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How to Avoid Getting a Computer Virus
Is your system running slow? Are you experiencing pops up or a blank screen with no icons and taskbar? More than likely, your system has become infected with malicious software-it can be worm, virus, trojan horse, redirectors and some form of malware. These are the common indications that your system may have been infected with these so called malware. It is an unfortunate situation to be caught in if your system locks up and you can’t do anything at all, especially If you have a bunch of important files saved to your computer. If this is the case, you might need to consider having a professional virus and spyware removal service provide immediate assistance.
There are many ways our systems can become infected. The most common culprit would be the Internet. Sometimes, the virus can disguise itself under a different website so people will think it’s the usual website that you visit and end up having infections. It can also be transferred through mail attachments or through a USB thumb drive that has infected files. What these infections do are they disable or hijack your antivirus program and do it’s subtle attacks-they tamper some settings on the registry, set restrictions and policies on our systems hence we can’t access some files and some functions/features are not working. Furthermore, these can also cause series of blue screens or loop as we log in.
The most common file extensions that viruses attack are .exe, .sys, .dll and other file extensions on Windows library… It may also delete some important Windows component that may result in your computer being unable to start up. One important file is the userinit.exe file under system32 folder, when this file is deleted it will not load the settings for a certain user and will just log off.
People think that systems are not prone to have infections once there is an antivirus program installed. This is a common misconception where in fact, there is no perfect antivirus program that can give a hundred percent protection but it still depends on what users do and how it’s being used. One way to prevent having a virus infect your computer is to limit the amount of visits to unsecured websites. Nevertheless, as users we still have the power over this to protect our systems and prevent this from happening.- we can update our antivirus online regularly, clear cache/cookies or run some cleaning tools for this. Do a scan on USB flash drives and mail attachments before we open it. Most of all, we should be careful and vigilant on things that we browse online.
How to Avoid Getting a Computer Virus
Is your system running slow? Are you experiencing pops up or a blank screen with no icons and taskbar? More than likely, your system has become infected with malicious software-it can be worm, virus, trojan horse, redirectors and some form of malware. These are the common indications that your system may have been infected with these so called malware. It is an unfortunate situation to be caught in if your system locks up and you can’t do anything at all, especially If you have a bunch of important files saved to your computer. If this is the case, you might need to consider having a professional virus and spyware removal service provide immediate assistance.
There are many ways our systems can become infected. The most common culprit would be the Internet. Sometimes, the virus can disguise itself under a different website so people will think it’s the usual website that you visit and end up having infections. It can also be transferred through mail attachments or through a USB thumb drive that has infected files. What these infections do are they disable or hijack your antivirus program and do it’s subtle attacks-they tamper some settings on the registry, set restrictions and policies on our systems hence we can’t access some files and some functions/features are not working. Furthermore, these can also cause series of blue screens or loop as we log in.
The most common file extensions that viruses attack are .exe, .sys, .dll and other file extensions on Windows library… It may also delete some important Windows component that may result in your computer being unable to start up. One important file is the userinit.exe file under system32 folder, when this file is deleted it will not load the settings for a certain user and will just log off.
People think that systems are not prone to have infections once there is an antivirus program installed. This is a common misconception where in fact, there is no perfect antivirus program that can give a hundred percent protection but it still depends on what users do and how it’s being used. One way to prevent having a virus infect your computer is to limit the amount of visits to unsecured websites. Nevertheless, as users we still have the power over this to protect our systems and prevent this from happening.- we can update our antivirus online regularly, clear cache/cookies or run some cleaning tools for this. Do a scan on USB flash drives and mail attachments before we open it. Most of all, we should be careful and vigilant on things that we browse online.
Business Website Security Tips (Page 1 of 2)
Business Website Security Tips
Whether it’s a surfer who just unintentionally entered a prohibited part of a website or those who hack into a system deliberately, your goal is to prevent it before it happens. Once a hacker gains access to a they can cause a devastating amount of damage to a business website. There is however, an awful lot that you can do to foil any would be hacker by taking steps to prevent them gaining access.
Good Web Designer With Their Own Secure Hosting
The best preventative action that you could take is to have a great web designer/builder/developer who places your website straight on secure reliable hosting from the start. One who will have tightened up your site security as they built the site. Unfortunately, many web designers don’t supply their own secure web hosting for clients and don’t feel that it’s their job to ensure that your website is secured. A good design company will be mindful of site security as they build as they won’t want either your site or their hosting compromised.
Use Digital Certificates (SSL’s)
If you’ve an ecommerce business website, you should use digital certificates. This helps to protect sensitive data when passed using a form. This could include anything from customer credit card information, to address and contact details. It’s important for business website owners to be able to assure their clients that their website is secure. A digital certificate goes a long way towards countenancing clients to trust a business is legitimate and entrust sensitive information while making a purchase on your website.
Stay Up To Date
Keep all website scripts up to date and make sure your web host is keeping their software up to date e.g. with versions of PHP and MySql on the web hosting. If you don’t you’re bound to have your site hacked! Good script and software makers release updates and patches as soon as a new exploit is identified – apply them as soon as you are notified about them.
Keep Regularly Updated
Some of the most important security procedures include methods to make sure a Web site’s forbidden pages are inaccessible to anyone who lacks authority to view them. Never leave script config files as writable and avoid using scripts that must have 777 to function.
As criminals constantly devise new ways to elude modern security, security procedures are constantly being updated to ensure that the latest version includes protection against these new security threats and risks. It’s the business website owner’s duty to make certain that their security is up-to-date. This makes the correction of such problems, if they arise, simpler.
A business website owner should also regularly change all administrator passwords and not make passwords too easy to guess. It’s often astounded me when asked to work on a website to then be told the password I need is ‘test’ ‘or sitename’! Never use dictionary words as your passwords and never use names. Instead use a mix of upper and lower case letters plus numerals.