virus software and malware. From the Webmaster: "Having the opportunity to share my hobbies and interests with so many people around the world gives me great satisfaction. As a bonus, I blog and produce websites about topics that interest me and receive ad revenue from the websites and Blogs."
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