Virus infection has been common for each computer users. And antivirus software has been an essential part for a computer connected to Internet. No matter you use the antivirus software or not, you should know the ways that virus can get into your computer and pay attention to them. If you have tried to avoid the possible virus infection threat, your computer have less virus and malware problems so that you can get a safe and easy Internet environment.
Keep your eyes open on the fake download buttons
There are lots of ads and download buttons on the download site. You should distinguish the legitimate download download from lots of different download buttons and ads. If you click the malicious ads or fake download buttons, the result is that you will find some unwanted programs and ads show up on your desktop. Once they are installed, some of them cannot be easily uninstalled and will greatly affect your experience in using and even will slow down your computer. What can we do when you want to download something on the download site?
First, you should avoid download from the website that you are not familiar. If you download on an unfamiliar site, you are easy to click the malicious download link and the ads, but the familiar site will help you reduce the risk of casual click.
Then you can check the browser status bar to confirm the link destination, if it is a malicious link, you should avoid this site.
Use a secure browser
Use the browsers with the function of online security suite. If you use the browser like chrome, it will identify the bad websites automatically. If you still use an old version of browser, you must install the latest versions. The secure browser can help you to detect the possible risk when you using the Internet to perform the activities like online shopping, banking or open sites and download. It will prompt you if they detect the dangerous links, software or malware.
Pay attention to the screen pop-up message
On the bottom-right corner of the screen, it usually pop-up some ads and messages. If you have installed an antivirus software, sometimes you will find the message say that your system is infected and ask you to remove the infection, you should run the antivirus software immediately.
Do not click the email attachment or links casually
You should not click the email from people you do not familiar, especially the attachment and the link in the email. Some virus will be carried by the email, if you click them, it will spread rapidly on your computer.
Download programs from the developers
If you want to download apps, you’d better download from the developers website or the trust-able and reputable website.
Scan all the new devices
Every time you connect external device such as U disk, SD card, phone or external hard drive to computer, you need to run the antivirus software to scan them.
How to recover files after virus attack?
After virus attack, if you found you lost some data, you need to run the antivirus software first to scan the entire hard drive to remove the virus and malware. After the virus has been removed, you can take the data recovery software you scan the location where have data loss and then to restore them back.
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