Viruses and how to not get them.
1. Do not surf the web. Meaning, don't google something, and click around in every site that you don't know. If you need something, use a trusted site to get it. Bookmark trusted sites that you go to often. Just because it came up on a search engine, does not mean that it's a good site. This means not letting your children surf the web too. They WILL download WHATEVER pops up.
2. Raise your security on your browser. Make it ask you before installing 3rd party programs and the sort. Then, if you're on a site you don't know or trust, don't download what it's asking you to. And never download anything from a site you don't trust, even if you think it's something you want.
3. Don't accept CD's, USB drives, or floppy disks from strangers. =)
Also. If you're doing this, you won't need a virus protection program, which is generally what bogs down people's computers. They complain about having a virus and their computer going slow, when really it's the virus protection program they have on their computer.
Good firewall protection is provided by most operating systems, and routers, use of those will prevent people from hacking into your network.
Remember, a computer doesn't do anything until it's told to. It doesn't surf the web and ask for viruses, you do.
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