| There is nothing wrong with taking less than | | | | endangering your sensitive information such |
| adequate measures to prevent a bigger damage | | | | as passwords, credit card numbers and other |
| to anything you treasure if you have | | | | sensitive information. These programs also |
| financial or other constraints, as long as | | | | use lots of your critical computer resources. |
| this is done temporarily over a short time. | | | | That's why your computer is slow and |
| Similar reasoning applies when it comes to | | | | crashing lately!Anti-virus Software - These |
| computer security threats.Unfortunately some | | | | can either completely wipe out your critical |
| (if not most) computer users tend to forget | | | | data or render it or your computer useless. |
| this. They search on the internet for free | | | | The most dangerous thing is that you may end |
| computer security software which they dump | | | | up (unaware!) being a source of the virus |
| into their computers and hope for the best. | | | | (e.g. through email or infected website |
| Most of the free software developers | | | | pages). |
| consistently forget to inform the downloaders | | | | |
| of the inadequacies of their software - and | | | | Here are common-sense measures you can take |
| they are many and significant!A simple search | | | | to protect your PC: |
| for free anti-spyware programs on any search | | | | |
| engine yields significant results. If we | | | | E-mail - Avoid replying to chain letters. |
| exclude genuine beta-software from these | | | | Also be very careful of image attachment. |
| results, almost all of these anti-spyware | | | | Hackers attach malicious JavaScript program |
| programs operate on the principle - "Get | | | | on these.Regularly update your anti-virus |
| infected first, then call us". In other | | | | definitions by running the update function of |
| words these programs are reactive. They scan | | | | your security software.Before buying a |
| and destroy spyware as it's found in the | | | | computer security software or package make |
| user's computer. The real downside of these | | | | sure that it offers regular updates to keep |
| programs is that they offer no real-time | | | | up with new viruses, adware, spyware and |
| protection. Are you surprised? Maybe you've | | | | other computer security threats. |
| forgotten that "there's no such thing a free | | | | |
| lunch"!The big computer security software | | | | I want to repeat what I said at the |
| developers spend millions of dollars every | | | | beginning of this article: There is nothing |
| year developing products that can quickly | | | | wrong in taking temporary security measures |
| detect and destroy new computer security | | | | as far as your computer security is concerned |
| threats like spyware, adware, viruses, | | | | (i.e. using free software/downloads). What |
| hacking techniques, Trojans, worms keyloggers | | | | is wrong is forgetting that the measure was |
| etcDo you think the developers of free | | | | supposed to be over a temporary period in the |
| computer security software inject millions of | | | | first place.About Msingathi |
| dollars in order to bring users of their | | | | MnyengezaMsingathi is the owner of the |
| software regular software updates? I think | | | | Computer Security Resources Website. The |
| not!Computer security software is such a | | | | website is targeted at the computer user who |
| critical purchase that I think one should | | | | wants the best computer security software to |
| actually buy the software before bringing | | | | protect against spyware, adware, viruses and |
| home a new PC!The most critical software that | | | | to improve computer performance using |
| you should have in you PC is: | | | | registry cleaners. Visit Msi's websites at |
| | | | and at 1st Analyst Information Services |
| Firewall - To protect your PC from hackers | | | | 2006, All rights reserved.Website owners can |
| and internal malware that maybe trying to | | | | use this article on their websites and |
| "phone home"Spyware/Adware - To detect the | | | | ezines, as long as no part of this article is |
| "ETs" that are "phoning home" from your PC, | | | | changed/amended. |