subject: Five Ways To Keep Your Pc Free Of Viruses And Trojans [print this page] Sooner or latter you will have to expect it , there is no perfect antivirus in the world that can assure you that computer is 100% safe from the infection of virus and spyware. You come across end number of instance when you come across cases when your friend computer was infected by viruses or Trojan despite his computer was protected by best antivirus in the industry. I would not blame the antivirus companies for not protecting you rather it is because of our ignorance. Our computer our in our hands and thus it is our responsibility to make sure that our computer should be used wisely.
I would share a small instance which happened just some week ago with one of my friend. He was downloading one of the games from a website and then in the process of installation he installed a toolbar in his computer, I was sitting just next to him and I just pointed him about the tool bar and opps!! He even did not realize what the tool bar was all about. Now that is what happens with most of us. Check your computer and you would realize how many unknown toolbar we install on our computer and then we complain about the infection. I know many of us think it is too complicated to understand but the simple logic that I follow is I don't install nay thing that is not known to me. My suggestion to all of you would be same. However I have mentioned some of the best practices that I think will be helpful to you all in case you want to keep your self free from the computer.
Using Messenger wisely
These days computer are difficult to imagine without a messenger, be it yahoo or Google Talk or MSN messenger there would be at least one of them. However these messenger are big source of Virus Infection and cause a lot of problem if not dealt carefully. My suggestion to all of those who uses messenger services is to keep it simple and do not click on the link that are from unknown people.
Home Network
If you have a wireless network at home please make sure you do not allow unknown people to use it. Also make sure you change the default password of your router with the help of your internet company as there may be many user who would like to break in to your network and use it to access your computer. So make wireless password strong and also check on regular basis if nay unknown device was trying to connect.
Fake Software
As I mentioned earlier we install many application on our computer without realizing what could be consequences and thus I would recommend you all to please be care full as they might sound like an antivirus but they may not be a anti virus so please double check before you download one on your computer.
