Here is note number 2 about locking down your machine, protecting it with a password and perhaps cleaning it up if it's been on for a while and you see things slowing down a little bit.
Ok, where to start..
Your computer has the capability to take you where ever you want to go on the internet, but like an automobie, it needs maintenance. To safely keep a well maintained machine on the internet these days requires installing some programs to keep a close eye on a few things.
** Caution: If you already have a seriously problematic computer, critical system files could already be infected, and by installing these items after the fact they could make things worse. In anycase, please consult your local Techie guru before attempting! We all know one, but just in case you don't, contact us at:
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Moving on, The 5 Tips to keeping your machine protected and keeping things running smooth on your PC are:
1) Window update.
This one is easy, just open up your IE (internet explorer) and click on tools -> windows update
This process will take you to a windows validation then show you the downloads that you need for your machine.. at this point choose all except internet explorer 8 (I found this to be buggy and hopefully it will be fixed in future releases).
2) Antivirus
Free antivirus programs are all around. Just to name a few popular ones, AVAST, AVIRA and AVG, and that's just the A's. But for now, I would recommend just registering with avast and downloading their antivirus software. It hasn't let me down yet.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
3) Firewall
For Firewall programs there's a free one that's pretty good on top of the built in one in window.
Just to double check you have windows protecting you, click on start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall. Make sure this is on.
Just for added protection you could download a free version of Zone Alarm Free Edition. THis is a major player in software that helps protect your machines from intrusion.
http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm
4) Spyware and Malware protection
Your machine gets slow over time from doing nothing but surfing on the internet. Cookies, temp files, all these things contribute to slowing your machine down a little at a time. Spybot Search and Destroy work really well and all you have to do is is scan your machine, and remove all the links it finds as malware or spyware.
Just in case you didn't know what malware/spyware could do is once it's installed on your machine, is install malicious code that is intentionally trying to make you click on banner pop-ups, lead you to other sites, some are even as bad as transmitting your personal data from your machine to some other location. Oh yeah, don't be mislead here, files folders, hard-drive content, keystrokes, passwords, the works!
The fastest way you can get this is if you are not careful with Peer-to-Peer software and download alot of torrents! .. I'm just saying be careful!
Anyway, the link for this is here!
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
5) And lastly, what you need is a clean registry.
Sometime you install trial version of programs and find out you don't fancy them anymore so you uninstall them.. they may not be entirely cleaned out.
Your registry in windows is like the road map for your operating system. Windows knows where to go at any given time given the command, but sometimes, there is so much junk in the registry that windows gets lost finding out what to load and where to go for a program that was un-installed months ago.
CCleaner is a great tool for this. Finds out
http://www.ccleaner.com/
*** Again.. Installing these tools on a drive that you already know is infected could make it worse. If you suspect that's the case, I would recommend finding a technican near you and consulting them before you go crazy protecting your machine with tools that you just now heard of.
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Anyway, that's our set of free tips for now.
Thanks and Safe Surfing!!!!
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