The Internet is a powerful tool for home based businesses.
If used effectively, can be your best friend, but do not protect your computer, can be your worst enemy. I'm sure you've had your fill of warnings about the latest killer computer virus. So do not harp on the latest threats, or potential for harm. What I want to do is provide some tips to protect and link to the profane.
And now for the conditionDisclaimer: I am not a tech-head - I'm an advertising copywriter and website copywriter. Therefore, this article is certainly not final or complete. It's just an overview of some useful and easy to use, the solutions should satisfy most of your needs. I have no connection with the manufacturer or their distributors, and encourages people to shop around before buying.)
If you are a home based business - with one or two computers - the most important thingsYou need to protect against hackers, worms, viruses, hijackers, trojans, spyware and adware. For many people, the following tools are all you need.
Firewall - Outpost Firewall Pro for example,
Basically, a firewall keeps unwanted things always within Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro is a powerful and easy to use. You can download it from http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/ for $ 39.95 USD. Claims to offer the following protections.
Detects and blocks allIntrusion by hackers
Blocks attempted identity theft
The computer operates in stealth mode, making it invisible to intruders
Analyze your inbox and Internet worms and viruses in quarantine
Check your network activity on your PC
Protect your children from illegal, inappropriate web sites
Provides full access to a comprehensive history of connections
Prevents data leakage from your PC
Applies invasions of privacy through Internet
Hide surfing habits when browsing theNetwork
As a general note, the more difficult to use software firewall protection, because they ask, you're a lot of questions such as:
Such and such a program is trying, with this or that server, the connection to the Internet.
Unaltered server tries to access your computer (these are other than being very careful of a connection, as people trying to hack the computer.)
Special application is altered in any way. Farai changed components shared withall other applications to interact with it?
A program is trying to change a registry value. Is this normal?
You also get a lot of these kinds of questions when you first install the firewall. After setting some rules will be gone because the rules takes care of many things.
You can also use the firewall active content (JavaScript, ActiveX, etc.) on websites you visit and block e-mail you receive. If you visit only trusted sites and usually do not get muchSpam that you do not really need this feature. But if someone visiting sites of questionable, or if you have a lot of spam or are just very conservative, is a useful function. TIP: If you configure Outpost Web surfing much that every time you visit a new website asks you mind if you want to block or allow, click Settings active content (select Options | Plug-ins installation, then, select the Exceptions tab and click the checkbox at the bottom of the screen add websites ignore listthe first visit).
Virus Protection - for example, BitDefender 8 (Standard)
Principle, recognized virus protection and quarantine known viruses on your computer. You BitDefender 8 (Standard) to [http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/products.php?p_id=2 #] for $ 44.95 USD. Claims to offer the following protections.
Scans and disinfect infected files on access, minimizing data loss
To retrieve documents infected
Filters against viruses thatvia instant messaging and file sharing software
Check your file system, registry and Internet activity
Blocks infected e-mail
TIP: Ask your virus protection up to do a full system scan every night. (If you select BitDefender Antivirus do this from the main window to the left, then click the Scheduler tab.)
Various Free Utilities
In principle the following tools grab the things that your antivirus and firewall. Miss
Adaware - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=adaware&tg=dl-2001. Scans your computer for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components and cleans your system, you have more privacy while you surf the Web.
Spybot - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=spybot&tg=dl-20. Searches the hard disk and registry for threats to your security and privacy.
Spyware Blaster -http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=spyware+blaster&tg=dl-20. Prevents spyware installed on your computer.
CCleaner - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=ccleaner&tg=dl-20. Clears the junk files and temporary invalid registry entries and provides a lot of disk space.
TIP: Update and run each of these utilities at least once a week. You will be surprised at what you net - especially if you do notpurchased a complete system of firewalls and anti-virus.
Completion
In my humble opinion, it is worthwhile for you to invest in a firewall program and anti-virus software. There are a number of freeware programs that do that for the same work, for example, but in my experience does not measure completely. And if it matters, they are so cheap - especially compared to the costs of inactivity and / or repair your computer!
Outpost andBitDefender offers shopping online, and send you a license key in an e-mail then use to download the product. You can pay a little extra for them to give you a CD.
The applications listed above are certainly not the only ones available. I'm not even argue that they are the best. But when they used together diligently to find you, you should have much less problems with your computer, you have the peace-of-mind to improve the protection of privacy, and will minimize the riskincome losses due to downtime.
Good luck!
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