5 Steps to keep your data safe

In today’s world of internet we people feel so comfortable and relaxed. We think that this generation of internet has made our life real easy and full of fun. With the evolution of internet, people have been developing applications to make normal users life easy and comfortable. But there has been group of people who want to run in opposite direction and create obstacles for every one. The intension of these people is to harm data that we store on our computers. Computer viruses! Worms! E-mail viruses! Trojan Horses! The media is always full of stories about computer viruses infecting computers all over the world, or companies scrambling to fix security holes in their software by releasing security updates.

There are 5 simple steps which should be taken so that hacker’s gets a tough time to do there jobs:

1) Install Antivirus: Antivirus is a must have application on any computer and laptop. Irrespective of it’s use on internet or LAN. In this era of internet and global localization there is no computer which lives in isolation. By having antivirus we can protect our computer by most of the hacking techniques which are executed in today’s world.

2) Regularly Update Software’s: Antivirus, operating system and other applications which are installed on your computer/laptop should be updated on a regular basis so that they have knowledge of latest threat your data might be having.

3) Regular Scanning: Regular scanning of computer should be conducted on a regular interval so that you can remove virus, Trojan and worms from your computer. Normally people think that if they have a virus then there Antivirus software will be able to detect. However, this is not true because sometime these programs are not active and resides on your computer and looking for an opportunity to attack and create disturbance for users.

4) Unknown Softwares: This is one of the most common way by which hacker can hack your computer. There are N number of sites which provides free utilities and out of those 90% of the utilities are virus/worms. They are created to get access of your system and pass on the data to there owner who can misuse it for there benefits.

5) Firewall: Firewall is a special program for blocking hacker attacks on your computer. You can use both integrated into Windows firewall, as well as any other, such as ZoneAlarm ® Free Firewall.

These are the very basic steps which can be taken to protect your computer and data from hackes. You can have advance level of step by installing specific application to protect your computers. For those kind of activities, it is recommended to consult a specialized person.

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