ESSENTIAL PROCEDURES
NUMBER 1 SECURITY RULE: NEVER SURF in ADMINISTRATOR Level. ALWAYS SURF at USER LEVEL.
That way if you mistakenly Download something whoever it was CANNOT take CONTROL at
the ADMINISTRATOR Level. They will have BREAK YOUR ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD FIRST to take CONTROL of YOUR MACHINE at LOCAL_MACHINE in the Registry.
NUMBER 2 SECURITY RULE : ALWAYS KEEP AN ADMINISTRATOR LOG Showing What YOU DOWNLOADED,
WHAT ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS PERFORMED other than scheduled Anti-Virus or Ant-Malware Sweeps.
NUMBER 2A SECURITY RULE : NEVER APPROVE ANY SOFTWARE YOU ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE OF WHEN ASKED TO APPROVE BY a PROTECTION PROGRAM like your FIREWALL ( Sygate Personal Firewall
Pro) or Black ICE or Spybot Search & Destroy. WRITE DOWN the EXACT NAME & FILE of the
SOFTWARE, THEN DENY APPROVAL, THEN RESEARCH IT LATER TO FIND OUT IF IT IS MALICIOUS or
USEFUL.
If you don't already have antivirus software loaded on your
computer. You should purchase one to ensure the system will not be infected. The two best
known anti-virus products on the market are
McAfee VirusScan and
Norton AntiVirus .
Although its not as popular, a favorite Anti-Virus program is
PC-Cillin by Trend
Micro .Click on the links below to learn more about these
products.
If you are looking for a free antivirus solution, you may want to consider AVAST, AVG, or Anti-Vir . All are excellent free antivirus solutions for the home user.
