Tips To keep Your Computer Safe From Hacker

How Do I Keep My Computer Safe from Hackers?
Some Security Measures for Windows Users.
While this question is not fully addressable for such a short article, there are some very effective means you have to keep your own computer under your control, instead of being controlled by someone else. I will start with the more common problems or "exploits" and their cures first. Do not worry if you are not "computer savvy" this article is written in easy engish with little technical jargon. The good news ? Most all of the software used to get the bad guys out of your computer is FREE !

One of the first things to get rid of is tracking cookies. If you have a free email account at yahoo, and you are doing nothing about all those ads you see, you are no doubt being tracked online. Its no different from leaving the house, taking your car around town, just to find out that your "neighbor" was following you when you went to the store, the bank, the post office, and anywhere else you happened to go. This is what tracking cookies do on your computer. They report your activity to web sites you have probably have never heard of ! For this reason, I use ad-aware by Lavasoft®. Its free and can rid your computer of those pesky tracking cookies with ease. I use it constantly. I can not believe people would believe it is okay to put their tracking software on my computer without even asking ! Get the ad-aware soon.

Spyware is a huge problem also, and with halloween coming up soon, it is a reprehensible way to be saying "Trick or treat". According to statistics, spyware infects 80 per cent of all PCs. New versions of spyware in the form of what is called a "trojan" ( So named after the Spartan and Greek battle; once it gets in your computer, it creates havoc. ) are always popping up on the world wide web. How do you fight this greasy little low-life ? Answer : Spybot Search and Destroy. I have used it for a long time. If the ad-aware does not get something, the Spybot Search and Destroy does.
Since I nearly forgot that I have not yet addressed viruses, do not worry, it is because I have not had one in years on any of my computers. If you need to know what a virus is, it is very similar to what a human body gets. Its a malicious little bit of code that either messes with other programs or tries to delete things outright. They are targeted mainly for Microsoft products, which is of course most of all computers in the world. Why do I no longer worry about viruses ? The answer is AVG. It is also free in the personal edition and readily available online. It is good stuff ! I have seen how other anti-virus programs slow down a computer. They are also hard to deal with (operate) personally. AVG has none of those problems. Its a "light" program running in the background and uses very little precious computer resources. It is a cinch to keep it updated and running on your box. When you need a scan, simply open AVG and press the F4 function key. AVG also keeps your emails safe if you use Outlook. All is well.

Malware, adware, and other destructive things with the negative "ware" title are covered above with the Spybot Search and Destroy tool. It really does a lot of good. One other thing, the Ad-aware program will remove a thing called "alexa". Believe it or not, Microsoft includes in their Internet Explorer browser, an application that tracks you and reports your visited sites to a ranking site called alexa .com . Ad-aware will get rid of that for you. Okay , that is all for today. If you implement the things in this article, you will be ahead of most folks online who are getting tracked, zapped, and misused by unscrupulous folk online.
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