| Now that most people use the internet these days, it is | | | | malware, tracking cookies, dialers, trojans and |
| a very good idea to make sure that you have good | | | | unwanted commercial software. All of these things |
| quality computer security software installed and | | | | should be removed from your computer so that your |
| protecting your computer. Anti virus software, anti | | | | computer security is not compromised. A good quality |
| spyware software and having a hardware or | | | | antispyware software program will protect your |
| software firewall are now essential for everyone using | | | | identity from unscrupulous people, hackers and |
| a computer and here is an explanation why this is so. | | | | fraudsters so that you can have peace of mind. |
| Anti Virus software protects your computer from virus | | | | A computer firewall is either a software program or a |
| threats that can contaminate your computer and can | | | | hardware device which only allows authorised users to |
| slow down your computer, damage your files or even | | | | access your computer system and stops all |
| damage your computers hard drive requiring you to | | | | unauthorized users from gaining access to your |
| reformat your hard drive and needing to reinstall your | | | | computer through the internet or a network. So a |
| operating system in order to get things back to normal. | | | | firewall stops malicious users from accessing your |
| So as you can see anti virus software is an essential | | | | system and this is absolutely essential if you use the |
| thing to have if you want to keep your computer | | | | internet, especially if you have an always on |
| healthy and free from viruses. | | | | broadband connection on your computer. So which is |
| It is not enough just to install the anti virus software | | | | better to have a software firewall or a hardware |
| however, you will also need to keep it up to date in | | | | firewall? Well a software firewall will give you good |
| order to protect your computer from new anti virus | | | | firewall protection, but the absolute best firewall to |
| threats, fortunately this is easy to do as most anti virus | | | | have is a hardware one because this is even harder |
| software programs let you update their anti virus files | | | | to get past for a malicious user. |
| over the internet. | | | | So in summary, if you do not already have an antivirus |
| So what is anti spyware software exactly? Well anti | | | | program, an anti spyware program and a firewall, then |
| spyware software is another kind of security program | | | | you really should look into getting these things as they |
| which protects your computer against all kinds of | | | | will save you a lot of hassle and worry in the future. |
| undesirables, such as spyware, keystroke loggers, | | | | |