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5 Critical Steps to Protecting Your Computer on the Internet

Spyware,  viruses  and  worms...  oh  my!McAfee, PC-Cillin or another brand. No matter
what program you have, you will need to
If you are connected to the internet, youupdate it when you get connected to the
need to make sure you get your computer setinternet.
up properly if you want to avoid problems
down  the  road.It doesn't matter how new your computer is -
there will be new viruses, and new updates
With all the viruses, spyware and otherfor the antivirus software, since it was
threats on the internet today, no computerloaded.
should be set up without the proper
protection.The exact process is different for each brand
of antivirus program, but most of them will
And that protection needs to be in place ashave an icon in the bottom right corner of
soon after you hook up your new machine asyour desktop, beside the time. The icon might
possible.be a picture of a shield (McAfee), a
stethoscope  (Norton)  or  something  else.
The following five steps will make your
computer a much harder target for threats.In most cases, if you point to the icon for
You still won't be completely immune toyour antivirus and click the right mouse
problems, but 99% of the time the threat willbutton, a menu will pop up with an update
pass  you  by,  looking  for  the  easy mark.option. It could be simply called update or
could be something like Live Update or
1.  Running  a  Personal  FirewallDownload Latest Updates. If you click on the
update option (with the left button this
A personal firewall is software thattime) it will install the newest updates for
basically makes your computer invisible toyou.
hackers, worms and other threats that can
infect  your  computer  over  the  internet.If you are not sure which icon is for your
antivirus software, just point to each one
Setting up a firewall is the absolute firstfor a few seconds and a little title should
thing you should do if you're going topop  up  telling  you  what  it  is.
connect to the internet. Without a firewall,
your computer could get infected in as little4.  Install  Anti-Spyware  Software
as  one  minute  after  connecting.
Spyware - and other things known as adware
If you have a brand new computer runningand malware - is becoming as big a problem as
Windows XP Service Pack 2, there is aviruses. Spyware programs can cause a lot of
firewall built into Windows. It will alreadyproblems with your computer, not to mention
have been turned on when you first set upthey can track your personal information and
your  computer.you  never  know  where  it  is  being  sent.
If you're running an older version ofSome new computers might include antispyware
Windows, even an earlier version of Windowssoftware, but most of them do not yet. There
XP, there is no firewall automatically set upare quite a few anti-spyware programs
for you. In this case there are twoavailable, some free and some not. The one I
possibilities:recommend is from Microsoft and is one of the
free  ones.
- Your computer came pre-loaded with a
firewall such as Norton Internet Security orOne of the reasons I like it is because it
McAfee  Internet  Securityalways runs in the background and will
automatically catch a lot of spyware before
- You have no firewall installed and shouldit  gets  on  your  computer.
download  one  ASAP.
Many of the other programs do not catch it
If you don't have any personal firewalluntil you run a scan. Not only does this
software installed, you should do so rightallow things to get on your computer, it also
away. Zone Alarm is a very good firewallmeans you have to actually remember to run a
program that has a version that you canscan.
download  and  install  for  free.
You can download the free Microsoft
You can download the free version of ZoneAntispyware  from
Alarm  from
5.  Set  up  a  Free  Email  Account
2.  Turn  on  Windows  Updates
This last item is not as critical as the
Again, if you're running Windows XP Servicefirst four, but I would highly recommend you
Pack 2 this is already set up, but otherwiseset up an email account with one of the free
you should turn on Windows Updates. Microsoftservices  like  Hotmail  or  Gmail.
releases updates for security problems and
other  bugs  in  Windows  on a regular basis.Once you are on the internet, you will find a
lot of useful information that you want that
These updates will keep your computer runningrequires you to provide an email address. In
better, and they often fix security issuessome cases, these people will end up sending
that could compromise your information oryou  a  bunch  of  spam.
privacy.
If you use a free email account to sign up
If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2,for anything that you do not know for sure
you can double-check that automatic updatesyou can trust, it is not going to fill your
are turned on by clicking Start, then clickmain  email  with  a  bunch  of  junk.
Control Panel, then double-click Security
Center. The window that opens will tell youThis goes for anything really, not just
if automatic updates are turned on, and letsonline information. If you are entering a
you  turn  them  on  if  they're  not.contest or signing up for anything offline
and you do not know where your information
To turn on automatic updates in earliercould end up being used, I would suggest
versions of Windows XP, click on the Startusing  your  free  email  address.
menu, click Control Panel and then
double-click on System. On the "AutomaticIf worse comes to worse, and your free email
Updates" tab, click the option toaddress gets inundated with spam, you can
"Automatically download the updates andalways just set up a new one and let the old
install  them  on  the  schedule  I specify."one  expire.
To turn them on in Windows 2000, click onSome of the better free email services are
Start, click Control Panel and thenand
double-click on Automatic Updates. Again,
click the option to "automatically downloadIf you have had your computer for a while and
the updates and install them on the schedulenever done any of these things, you should
I  specify."still take these steps to get it set up
properly. It will definitely save you a lot
Now when Microsoft releases updates, theyof time - and possibly money - as you use
will be downloaded for you automatically andyour  system.
Windows will tell you when they are ready to
be  installed.Did you find this article useful? For more
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