Showing posts with label Computer Maintenance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computer Maintenance. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2009

How To Protect Your PC

In the current scenario where computer security issues have come front-and-center for small businesses of all types. And for good reason. Your company's computers contain valuable, irreplaceable data that make them a target for hackers, data thieves and others up to no good.

Keeping your computers and their contents safe and secure is crucial to continued business growth, as well as your personal sanity. A breach in security could be disastrous for you and your company.

Security slips can cause of :

  • Lose precious data

  • Leak company or trade secrets

  • Disclose sensitive customer information

  • Unleash viruses on your computers

  • Lead to unproductive downtime

  • Require time and money to correct

If you do the following following activity, then there is fair chances that your system would be free from virus, spyware or malicious stuffs:

Take Computer Security Seriously
Every business, no matter how small, has computer security needs. If you're operating a network, using email, conducting business through a Web site, using wireless equipment or planning to grow, your security needs can be wide ranging and complex, even for a one-person operation.

Connect with Security Product Vendors Online
A wide range of vendors supply computer security products and services designed specifically for small business.

Get a Firewall
A firewall is a program or hardware device that filters information coming through the Internet to your computer or network. If the firewall detects information that could be destructive to your computers or network, it blocks it. Most small business owners can get by with a software firewall or a firewall that's included in a router (a router is what connects several computers to one modem).

Prevent Viruses
Viruses can clutter your email inbox with virus emails, make your computer run slower than usual and in worst-case scenarios, erase your hard drive.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Steps to Maintain and Secure Your Computer

There are some basic steps for Computer Maintenance which helps the users to run computer smoothly:--

1. We should perform the "disk cleanup" task on the regular or weekly basis.

2. We should perform the "defrag" task on the monthly basis.

3. We should un-install all unwanted programs from your computer.

4. We should remove all the unwanted startups items by using the "msconfig" utility.

5. We should always delete all the temporary internet files like "temp, %temp% and prefetch files" from your computer.

6. We should perform "scan disk" task on the monthly basis.

7. We should take the back up of backup of some important files and registries before performing any task on computer.

8. We should keep at least 5% free space on the 'C' drive.

9. We have to use power button to make the computer off in critical conditions.

Now, I am providing some tips related to "Computer Security" that helps the users to run the computer without any virus threats. These are the following steps for the "Computer Security”:--

1. You should scan your computer by using any updated anti virus program.

2. You should install and download any anti-malware program like "Anti-malwarebytes" for the malwares issues.

3. You should update "Anti-malwarebytes" program over the specific time.

4. You should scan computer using the "Anti-malwarebytes" program.

5. You should follow the same procedure for "Superanti-spyware" program as we have done for "Anti-malwarebytes".

6. You should delete all the Internet temporary files like temp, %temp% and prefetch files.

Your computer will run smoothly and properly by following all these above troubleshooting steps. We can conclude that It is very necessary to have knowledge of the "Computer Maintenance and Security" and some support for the computer. These safety guidelines help the user to run the computer smoothly and properly. There are also some good companies which are providing the support like iYogi Technical Services Pvt. Ltd, IBM, Microsoft, Dell, HP and many more. We need to update all the security software on the regular basis.