如何保护您的计算机免受黑客、spyware和病毒

张贴在2007年6月26日在8:48 pm

这个岗位由情况我的表兄弟的计算机之一在印度启发了。我最近做了一次旅行那里，并且，因为我是在它领域，她要求我看一看在她的计算机，因为它行动“滑稽”。 “滑稽的”行动是计算机将自动地重新开始，每当您设法安装所有软件它或下载任何节目从互联网。我注意的第一件事是没有在计算机安装的抗病毒软件，因此我的第一个目标是安装AVG抗病毒和检查病毒。当然，但，已经在计算机的病毒不会让我安装或下载什么! 聪明的病毒! 要做长的故事短小(和我意味一个长的故事)，有2256病毒在计算机和spyware 110个事例。我在计算机以前从未甚而听说了病毒的这样一个可笑数字!

大多病毒在计算机在被下载了互联网的文件掩藏了：歌曲、录影和电影。我惊人地惊奇计算机持续了2年与那许多病毒! 如此我在怎样教育了我亲爱的表兄弟严肃的保护她的计算机免受互联网的危险，并且我通过他们这里向任何人求助谁也许感兴趣!

这绝不是一张全面名单，因此，如果您有任何建议，请评论和我将增加他们!

1. 安装抗病毒软件 -这不应该甚而必须是列出的，如果不安排抗病毒软件安装您，您自讨苦吃! 并且，如果您的不安装抗病毒软件的原因是，因为可能辩解的它是太昂贵的，然后能击落，因为有被认为更好比商业软件包的几个自由反病毒程序那里。这二最普遍部分：

AVG抗病毒 -非常好和完全地自由。

Avast抗病毒 -几乎在同水准与AVG。

Kaspersky抗病毒 -不释放，但是其中一最佳的侦查率。

2. 更新所有软件 -安装反病毒程序单独不是足够。有是被发现的日报，并且反病毒程序通常发布更新与新的威胁交战的数百新的威胁。确定您反病毒程序自动地被设置对更新，以便您不必须依靠您的记忆做它。并且，这为所有软件在您的计算机去。保持最新的最重要的软件是您的窗口操作系统。 It is essential to have Automatic Updates turned on and set to download and install updates automatically.

3. Install only Trusted Software - If you’re not sure what a piece of software does from it’s name, then don’t install it. Also, don’t install anything you didn’t intend to install in the first place. Sometimes programs will ask you to install other programs during the install of the first application. Be careful of that because it’s usually spyware. Install software from big names sites only, such as Microsoft or Adobe.

4. Avoid P2P File Sharing Software - If used with great caution, P2P software is quite useful for movies, songs and software, but if you’re not very technically savvy, you might end up downloading a song that has a keystroke logger attached to it that will send anything you type to some other computer over the Internet. It’s almost impossible to tell that this is occurring unless your anti-virus or anti-spyware programs pick it up in their scans.

5. Delete Unknown Emails - If you receive emails from random people’s names, do not bother to open the email, just delete it. If you have any doubts after reading the name and the subject, it’s probably not someone you know. Never download or open attachments unless you are sure it’s from someone you know. Give the person a call quickly and ask them if you’re not sure. Most large companies that you create online accounts with will not send you attachments unless you specifically ask for them through their web site. Also, be wary of any emails from sites pretending to be banks, auction sites, etc asking for you to verify bank account info or address info. No bank ever does that.

6. Do not click on Ads - Avoid clicking on ads if you can. Especially those ads where something is flying around and if you shoot the duck, you win some prize! Ads have become more sophisticated in that they try to make the ad interactive so that you’ll be tempted to play it like a game.

7. Run Virus Scans Regularly - If you’re not in the mood to scan every day, at least run a scan once a week. Actually, setup a schedule for your computer in your anti-virus software to run a scan late at night or whenever you don’t use your computer and that way you won’t be bothered with a slow computer.

8. Be careful what you attach to your computer - This is a more common way to transfer viruses than you might think. Everyone now has a USB flash stick that they carry around on their key chains, ready to snap into any computer. But who knows what your viruses are on your friends computers and what accidentally got transferred to their USB stick. A lot of virus programs will auto launch right when the USB stick is put into the computer, so you don’t even have to open or download any of the files to be infected.

9. Avoid Shady Web Sites - If you need to look at porn, then make sure you do it in a virtual environment. You are DEFINITELY going to get some virus or spyware if you browse porn sites on your computer. Virtualization basically allows you to run programs like Internet Explorer in a virtual environment that does not effect your current operating system. If you want to find out more, search for “Virtual PC” or “VM Ware” in Google. Otherwise, simply avoid going to shady web sites!

10. Turn On or Install a Firewall - If you’re running Windows XP, make sure Windows Firewall is turned on. A firewall prevents hackers from gaining access to your computer by limiting the number of ports that are open to the public. Also, when buying a wireless router, make sure it has a built in firewall. Having a software and hardware firewall is better than just having one or the other.

11. Secure Your Wireless Network - Most wireless routers are set to no security when you install them. Be sure to log into the router and at least set the basic security that requires a password. There are stronger encryption options, but if you don’t understand those, then simply set a password on the router, otherwise anyone can connect to your home network and access everything.

12. Use a Complex Password for Login - This means that you should already have a password to login to your computer. Not having a password at all is not a good idea. Create a password for all user accounts and make sure it’s complex. Complex means it should have numbers, upper case characters, lower case characters, and symbols. This makes it way more difficult for a hacker to get into your computer.

Anything else!?!? Please feel free to add!

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2 Responses to “How to protect your computer from hackers, spyware and viruses”

MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ said on : July 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm

IF THE QWEST GIVES YOU EACH PHONE NUMBER AND COMPUTER ON THEIR OWN HACKERS LINES TO LISTEN TO ALL INCOMING, OUTGOING AND COMPUTER TO GO THROUGH YOUR FILES AND TO STEAL CERTAIN FOLDERS. SO TELL ME HOW I CAN STOP THAT WITHOUT MOVING>