New comp, want to be protected
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lawson_jl
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What are you trying to protect yourself from? Ccleaner and Defraggler don't protect you from anything. AV programs should never be your first line of defense against malware. Once they detect that means it's already on your system aka your already infected. Malware is getting harder and harder to remove so what's it's on your system it's more difficult to remove, not inpossiable in most cases but it gets close sometimes.
The best protection you can get is free and it's you. If you do the following you will never get a malware infection.
1. Use an AV like NOD32 or Microsoft Security Essintals.
2. Keep your system update.
3. Use a hardware router for yoru firewall.
4. Do not surf suspect sites, download e-mail attachments from anyone (even people you know), or use P2P.
The best protection you can get is free and it's you. If you do the following you will never get a malware infection.
1. Use an AV like NOD32 or Microsoft Security Essintals.
2. Keep your system update.
3. Use a hardware router for yoru firewall.
4. Do not surf suspect sites, download e-mail attachments from anyone (even people you know), or use P2P.
lawson_jl
New Member
This is the first draft of a "canned" response I've wrote for your question since it comes up alot. I believe I've covered most things.
Getting the Most Out of Your Computer
1. Use an Uninterruptable Power Supply. A Surge Suppressor can’t protect against brown outs.
2. Use a router even if you only have 1 PC. A router is a perfect firewall.
3. Use a quality Anti Virus such as Microsoft Security Essentials, NOD32 or Kaspersky. All 3 programs scan for both virus and spyware.
4. Have a secondary Malware scanner such as Malwarebytes or SUPERAntispyware just in case.
5. Make sure Auto Update in Windows is turned on.
6. Check for driver updates monthly both through Windows Update and your equipment manufactures website.
7. Run a monthly Disk Clean Up, Defrag and Scandisk. The Windows tools are fine but there are others. In Vista and Windows 7 some task are ran automatically.
8. When installing programs always do a custom (advanced) install. This way you can unselect any toolbars, search engines, updaters or other “extra” software free programs almost always come with.
9. Never download an attachment from an e-mail unless you have requested THAT person send you THAT e-mail. This is still the number 1 way people get malware. It doesn’t matter if it’s your mom, your sister, your girl friend never open it unless you requested it.
10. Never click links in an e-mail unless you have requested THAT person send you THAT e-mail. Copy the link and paste it into the address bar of your browser.
11. Don’t browse shady, doggy, illegal websites and never ever download anything from them no matter what the site says. You don’t need to see the Olsen Twins naked bad enough to install something on your system.
12. When using a messenger program such as Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MySpace Messenger etc do not click links, download files or even except conversations from people you don’t know. Just like e-mail and bad websites messengers are a large source of malware.
13. Don’t know use P2P, bit torrent, or wares sites including sites like Mega Upload and Rapid Share. It’s simply not safe and legit software makers do not use them. Exception many Linux distributions can be downloaded via bit torrent. If doing this be sure to get the file off those distributions trackers not places like PirateBay, Mininova or BT Junky.
14. Know your PC specs and check the requirements of the software you want to run to make sure your PC meets or exceeds it. In most cases even if your PC doesn’t meet all the requirements of the software it still may run but will not run at its best and may slow down your whole PC. Most games have both a minimum and maximum recommended requirements. In general if your PC meets the minimum requirements you can play the game at its lowest resolution with low quality graphics @ 30fps. If your PC meets the recommend you can play the game at its top resolution with high quality graphics at 60fps.
Getting the Most Out of Your Computer
1. Use an Uninterruptable Power Supply. A Surge Suppressor can’t protect against brown outs.
2. Use a router even if you only have 1 PC. A router is a perfect firewall.
3. Use a quality Anti Virus such as Microsoft Security Essentials, NOD32 or Kaspersky. All 3 programs scan for both virus and spyware.
4. Have a secondary Malware scanner such as Malwarebytes or SUPERAntispyware just in case.
5. Make sure Auto Update in Windows is turned on.
6. Check for driver updates monthly both through Windows Update and your equipment manufactures website.
7. Run a monthly Disk Clean Up, Defrag and Scandisk. The Windows tools are fine but there are others. In Vista and Windows 7 some task are ran automatically.
8. When installing programs always do a custom (advanced) install. This way you can unselect any toolbars, search engines, updaters or other “extra” software free programs almost always come with.
9. Never download an attachment from an e-mail unless you have requested THAT person send you THAT e-mail. This is still the number 1 way people get malware. It doesn’t matter if it’s your mom, your sister, your girl friend never open it unless you requested it.
10. Never click links in an e-mail unless you have requested THAT person send you THAT e-mail. Copy the link and paste it into the address bar of your browser.
11. Don’t browse shady, doggy, illegal websites and never ever download anything from them no matter what the site says. You don’t need to see the Olsen Twins naked bad enough to install something on your system.
12. When using a messenger program such as Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MySpace Messenger etc do not click links, download files or even except conversations from people you don’t know. Just like e-mail and bad websites messengers are a large source of malware.
13. Don’t know use P2P, bit torrent, or wares sites including sites like Mega Upload and Rapid Share. It’s simply not safe and legit software makers do not use them. Exception many Linux distributions can be downloaded via bit torrent. If doing this be sure to get the file off those distributions trackers not places like PirateBay, Mininova or BT Junky.
14. Know your PC specs and check the requirements of the software you want to run to make sure your PC meets or exceeds it. In most cases even if your PC doesn’t meet all the requirements of the software it still may run but will not run at its best and may slow down your whole PC. Most games have both a minimum and maximum recommended requirements. In general if your PC meets the minimum requirements you can play the game at its lowest resolution with low quality graphics @ 30fps. If your PC meets the recommend you can play the game at its top resolution with high quality graphics at 60fps.
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