Tips for Safer Surfing the WWW
- Use a firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware software and keep it up-to-date
- Keep your operating system, browser and other software up-to-date and patched
- Don’t open email attachments or click on an email link from unknown senders ("Use Common Sense")
- Scan all email attachments and downloads with anti-virus software
- Don’t download and install programs of unknown origin or innapropriate sites
- Disable Java, JavaScript, and ActiveX if possible
- Scan and Backup critical data often to CD/DVD or External Hard Drive (USB-SATA)
- Perform regular maintenance on your computer like disk cleanup, defragmentation, and system scans
- Create a boot disk in case your computer is damaged or compromised
- Protect your PC-Host file with security essential software or by editing policies correctly.
