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You visit a suspect site and inadvertently download some software or you receive a silly email that promises you a winning for a competition you did not enter – you double-click on some file and your computer grinds to a halt. So, they cannot get on your computer through the means of viruses or by your firewall and they try a Trojan horse. You can make it more restrictive ask it to prompt for programmes trying to access the Internet which are not the usual email to Internet browser applications. Your firewall is like a drawbridge with a sentry that check who goes there before allowing access. People would always want to attack your system which is most probably always connected to the Internet, preventing that from happening requires that you enable your firewall.

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Enable the reminders in your installed applications so you get informed when something needs to be updated – this also goes for drivers of devices installed in your system. There are critical and security updates as well as service packs, you must always ensure your system is fully patched. It is generally inexcusable to have an unlicensed operating system especially if you use the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows because its popularity lends to people finding ways to exploit its vulnerabilities – software is NOT perfect workmanship, it is generally a work in progress. There are free offerings like AVG or subscription offers from Symantec, McAfee or some other outfit, it is your first line of defence.

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In times past you needed to protect your computer from viruses that could destroy or mangle your data – you cannot scrimp on this – you MUST install an antivirus utility and always keep it up to date.

If anything, it makes it safe for your mum to use your computer when you happen not to be around to prevent her seeing things she should not and you trying to explain yourself out of the impossible. However, stemming from a series of conversations with my friend about his computer and protecting himself from embarrassing situations, I have knocked up this little piece and it pertains mainly to Microsoft Windows systems. In fact, I really should have written much in this area since I wrote so much along these lines in my Masters programme and I do have 21 years of experience behind me. Well, I hope my magnanimity in sharing this event is shared by my friend because it might well be my first real computer-usage related blog. Please can you advice? It ended, indicating a sense of calmness in the midst of the turmoil that could lose you your data in an instant.

It was an SMS which was a half-panic text about his computer being infected by a virus and inquiring about what he had to do.

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