To Securityze is to be on the offensive when it pertains to security management. Security affects every
individual whether directly or indirectly and awareness is the beginning to understanding your strategy
when it comes to security. Security should be approached in layers. Layers such as personal, home, mobile
etc. No system is 100% secure and one should respect that. Never underestimate your advesaries.
Although, one cannot be 100% secure there are many things that you can do to minimize the chance that you
are the next victim. Securityze uncovers layers for the sake of awareness and best practice however it
applies to you. Our first layer of security that we will discuss is the ever popular computer virus.
A virus is a program – a piece of executable code – that has the capability of cloning itself to wreak havoc.
Computer viruses can spread fast and they are hard to eradicate. They can be attached to any type of file and
they are spread as files copied and sent from device to device. The bigger your social circle the better it is for the virus. They can be transferred from laptops, mobile devices, usb drives and other avenues. Viruses can be launched by opening a program or accessing a file, any file, or they can be brought from the internet by downloading a file or accessing a web page and as attachments to e-mails.
The behaviors of viruses vary from showing messages or images to destroying files, formatting the hard disk drive and other severe damage. If the virus does not inflict damage it can still cause problems by taking up space and memory, lowering the performances of the computer.
Nine rules for avoiding viruses would be:
1. Use an anti virus program and keep the software updated at all times.
2. Install and keep your firewall active.
3. Keep your system up-to-date with all the existent updates.
4. Keep your browsers security settings at maximum and updated.
5. Never click yes when your browser asks you if you want to install or open some content coming from an organization you don’t know or don’t trust.
6. Install an anti-spy ware and malware program to enlarge the protection.
7. Never install software unless it comes from a reliable source.
8. Use a different credit card for online shopping.
9. Don’t click on email attachments that are executable files even if they look as if sent from known persons.
The antivirus programs have a big role in providing your computers security and protecting it from viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other “invaders” that can attack a computer.
The role of an antivirus program is to detect the presence of viruses in a computer, to disinfect the files or delete the ones that can’t be disinfected and prevent the contamination of the computer.
Most of the companies that produce antivirus have online free tools for scanning computers for viruses. If you don’t have an antivirus yet and can’t decide which one to buy you can enter their online sites and try the services for free, then decide what to use.
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