Your PC is up to date, your anti-virus is current and your firewall is turned on. Now we turn our attention to the Internet a little more. This time with how you access the Internet yourself. We’ve safeguarded your PC regarding how it accesses the Internet, but now we come…
Month: August 2013
Antivirus Software and Firewalls
Today we’ll cover two types of programs that help protect your system even further, anti-malware software, and firewalls. Anti-malware? Malware is the term referring to any bit of programming that can infect your computer, making it susceptible to take-over by a criminal online. Malware can be a virus, a trojan,…
Keeping Your OS and Programs Up to Date!
Ok, so we’ve moved from FAT32 to NTFS, we’ve learned how to get rid of cookies and temporary internet files. Now lets look at another area of life on your computer, keeping your Operating System up to date. What’s an Operating System you ask? It is the layer of software…
Removing Temporary Internet Files (Cache) and Cookies
Last time we learned to use the safer NTFS rather than FAT32. To discover what those are, refer to the previous blog entry. Switching to NTFS is the first step in staying safe in a connected world. The next step is regular removal of cookies and temporary Internet files. Disk…
