To protect your home computer from continuous virus attacks and malicious hardware, you need to install an antivirus package. There is a wide variety of developers at your service. Since there is only one product to choose from, please be responsible.
Instructions
Step 1
All anti-virus programs have their own characteristics: some are aimed primarily at "curing" infected files, others at detecting them (at the same time, what one has missed may be detected by another, etc.). They also differ in the speed of scanning and the degree of system load, in the form of reporting, etc. Anyway, no antivirus can provide one hundred percent protection of your computer.
Step 2
It is important not only to choose and install the antivirus correctly, but also to correctly configure its operation. First, you need to set your search parameters. To improve the quality of scanning, it is better to "enable all", that is: select all disks (including archives, databases of mail programs, boot sectors, etc.), all files (not just the ones selected by default), add "redundant scanning », Integration with browsers, checking the integrity of system files.
Step 3
Secondly, enable automatic weekly scanning, with the identification of all types of threats, and sending suspicious files to the website of your antivirus developer. Set up automatic updating of the anti-virus database or issuing notifications of fresh updates, and also specify what to do with infected objects (disinfect, delete, quarantine) or leave the automatic mode for performing all necessary measures.
Step 4
Third, enable mandatory scanning of all downloaded files and installed programs. Don't forget to include exceptions for harmless objects. It will also not be superfluous to protect the anti-virus equipment itself from intrusion by specifying its security settings.
