Monday, December 7, 2009

Wait for a while before downloading a file!

All of you would be interested in downloading music, videos, pictures, and software from internet. What you need to do is to click on a download link for downloading the required content form web.

Various contents available for download includes the best anti spyware, antivirus software, spyware cleaner, pc optimizer, memory optimizer, and many others. All these software are downloaded from different websites. So, it might be possible that they are accompanied with various types suspicious software like virus, worms, Trojan horse and many others.

The files you download should be what they are expected to be. If you are downloading an antivirus software, then it should be the antivirus application only and not the virus or any other kind of suspicious software. These unwanted softwares are basically used to harm your computer. So, whenever you click on a download link for downloading an item, then make sure that you are very well protected from the malicious software. To ensure that you are protected from the malevolent softwares, you should install antivirus or anti spyware software on your computer system. And you should choose to regularly update the antivirus and anti spyware softwares with the latest virus definitions. The next step is to keep all softwares up-to-date. By keeping your Windows updated you can get the best protection from the most recent threats. Always analyze the files you download and find out its source and origin. Do not directly open the downloaded files. The first step should be scan the file using the best anti spyware or antivirus software and then open the file. If you have downloaded any software then the next step should be to save the software on the hard disk and then run the software. If the antivirus software detects any kind of malicious activity then it is recommended to stop the software from executing and then delete it completely form the hard disk.

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