How to Protect Your PC from Worms, Viruses and Other Intruders

Computers connected to the Internet are vulnerable to worms, viruses, spyware, and hacker attacks. Carefully monitor the programs installed on computers connected to the Internet. Many adware, spyware, and virus programs are installed by the users or their family members. To protect the computers connected to the Internet, we strongly recommend the use of a firewall and virus protection. There are many free and commercial programs that provide anti-virus, spyware, and firewall protection.

Computers using the Windows XP or Vista operating systems have a free firewall program as part of their security features. An antivirus program such as AVG will still be needed to protect the computer from viruses. Users should also make sure that software updates for their computer are set to run either automatically or at regularly scheduled periods. Microsoft and Apple regularly release security patches for their software.

For information on a software program that contains both a firewall and anti-virus, click below:

AVG Protection Software.

• Protects personal information by placing a barrier between worms and hackers and the hard drive.

• Records potentially hostile Internet traffic and alerts the user. This is valuable information to use when reporting security problems.

• Monitors Internet and network activity and controls application access to the Internet.

NOTE: All of the links and software provided on this page are provided as a courtesy to our customers. We do not recommend any particular software for a particular purpose unless expressly stated. We will not provide support for these products. Support requirements are met solely by the software vendor and we assumes no responsibility for any issues that may arise through the use of any of the products listed here.