Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Fun says, "Be Gone O Viruses and Malwares!"

Here are simple ways to keep your computer clean from viruses and malwares.

Tip #1: Disable autoplay/autorun.
We all know how often when you just plug in your pendrive and there goes your computer, being infected by a myriads of viruses and malwares. Hackers know that people tend to be lazy and keeps the autorun enabled. So, your convenience become theirs as well.

Read from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 to know how to disable autorun.

Tip #2: Learn how to read URL.
URL like http://www.infectyourcomputer.com/virus.htm?photo=nakedgirl.jpg * is OBVIOUSLY NOT a photo of a naked girl. Know how to look at URL to determine if it is a virus site or a real photo.

*That is a made up URL. I don't know if it will lead you anywhere if you click it.

Collorary tip: Don't be such a horny person.

Tip #3: Never click on URL you are not sure of.
A lot of seemingly friendly URL sent by your "friends" may not actually come from your real friends. You can't be too careful.

Tip #4: Read what you are shown and use some common sense.
A lot of viruses and malwares disguise themselves as virus scan results in attempts to fool people into clicking "yes". If you do not read properly and simply press, you might simply be inviting virus into your computer.

Tip #5: If you ever get infected, get an expert to clean it.
Don't be so selfish and infect your friends. What goes around, comes around. You'll end up infecting yourself again the next time, after you cleaned your computer.

Happy protecting your computers, dudes.

1 comment:

Gou Rean said...

got a freeware called "autorun eater" can "eat" all the aotorun in pendrive....recommended