Showing posts with label antivirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antivirus. Show all posts

Monday, November 21, 2011

Protect Your PC From USB Threats

Not every body can keep their PC's clean all the time, some have a certain passion for attracting viruses. The major culprit here is the USB drives. The innocent looking USB (armed with viruses obviously) can take down most PC's with ease and can also steal all your private data. But with a few precautions you can protect your system from 99% of all USB attacks.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

How To Test Your Antivirus

Antivirus software is one of the most important software required in a computer. It must be updated regularly inorder to keep out the pesky viruses. But even after regular updates, how will you know whether your antivirus is working properly or not? Using real viruses for testing in the real world is rather like setting fire to the dustbin in your office to see whether the smoke detector is working. Such a test will give meaningful results, but with unappealing, unacceptable risks.