Protecting your computer from anti-viruses
Many of my clients ask what to do so that they can protect their computer from anitviruses.
Here are a few things I suggest to them.
1. Have a current back up of all their important files on their computer. Current means if your computer gets infected today, right now do you have a ‘current’ backup of your important files.?
My suggestion is to purchase an external harddrive (personal preference is any seagate products).
Then synchronize it with your PC’s hardrive so that you always have a current back up of your files.
2- Have a really good Anti-Virus program installed. ( Personal preference is Norton anti-virus)
3- Go the extra measure and add software like www.malwarebytes.org (they have a free and paid version) and www.webroot.com software to handle viruses,worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers, spyware and malware.
I have found that sometimes one program will catch something that one of the other programs missed.
4- Don’t be cheap about getting a program to protect your computer. Think about how much billable time is wasted if your computer gets infected.
