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More on computer safety

Posted by eeos @ 11:34 on September 2, 2016  

Be very careful on what you click on. Always think about the scammers that are out there. The biggest threat today is probably cryptolocker. Once these guys get you, well it’s over unless you want to pay a bitcoin ransom to get your information back (sometimes people pay the ransom and still can’t decrypt). The cryptolocker virus encrypts your hard drive information, there’s no work around for it. Always do system backups! Burn information to disks make a back up disk too.

Store information in several places. Get a subscription to Dropbox, where you can move information to the cloud. Use removable hard drives. If it’s not stored in 3 places it does not exist.

If you see you have popups, Control+Alt+Delete and go into the task manger processes list and close it there. Never click on pop up windows. If you don’t believe me, well click away.

Lastly wireless keyboards ARE NOT SAFE! If you have one, throw it away!! Want someone taking every keystroke you type? Then use a wireless keyboard.

Never use free internet ANYWHERE! It’s free for a reason. Don’t trust the black hatters!!!

I’ve been using CCleaner by Piriform recently to scrub. Don’t bother buying it, use the free version. Disable the “system monitoring” feature check box under monitoring once installed.

Lastly use superantispyware to scrub your machine often.

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