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Here are the eight ways to ensure Cyber Security on your Windows PC from Dubai Laptop Rental. <br>http://www.dubailaptoprental.com/blog
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Eight ways to ensure Cyber Security on your Windows PC By, Dubai Laptop Rental, www.dubailaptoprental.com
INTRODUCTION: • Day in and day out we hear about the cyber crimes happening in different parts of the world. • It is not just about the money theft caused by hacking the bank account details, data theft is another impending problem that can happen to anybody.
Hackers depend on the spyware, malware or they might even stoop to any low like stealing your PC itself to extract the data from your computer. • It could be for money or more importantly the competitors of your company could target for the data theft. • Here comes the term ‘Cyber Security’.
Cyber Security: • Cyber Security is the protection of computer systems from the theft or damage to their hardware, software or information, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. • We will see the necessary measures to be taken to keep your data secured.
2. Seek a second opinion anti-virus check: • If you are terribly concerned about your data theft, it is ideal to run free anti-virus/spyware removal software periodically just to eliminate the risk.
3. Activate your Firewall settings: • All you have to do is, set the firewall settings in place by choosing ‘firewall’ option from control panel.
4. Make your computer gets the updates: • Windows offers updates for a reason. So, keep the settings in such a way that you get the Windows updates automatically.
5. Maintain two accounts: • It is advisable to maintain two accounts, an administrator account and a standard account for better security.
6. Set Browser settings: • Like Windows, your browser also has to be set up to keep updating automatically.
7. Password-protected folders: • Use password-protected folders to keep your sensitive data safe from those who might seek to steal your data.
8. Beware of malicious E-mails: • Learn to identify the malicious emails. The email might just be packed with malware. So, check for the warning signs that the emails have.
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