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