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Increasing your protection

 

Many  Internet  Security Suites protect your PC from  over 75 percent  of threats providing you have regularly updated it and looked at the settings, many default settings are for speed or ease of use and not for your best protection.

 

For better protection you must:  

 

Have the Operating System on a backup CD

 

Not relay on default settings

 

Regularly update and patch your Operating System

 

Regularly update and patch your software

 

Regularly scan your PC on a file by file basis

 

Scan every Floppy, CD, DVD, USB and download for viruses, trojans, spy ware, mal ware, root kits and other threats  

 

Change your Internet Browser or at least your browser settings

 

Change your email client or at least your email settings

 

Use Image backup, file backup or a combination     

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

A refurbished PC

 

You may have little idea of what parts it is composed of. Did they install a new motherboard, hard disk or memory? Second hand used parts put the refurbished PC at risk.

 

It is unlikely the motherboard was replaced, however many dealers update the old BIOS. Infected hard disk are less of a problem because they are often wiped which clears the Master Boot Record, however if they only formatted this disk then your likely to have inherited problems. Most likely the PC will Boot correctly so stolen memory that will not let the PC boot into the Operating System is less likely.

 

Many refurbished PC come with Microsoft Windows pre installed which is very vulnerable, by design Linux and Apple Macs less so. If it is slow or under powered Windows PC consider testing it with a Linux live CD. Most refurbished PC do not come with the Operating System on a backup disc. You many also have problems with updates if you do not have a genuine license.  

 

Some anti virus programs do not correctly install or function on previously infected computers. Do not risk your computer  with a free anti virus as this is a false economy that you will deeply regret later.

 

My PC is fully protected right?

 

Many people think their  PC is fully protected by their anti virus, this is not the case. A misunderstood fact of life, there is not a single anti virus or Internet Security suite in the word that can give you 100 percent protection.  

 

It is your Firewall, that protects you from Internet threats, your choice of browser setting that protect you while surfing, your choice of email client, your Internet security suite, your patching, your updates, your habits and how vulnerable your PC is to attack.